Do people look past James Toney's padded record?

[TheGreatA]

Ye he was a good fighter (Holley Mims) however he had no punching power and his claim to fame was a good fight against Rubin carter. Robinson had a cut over the eye which made the fight harder, he is probably better than a padding on a record though but, he wasn't a world beater by any stretch of the imagination.

Mims actually had several good wins over Jose Basora, Johnny Bratton, Willie Troy, Spider Webb, George Benton, Henry Hank, Jimmy Ellis, Gomeo Brennan, lost razor close decisions to **** Tiger, Joey Giardello, Rubin Carter, Joey Archer, Luis Manuel Rodriguez.

Robinson was the first man to ever knock him down and he was only stopped once in his career, due to a headbutt which caused a bad cut. At his best he was a top 3 middleweight contender in the world.

I disagree that he had no punching power, he fought a high level of opposition and buckled the iron-jawed Joey Archer several times:



A much, much better fighter than his record indicates.