Warning, tortured analogies ahead. Usually wouldn't post such hackery, but this article on boxing comes on the heels of the "Nakamura vs Leko" item that spawned similar comparisons between one-on-one physical and mental combat.
Warning, tortured analogies ahead. Usually wouldn't post such hackery, but this article on boxing comes on the heels of the "Nakamura vs Leko" item that spawned similar comparisons between one-on-one physical and mental combat.
Ouch! Reading that makes me feel like I just spent 15 rounds getting beat up by Mike Tyson. Hackery is too kind.
I must say that some of the analogies are right on while others are stretching a bit. I do look at the Ali-Foreman match as an ultimate combat chess match. However, you have to see "When We Were Kings" to appreciate how the whole episode was indeed a strategic showcase.
Who would have thought that the big and powerful Foreman would lose to Ali (past his prime)? That "rope-a-dope" strategy reminds me of hedgehog structure... you sit in a crouch looking allowing your opponent the offensive initiative... you wait for overextension and then unload a lightening and overwhelming counterattack.
However, I take issue with the article talking about someone getting checkmated in the ring. That analogy doesn't quite fit somehow.