Not surprising really. There couldn’t have been many fighters that Ali fought in the 60s that were younger than him.
Yes, 84 years young and certainly up to a couple of years ago still running 4 mile jogs along Blackpool seafront!
While Karl Mildenberger is best known for giving Ali a competitive fight, he did have a big win or two, with Machen being his best. Would Mildenberger be as combative / competitive with say Lewis, Klitschko or Joshua? I doubt it.
Mildenberger's left eye was badly cut in the sixth round and almost completely closed by the eighth round. Mildenberger was knocked down in rounds five, eight, and ten. Referee Teddy Waltham of Great Britain stopped the bout at 1:28 of the 12th round to protect Mildenberger from further punishment. The fight was scored by rounds. At the time of the stoppage, Referee Teddy Waltham had Ali ahead 7-2-2, and Judges Felix Ohlet and Nat Fleischer (editor of The Ring magazine) each had Ali leading 7-3-1. The Associated Press had Ali in front 9-1-1. LOL!
He featured in an entertaining book "Facing Ali" came across as a decent guy I saw him fight Henry Cooper in defence of his Euro title,Mildy was not in the best of shape and went in several times with his head before being shown the door by the third man.