Terence Crawford has obtained loads of plaudits lately, however one Corridor of Fame fighter claims he isn’t on his stage, together with Shakur Stevenson, believing that neither man is within the class he was in when he was energetic.
Crawford hung up the gloves again in December after defeating Canelo Alvarez and he has since been praised as one of many biggest fighters of the trendy period, having reigned as undisputed champion in three weight lessons.
In the meantime, Stevenson is being heralded as one in all boxing’s present greatest off the again of a one-sided determination victory towards Teofimo Lopez, claiming a 119-109 determination on all three of the judges’ scorecards and changing into the the game’s third-youngest four-division world champion within the course of.
Nonetheless, regardless of the efforts of each males, former three-weight world champion James Toney informed FightHype that their wins haven’t been dominant or harmful sufficient to warrant the identical recognition as him.
“He appeared good, alright, nevertheless it wasn’t no James Toney efficiency, you understand that. Each time that I fought on the massive stage, [Iran] Barkley, [Evander] Holyfield, John Ruiz and numerous others – I’m dominating them.
Terence Crawford, I really like Terence Crawford, however he didn’t even do what I did. He didn’t do it, however he gained 12 rounds. I did injury, I finished individuals, I knocked individuals out, that’s the reason they referred to as me ‘Lights Out’.”
At 28 years outdated, there may be loads of time for Stevenson to additional etch his identify into the historical past books, with a doable transfer to the welterweight division doubtlessly presenting the Newark southpaw with the chance to grow to be boxing’s seventh five-division champion.
