So for you step farward from Ali Frazier Holmes Foreman... is Chambers, Haye, Sosnowski, Arreola, Kingpin... than you need profesional help. Division is so bad that Golota would rule in this era no problem just like K brothers are doing it, K brothers are much much better than crazy Golota but division is so bad i cant describe it.
Oh for ****s sake, of course they would have a chance, the sheer size and power of them made them a class apart from virtually 98% of the men ali faced, the bum of the month club any one ?, But yes he could win and they did lose to some poor fighters early on so who knows. But people who dont think they could win can **** off, stop pretending that era was always the best and every fighter was like unbeatable, ffs the east euros were not even allowed to box, funny is it not that in under a decade when they were, they have taking over, and the americans have all vanished nearly (oh yeah i forgot they are all in the NFL which is apprently to some a new sport haha)
Although you have provided a fair opinion and have been ( wrongfully) attacked for it, I'd still like to point out a few things.. The Henry Cooper fight came when Ali was maybe 22 years old and had all but 18 pro fights. Cooper cought him with a huge left hand ( Ali's main weakness ), and put him on the deck... But he got up, composed himself and stopped Cooper emphatically. Wladimir Klitschko was not only decked by left hands, he was flat out "stopped" by some of them, and more importantly at far more developed stages in his career. Vitali quit against Chris Byrd due to an injury ( something Ali never willingly did himself )was cut up badly and stopped by a thoroughly diminished Lennox Lewis in the last fight of his career, and possibly even floored by a 38 year old Sanders, regardless of the ref ruling at as a slip, ( well it at least looked like a knockdown. ) Point being, we can all pick and choose the worst moments of ANY fighter's career and match them to another's best.... But this isn't analysis. Its called " cheerleading".. I am not a big advocate of " the man from the earlier era always wins " mentality. But Muhammad Ali possesed a better all around package of skills and gifts than any of Wlad or Vitali's best opponents including an aged Lewis, Chris Byrd, Lamon Brewster, Corrie Sanders, Eddie Chambers, Sam peter, etc, etc.... He was a guy with absolute sick speed, a wingspan nearly equivalent to the Klits ( despite having less height ), one of the most proven chins in heavyweight history and the mentality that he couldn't be beaten ( although not always true. ) Now, is it out of the question that one or both of the Klits may have pulled off a win? No.. Absolutely not.. Only a fool would make convictions about the unprovable. But when sizing up fantasy matches, you have to look at the whole picture and not just a few glaring points that seem to sit well with you.
Can you see Ali getting his ass handed to him in two rounds by Corrie Sanders, battered by lamon Brewster, pummeled by Ross Purity, cut up by a shot Lewis or quitting on his stool against Chris Byrd?