I see a lot of people who bring up the Sanders fight as some kind of way of bashing Vitali, which is pretty hilarious. Vitali walked into a power punchers best shot, a mistake I admit, and didnt even get knocked down, wasn't even hurt, heck the most devastating shot came when Sanders pushed Vitali against the ropes, then hit him in the chin with a forearm, and Vitali still didnt go down, then when Sanders shoved him to the ground Vitali got up within 1/4th of a second and adjusted his belt and was fine. So, I thought id list fighters who hurt Ali worse than Sanders hurt Vitali and had Ali in much more trouble and were dominated much less.
1. Duke Sabedong
2. Alonzo Johnson
3. Alex Miteff who landed almost 50% of his power punches against Ali
4. Sonny Banks this 194 lber knocked Ali down
5. Doug Jones who many said beat Ali, rematch was ducked blatantly
6. Henry cooper, this 185lber knocked Ali unconcious, Ali cheated to win
7. Karl Mildenberger
8. George Chuvalo
9. Oscar Bonavena
10. Joe Frazier 3x
11. Mac Foster
12. Joe Bugner
13. Ken Norton 3x
14. George Foreman
15. Chuck Wepner
16. Ron Lyle
17. jimmy young
18. Alfredo Evangelista
19. Earnie Shavers
20. Leon Spinks 2x who in the "golden age" got a title shot with 6 wins
21. Larry Holmes
22. Trevor Berbick
I probably left quite a few off but these are the no brainers in terms of figthers Ali was much less dominant against and had much more extensive injuries or problems with.
1. Duke Sabedong
2. Alonzo Johnson
3. Alex Miteff who landed almost 50% of his power punches against Ali
4. Sonny Banks this 194 lber knocked Ali down
5. Doug Jones who many said beat Ali, rematch was ducked blatantly
6. Henry cooper, this 185lber knocked Ali unconcious, Ali cheated to win
7. Karl Mildenberger
8. George Chuvalo
9. Oscar Bonavena
10. Joe Frazier 3x
11. Mac Foster
12. Joe Bugner
13. Ken Norton 3x
14. George Foreman
15. Chuck Wepner
16. Ron Lyle
17. jimmy young
18. Alfredo Evangelista
19. Earnie Shavers
20. Leon Spinks 2x who in the "golden age" got a title shot with 6 wins
21. Larry Holmes
22. Trevor Berbick
I probably left quite a few off but these are the no brainers in terms of figthers Ali was much less dominant against and had much more extensive injuries or problems with.
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