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Clip: Toney vs Jirov revisited
With his right eye swelling shut, Jirov came out firing and opened strong with another salvo of punches before pinning Toney against the ropes. The challenger continued to roll away from shots but Jirov landed while smothering Toney's blows. Toney remained poised and with 1:53 to go in 12th, he nailed the champion with yet another punishing right hand to the face. Toney followed up with three more ripping right hands as he slid along the ropes and continued to score. At the 1:43 mark, Toney set his feet, and hammered Jirov with a screaming right hand to the head. Jirov rocked back on his heels but dropped his hands even further as he tried to outmuscle the challenger. Fighting out of the corner and on the ropes, Toney nailed the champion with three consecutive left hooks just above the belt line. The blows almost caught Jirov in the back as he continued to swing and miss. Toney increased the leverage with each shot and the blood seemingly drained from the champion's face. Jirov's hands dropped, Toney slid along the ropes, and then unloaded three more ferocious withering blows that caught the champion square in the face. Jirov staggered forward and Toney hammered him with a crushing right uppercut to the jaw. The effect was if he had been hit by a waffle iron and Jirov tumbled face first to the deck.
After crashing to the canvas, Jirov struggled to his feet with blood trickling from both his eyes and out of his nostrils. He staggered to an upright position and managed to remain vertical for the last few moments of the contest. With the crowd standing and cheering, Toney raised his gloves in victory.
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