Well, he doesn't really have very impressive power or a very impressive chin, but he has fairly impressive power, a fairly impressive chin, is physically strong and commanding, and has heart, and he gets away with a ludicrous amount of fouling and gets favoritism from the judges. Plus Toney and McCline were 37-38 years old, a fat 5'9" over-the-hill ex-middleweight in Toney's case, and a battered old warhorse who was never especially great in McCline's case.