If Ali was boxing today hed barely scrape the top ten

But todays boxers aren't slow or unskilled. That's just crazy talk.

Wlad isn't the fastest but you can't call him a lumbering sloth like most of Ali's opponents. He's very skilled and would be great in any boxing division with his awkward style.

Ditto Vitali.

Fury is a very talented boxer when he's in the right frame at mind, able to change his style at will. Like in his match against Cunningham where boxing didn't work, he shifted his style and started roughhousing and bullying him to get the win. The exact same thing would happen against Ali. He couldn't outbox Ali, but he'd bully him around and eventually get the KO on sheer size. Plus Fury is very fast for such a big man. KO win.

Valuev, yeah he's slow. But his size means he'd dominate Ali. Ali is just too small to beat him. KO win.

Haye, he's a fast fighter with lot's of power and an awkward style. He doesn't get hit much and will just pick Ali off with big, quick shots. KO win for Haye.

Wilder is unskilled but you can't deny the guy has speed. I don't like him but he can hit hard and fast. Again, his size means Ali would struggle with him and his power would shatter Ali who would basically be a cruiserweight today.


Face it, with today's much larger fighters, Ali would be on par with Adamek or Cunningham. A top competitor who can hold his own in the division but just can't compete with the sheer size advantage the likes of Fury, the Klitschko's and Valuev have.

To say Ali would knocked all of those guys out is ridiculous. The guy has only a 60% KO record. He was a slightly above average puncher at best. He couldn't finish off Earnie Shavers who, let's face it, had a shaky jaw... I'd hesitate to say glass. But it was only a botch above.

 

Nobodies denying he didn't have talent.

I'm just pointing out that he couldn't cope in today's heavyweight era. Hence, why people calling him the #1 heavyweight of all is ridiculous. How can he be #1 when even in today's era there are/have been eight boxers who could definitely put the beating on him and a few more who'd give him problems (such as Tony Thompson).

 

Who won the fight?

That's right, Wlad did. And pretty comfortably too. Same would happen with Ali.

Where does this myth that Ali had lot's of power come from? To compare Ali's power (KO percentage, 60%) with Haye's (KO percentage 86%) is ridiculous.

Ali wasn't feather-fisted but he was hardly a KO artist. He had slightly above average power. Fact.

If he boxed in today's era, that KO percentage would be even less since Ali would basically be a cruiserweight and fighting bigger and tougher guys.