Who would you pick to beat a PRIME Sonny Liston ?

I mean, who would you outright favour better than a 50-50 proposition to win against a prime Sonny Liston ?
Not necessarily sure things, but favourites in your eyes.

No "could dos", please.

Personally, I don't think there's anyone.

 

You must be forgetting, Clay/Ali needed two fixed fights to beat an ageing Liston. :smoke

The ultra-hipster-revisionists always favour Ali in this match.

 

So, I'm a Dempsey-hugger who doesn't like "mainstream fighters" ?



WTF is that ?
Who's more mainstream that Dempsey ?

 

Roy Jones Jr was awesome, I rate him higher than most on the classic section, I bet. If someone puts him in their top 10 or 20 all-time, I'm not one to go screaming about it - many here would.
Muhammad Ali was amazing, obviously.
As was Ray Leonard.
I think Mike Tyson gets a little bit overrated.
DeLaHoya I know little about compared to most here, I admit.
Pacquiao is clearly a great fighter.

90% of my posts are heavyweight-related. My interest and knowledge of lower weight divisions is poor. I've found footage of Charley Burley quite boring, and don't read articles about Cocoa Kid. That's how dismally "mainstream" I am.



(Of course, none of us who are here often are "casuals". We are sick fanatics or some sort of another.)

But if you want to call me a hipster-revisionist, I kind of like the ring of that too. Just don't ask me any questions about Holman Williams or Elbows McFadden - I don't have a clue.