late 1950s with Liston, Patterson, Johannson, Williams, Machen, Folley, Valdes, Moore, Johnson was a very good era..
Even without H2H, he is still top 10 all time easily. 1. He cleaned out a talented era: Patterson 2x, Williams 2x, Machen, Folley, Valdes, DeJohn, Harris, Summerlin 2x, Bethea, Hunter. 2. Beat a lot of top rated prime fighters 3. Defeated a wide variety of styles 4. Ducked no one 5. Was extremely dominant in most of his top victories