To me, this is akin to a boxer thinking Maybe if I just let the other guy punch me in the fact for 10 rounds he'll knock himself out, a battle plan literally adopted by no boxer ever.

You didn’t see Mohammed Ali in the Rumble In the Jungle with George Foreman? That’s exactly the strategy he used, it was called “Rope-A-Dope”, and Ali would just sink into the ropes and let Foreman punch and punch until he wore himself out, and then come back with a counter attack. That was real life, and yes, it happened exactly the way you say it never has.

Although fictional, the Rocky movies portrayed Stallone the same way: mostly defense, absorbing copious blows to wear the opponent out before he could come back. Sometimes he won, sometimes he lost, but we all know Rocky didn’t have the training or power of a professional fighter nor the power to unleash a can of whoop-ass on his competitor, but he could win by not losing.

Occasionally the best offense is defense.

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