Absolute beating. Toney has been elevated to proportions that he didn't actually come close to in real time. It's confusing really.
Jimmy Ellis fought at 160 for a few years. He later beat the likes of Floyd Patterson, Jerry Quarry, Oscar Bonavena, George Chuvalo and Leotis Martin at heavyweight. He fought Ali and Shavers. He was a top five heavyweight for 3 years or more and was #3 for a while from memory. He dropped out one year then came back to be top 5 for multiple years again. He did miles more than Toney ever did at heavyweight.
You think Canelo can do everything Toney did? - RJJ dipped his toe in at HW, JT became a real contender.
It’s actually a good pick, I think Ellis and Toney were also similar sized, JT wasn’t exactly a wee Hagler style 160lber he was a thick set guy, I think he’d beat Ellis though and the guys Toney beat* Rahman and Peter’s probably run over Ellis. JE would be a very high rated p4per today and in any other era with a lot of weight classes and scale manipulation.
Yeah there are some actual good match ups at 190-HW that would be shocking for Toney to win, I pick him over Foreman but a guy like LL kills him… a fighter like Bonavena? Fair game. I’d pick Archie Moore to beat Holyfield but Tyson, Bowe and Lewis would delete him.