Who were Muhammad Ali's 10 best opponents?

[mickey malone]

I also put Liston to be near his prime sometime around the cleveland williams fight. Interesting about Liston's age and many also think Hagler's age is not accurate. Many claim he really was like 3 or 4 years older.

Per ALI- Shavers hit him harder than any fighter he ever faced and i do think it was one of his most challenging fights. I still think the Liston fight makes it in the list mainly because of Cassius Clay's young age and fighting for the world title and Liston was still a feared fighter than. It was still a great upset.

Yeah, i've heard the rumour about Hagler actually being 38 when he fought Leonard.. Ex WBC Light heavyweight champ Dennis Andries is also supposed to be a lot older than listed.. Andries himself, doesn't have a clue how old he is..

I agree that Liston was the favourite and it was considered a shock when Ali beat him the 1st time, but too much emphasis had been put on his two 1 rnd KO's of Patterson..
If people had known that Ali had a cast iron chin back then, it would have probably been declared an evens fight.. TBH, both fights were a huge disappointment in the sense that Ali totally dominated Liston, but in turn, I also believe, that version of Ali would have probably dismantled Frazier in similar fashion too.. Sonny Liston definitely had much better days with other fighters, that's for sure..

[BritishBoxing92]

1: George Foreman
2: Joe Frazier
3: Sonny Liston
4: Floyd Patterson
5: Ken Norton
6: Jerry Quarry
7: Earnie Shavers
8: Oscar Bonavena
9: Ernie Terrel
10: Jimmy Young

I left out Holmes and Moore just like you so the names are quite similar.

i second that list...