If they were both in their primes and you had 100 bucks ridding on one of them, and how do you think the fight would play out.
George Foreman administered a horrible beating to Chuvalo. And Liston no different. No knockdowns . Sonny stops Chuvalo in 3 rds.
Tko win for liston but chuvalo lasts longer with sonny than he did with foreman. Foreman hits harder and was even a faster starter
Liston beats him up. Chuvalo was tough and strong but he'd get hit with too many clean punches. If Liston wants, he can engage Chuvalo in a shoot out and get a referee induced TKO stoppage in a few rounds or he can torture Chuvalo behind the jab and win a one sided UD. Even though Chuvalo and Mercer were similar fighters, for some reason, I envision Mercer giving Liston a much harder time than Chuvalo would. Maybe because Mercer was slightly bigger and hit harder (than Chuvalo). On the other hand, I don't think Mercer would do as well against a prime Ali as Chuvalo did. Ali/Mercer IMO would likely turn into one of the great mismatches of heavyweight title lore.
I doubt that mercer was bigger than chuvalo. Mercer was a porky at 230 pounds.he was taller but chuvalo had a caveman frame and he could carry 217 pounds being pure muscule and bone...at 6'0. They both could bang around the same
In mid-November 1970 there was talk that a fight between Liston and Chuvalo was on tap for February 1971. Fate had other plans, unfortunately.
I think liston would win by t.k.o or u.d. if their fighting prime for prime. But when there was talks about a liston chuvalo fight which happened after his loss to ali I think chuvalo would u.d. liston
A brave battered bloody Chuvalo is stopped, against the ropes in 4. George calls for a immediate rematch!
