“For what? What has he done?” Toney said. “If you want to be top dog, fight the best fighters out there. Don’t make excuses. I did. Roy did. Marvin Hagler did. Who does he have to fight? The likes of Devin Haney, Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis.”
Shakur is correct that he must create his own legacy. The difficulty is that his accomplishments are judged against fighters such as Toney whenever he receives a lofty pound-for-pound ranking.
Toney fought Michael Nunn, Mike McCallum, Roy Jones Jr., Vassiliy Jirov, Evander Holyfield, John Ruiz, and Samuel Peter. He climbed from middleweight to heavyweight without requesting ca
