Muhammad Ali's 9 challengers from 1965-1967 have been dumped into 2021.

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  1. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Now Deceased 2/4/25 Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali's 9 title challengers from 1965-1967 have been dumped into 2021. Can fighters like Floyd Patterson, Sonny Liston or even Karl Mildenberger compete with the influx of the current crop of heavyweight contenders?
     
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  2. DanDaly

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    If they were able to get stronger in order to not be pushed around as easily then I'd say Patterson and Liston would be pretty good. Patterson as a 205-210 lbr and Liston even as just the size he was. Karl Mildenberger would probably have been European level status and get a shot at the title but I couldn't see him winning it.

    Patterson would do really good imo because of his speed and technical ability. That would prove fits for a lot of guys these days. I could see him winning a title for sure.
     
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    You know I agree with you on Floyd's projected success, he had speed, combination punching. On July 5 1964, he demonstrated his skill in his unanimous points win over Eddie Machen in Sweden. And he did look very impressive in his win over George Chuvalo on Feb 1 1965 in Canada,
     
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  4. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Floyd v Usyk would interesting because Floyd would have been one of the few fighters at cruiser that could have beaten Usyk, Usyk would have a notable size advantage though as would the other heavyweight contenders, Floyd wouldn`t be able to take their power.
     
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