Toughest oppositions faced , win or lose

if u'll bother posing a poll suggesting only terrell and williams as his best performance , u'll c it will turn out pretty even .

Win/lose is unimportant by my criteria in this thread , correct so far , but size/age & state gapes do count here&now . And Ali enjoed them more often than not , even against d opponents i posted as seemingly legit .

 

175 lbs :

Ezzard Charles : Arnold Cream*4 , Rocco Markegiano*2 , Joe Louis , Archie Wright*2 , Harold Johnson , Jimmy Bivins*5 , Joey Maxim*5 , Bob Satterfield , Gus Lesnevich , Oakland Billy Smith*2 , Lloyd Marshall*3 , Charley Burley*2 , Jose Basora , Kid Tunero , Ken Overlin*2 , Teddy Yarosz .


Archie Wright : Ezzard Charles*2 , Floyd Patterson , Rocco Markegiano , Cassius Clay , Harold Johnson*4 , Joey Maxim*3 , Lloyd Marshall , Ken Overlin , Teddy Yarosz , Charley Burley , Eddie Booker*2 , Jimmy Bivins* ,



Joey Maxim : Ezzard Charles* , Archie Wright*3 , Arnold Cream*4 , Jimmy Bivins* , Eddie Machen*2 , Floyd Patterson , Walker Smith Jr. , Bob Satterfield , Danny Nardico , Ted Lowry , Carl Olson*3 , Curtis Sheppard*3 , Gus Lesnevich , Lloyd Marshall



Jimmy Bivins : Ezzard Charles*5 , Arnold Cream , Charley Burley , Joe Louis , Bob Baker , Lee Q Murray*5 , Leonard Morrow*2 , Lloyd Marshall , Archie Wright*5 , Joey Maxim*2 , Tami Mauriello*2 , Curtis Sheppard*4 , Teddy Yarosz , Sid Peaks*2 , Ted Lowry , Gus Lesnevich , Billy Soose .

Ted Lowry : Rocco Markegiano*2 , Tiger Jack Fox , Lee Q Murray*3 ,
Archie Wright , Jimmy Bivins , Ronald LaStarzza ,

cruiserweight addition :

Curtis Sheppard : Arnold Cream*2 , Lee Q Murray*6 , Joey Maxim*3 , Jimmy Bivins*3 , Lloyd Marshall , Archie Wright*2

Lee Q Murray : Curtis Sheppard*6 , Sid Peaks*2 , Jimmy Bivins*5 , Ted Lowry*3


i believe i missed a few from a few's resumes and missed a few mentions , but it's clear that Ezzard Charles' and Archie Wright records were not singular 4 their era . Wright tried with all his might 2 weigh d least that he could (d original weight cutter) , and Charles was simply bigger and younger than most of his opponents during his prime . It explains y they were a tad more successful than their rivals .

BTW , I intentionally omitted Freddie Mills from Joey Maxim's resume , thistle1 won't like it , but it's quite apparent that Mills wasn't very good , he barely fought any1 , his record seems void even compared 2 some of d post 1990s lightheavyweights , and in some i mean more than 2 (in this case i mean more than 5) .
Mills' resume is extremely poor 4 his era and i think it's quite obvious that he ducked almost every threat available until d murderously punching Joey Maxim :bbb managed 2 get in d ring with him and exposed d truth about him