BoxingScene's Brent Mattero Alderson recently spoke with former three-division champion James "Lights Out" Toney (70-6-3, 43KOs), who gave his honest thoughts on a variety of current topics in the sport. [details]
Toney Talks Return, Trinidad, Peter and more.
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In his last fight, Toney struggled to win a SD against jouryman Danny Batchelder; who btw was there just to make Toney look good. So in my estimation, this December fight is Toney's last chance at doing anything meaningful in the hw division. If he looks bad like he did against Batchelder or even loses, that's it for "Light's Out."Comment
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say what you want....but boxing, especially the Heavyweights, need somebody like James Toney. He may say some things that don't make sense and he may be on the downside, but he still makes an interesting match up for anyone out there. And personally, I love how he fights....he's a real boxer, as far as skills he has it all but he just needs to get in shape, even if he came in the ring at 225-230 he would be better off. because any weight higher than that is gonna slow him down more than time has. I would like to see Toney take the Holyfield route to get another chance at a titleComment
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I don't know; the hw division seems to be moving along fine without the likes of James Toney. Toney's brought shame to himself and the sport for testing not once, but twice for steroids...say what you want....but boxing, especially the Heavyweights, need somebody like James Toney. He may say some things that don't make sense and he may be on the downside, but he still makes an interesting match up for anyone out there. And personally, I love how he fights....he's a real boxer, as far as skills he has it all but he just needs to get in shape, even if he came in the ring at 225-230 he would be better off. because any weight higher than that is gonna slow him down more than time has. I would like to see Toney take the Holyfield route to get another chance at a title
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yeah true about the steriods but **** it right...he had two pretty good reasons for testing positive...and obviosly he didn' look like he was on roids. but any body would have trouble with Toney...I don't see him gettin Knocked out by any of these guysComment
I thought Jirov won the first fight. Although I'm a bit biased because Jirov is one of my favorite boxers.
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