James Toney is without doubt one of the greatest fighters to ever lace the gloves up! James has been a pro fighter 20 years plus and has won Titles from Middleweight all the way up to Heavyweight.
Toney's record speaks for itself. James is experienced against top opposition, and has fought former heavyweight world champions John Ruiz (W12 and Evander Holyfield (TKO9, also a former cruiserweight world champion); former cruiserweight world champions Vassiliy Jirov (W12) and Adolpho Washington (TKO10); former light heavyweight world champions Charles Williams (KO12), Mike McCallum three times (W12, W12, and D12, also a middleweight and jr. middleweight world champion), Iran Barkley (TKO9, also a super middleweight and middleweight world champion), and Reggie Johnson (W12, also a middleweight world champion); former super middleweight champions Steve Little (W12) and Michael Nunn (TKO11, also a middleweight world champion); and former middleweight world champion Doug DeWitt (TKO6).
James has also fought the same way from Middleweight all the way up to Heavyweight and that's staying toe to toe and making his opponents miss and punishing them with brutal counters. He can also explode and go after his opponent wanting to KO them (Toney v Delgado, Rush and Robinson are a few). James can fight going forwards, backwards and sidewards. Not many fighters can say that. James' defence is one of if not the best in the history of the sport. The man's never been knocked out and have never seen a mark on him except for the Littles fight when James got a nasty cut via headbutt.
James also has beaten fighters who were outstanding as amateurs which Toney beat were: Anthony Hembrick, Terry McGroom, Tim Littles, Michael Nunn, Evander Holyfield, Vassily Jirov, Ramon Garbey, Adolpho Washington, Mike McCallum, Ernest Mateen, Reggie Johnson, Arthur Willis, Dominick Guinn and Ron Amundsen. This is further testament to Toney's greatness as he took up Boxing in his late teens.
Today's champions are content to defend their World Title once every 6 months. James was the poster boy for active champion defending his Title once a month and always fighting often how the old timers did in the old days. The man's definitely a throwback and one of the most naturally talented fighters to walk thru the ropes with a chin made of granite. Toney's a fighter with great boxing skills and shows great courage fighting on the inside. Definite future Hall of Famer.
Toney also fought many non title fights in between defenses of his title, which kept him sharp
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