Did Ali have the easiest Heavyweight reign 65'-67'

Indeed. He hung around the top for a very long time, was the first to stop Doug Jones and in the eyes of some writer's took Patterson to at least a draw. Had a good reputation for his hard work and toughness, I don't see any shame in taking him on as a short notice opponent, even after an odd uspet loss.

 

patterson wanted no part of a rematch with chuvalo,after that fight floyd fell to the floor in his corner.yes i think that match could have been a draw, patterson's sunday punch could make big george blink his eyes

 

That is one man's opinion. But even if there were 100 fighters who you think should have had the opportunity, Chuvalo rose to occassion and was still not an easy defense, reflected in the damage inflicted on Ali and his own personal claims, "he was tougher than Liston or Patterson, toughest man I've fought."

 

every champion that can be said about i think,they all pick their opponants.at the time ali needed an opponent and chuvalo fit in nicely.who else would you think he'd have fought in canada?george took that fight on 17 days notice if i remember correctly after terrell back out.eddy machen would not have drawn in canada and ali would have ko'd him i'm sure

bigjake..

 

Also, Chuvalo was still ranked above Machen by the Ring #4 and the WBA#6 I believe. Terrell was the only real consistent "head and shoulders above" contender at the time anyway but the fight fell apart.

 

seriously
youre borderline pathetic
Ali may not have had the strongest title reign 65-67 but he still beat patterson terrell and liston
in addition to this his 70s resume is extremely strong

 

heres other title runs that get stick: compare

Mohammad ali 65-67

Sonny Liston 2
Floyd Patterson
George Chuvalo
Henry cooper
Brian London
Karl Mildenburger
Cleveland Williams
Ernie Terell
Zora Foley

Wladimir Klitschko 06-10

Chris Byrd
Calvin Brock
Ray Austin
lamon Brewster
Sultan Ibragimov
Tony Thompson
Hasim rahman
Ruslan Chagaev
Eddie Chambers
Sam peter

Mike Tyson 86-90

Trevor Berbick
James Smith
Pinklon Thomas
Tony Tucker
Tyrell Briggs
Larry Holmes
Tony Tubbs
Michael Spinks
Frank Bruno
Carl Williams

Joe Louis 39-47

John Lewis
Jack Roper
Tony Galento
Bob Pastor
Arturo Godoy x2
Johnny Paycheck
Al McCoy
Red Burman
Gus Dorazio
Abe Simon x2
Tony Musto
Buddy Baer x2
Billy Conn x2
Lou Nova
Johnny Davis
Tami Mauriello

 

joe carried a few as well, as did sugar ray.they gave one another stick over it.

 

Well if Floyd didn't repeatedly call him " Clay" Ali would have ended it in about two or three rounds.

 

Who would these more deserving fighters be??