James Toney Dream Fights

[Flickergrab98]

Wonder if anyone new would have opinions on this?

[Slugfester]

I don't have any Toney dream fights. He doesn't make my dreams.

[Willie Pep 229]

How about Toney and a motorcycle club guy? Let the Hells Angels pick the best guy.

LPR Rules

I bet that would sell, maybe even PVV. Not big, but if promoted right it could match Logan Paul's last outing's buys (which weren't that great.)

[QueensburyRules]

- - Two Ton Toney vs Blubber Fury prefight...just imagine such a monumental farce as could never have been conceived in the history of mankind.

The French might even explode into a new galaxy...

[Incapable]

So, I’m a bit of a James Toney fan. But one thing I have to gripe about is that there were several world class middleweight and super middleweight boxers that he never ended up fighting. I’m assuming that the timing was just never right, but that’s besides the point. So, I wanna share a bunch of James Toney fantasy fight ideas. I wanna hear your opinions on each fight. How do you think it will go? Who do you think will win? But most of all, I want to know which one you would be most excited to see and why?

James Toney vs. Bernard Hopkins
James Toney vs. Chris Eubank
James Toney vs. Nigel Benn
James Toney vs. Gerald McClellan

Would love to see him against all of em
He loses to Hopkins
Beats Benn but gets hurt.
Eubank loses decision
Beats G man by late ko.

[Hooded Terror]

I was around when Toney hammered Nunn. He looked old school even way back then, as trained by the vastly underrated Bill Miller. He'd come out with a win then hoop and holler for Burger King during the post-fight interviews of that period. His weakness has always been focus and consistency....and road work. Even with Miller at the helm Toney has been his own worst nightmare.

At his best, most focused (and that means starting camp early NOT 40lbs over 170lbs):

James Toney vs. Bernard Hopkins - Toney WS12 Hopkins
James Toney vs. Chris Eubank - Toney TKO9 Eubank
James Toney vs. Nigel Benn - Toney KO6 Benn
James Toney vs. Gerald McClellan - Toney TKO10 McClellan

[Willow The Wisp]

I'd love to see him go against Randy The Natural Couture!
that would be epic.

[IronDanHamza]

I was around when Toney hammered Nunn. He looked old school even way back then, as trained by the vastly underrated Bill Miller. He'd come out with a win then hoop and holler for Burger King during the post-fight interviews of that period. His weakness has always been focus and consistency....and road work. Even with Miller at the helm Toney has been his own worst nightmare.

At his best, most focused (and that means starting camp early NOT 40lbs over 170lbs):

James Toney vs. Bernard Hopkins - Toney WS12 Hopkins
James Toney vs. Chris Eubank - Toney TKO9 Eubank
James Toney vs. Nigel Benn - Toney KO6 Benn
James Toney vs. Gerald McClellan - Toney TKO10 McClellan

And which fights and time period was that exactly?

[Hooded Terror]

And which fights and time period was that exactly?

1990, Sanderline Williams, the 1st match. Soon after he faced and upset Michael Nunn, a talented, tough middleweight and one of my favorite fighters of that period. Middleweight was chalk-full with Eubank, Benn, Graham, Barkley, McCallum, Collins, Kalambay, Tate, Olajide and Hagler's half brother and 160lb gatekeeper, Robbie Sims.

Toney was a frustrating fighter to follow. He did well to get up off the deck and eke out a close decision over the vastly underrated Reggie Johnson in his frst title defense, mere weeks after the Nunn upset. His second title defense against an invisible foe (who I barely recall) saw Toney the recipient of an unfair advantage on the scales and he prevailed without being stripped of his title. Odd given the cadence of his appearances but congruent with his later claimed "eating disorder". He shined not long after with the underrated Mike McCallum, looking to have won a close, tactical contest. It was damned impressive. After that he looked to have been machine-washed by the ESPN-popular Dave Tiberi, only to steal and undeserved decision. I had Toney, skill-wise, on the 10th floor and Tiberi on the 5th, but James had left the better part of himself in little puddles around the stairmaster in the weeks before.

Toney was compelling in a terrific middleweight era (post-Hagler)

[QueensburyRules]

How about Toney and a motorcycle club guy? Let the Hells Angels pick the best guy.

LPR Rules

I bet that would sell, maybe even PVV. Not big, but if promoted right it could match Logan Paul's last outing's buys (which weren't that great.)

- - Logan last outing was an exhibition that saw him beat l'l floydy from pillar to post.

Must be thinking of brother Jake who been turning boxing and the Fury family into a giggle of shytehouse hoes while successfully starting his own promotional company.