Quote Originally Posted by amat
Honestly this time I considered putting RJ on but....well outside of Toney, Ruiz and Hopkins, what's one big fight RJ had. I mean the only true mega fight of his career was against Ruiz.
Actually, the Toney fight was a much, much bigger fight than the Ruiz one. The fight against Ruiz was only a big deal because of the idea of a former middleweight fighting against a heavyweight. But everyone knew that Ruiz was a paper champion and that he was basically a stiff.

On the other hand, Toney was considered one of the top 2 or 3 PFP fighters in the world when he fought Jones. The betting odds were about even for that fight. Beating Toney was a big deal back then.