WBC Mandates Another Shot For James Toney: What’s it Really All About?

[DiegoFuego]

So did Jirov...he pushed him around, onto the ropes, and pounded on him as much as he could.

Toney did the same thing in this fight as he did in that one. Landed cleaner, harder shots all night and countered the **** out of his opponent. Only difference being he didn't have the power or conditioning to close the show in the 12th.

If you score 10 jabs and a power shot over 5/6/7 clean power punches theres something wrong with you. (don't take this literally, just a general statement).

Jirov didn't land **** on Toney. The way Harold Lederman was giving Jirov rounds was ****ing bull. I had Toney winning that one by a huge margin. Toney won at least 8-9 rounds that fight. He'd be lucky to be given 6 against Rahman.

[JEBoxing]

Toney the man??

Toney was ranked highly upon entering the division because he was the man at Cruiser. He's been a legitimate top ten Heavyweight for 3 years.

This is more that can be said for Maskaev, or Golota when he got 3 consective title shots.

Toney won one significant fight at cruiserweight --- and none as a heavyweight. Holyfield was ancient. Booker was, well, Booker. Ruiz was a steroid pumped performance - the proof was in the urinalysis. And Guinn? Besides being 1-2-1 in his last 4 fights coming in, was not ranked in the entire Top 40 heavyweights by the WBC, and that's the fight that made Toney a "legit" heavyweight force? He does not rate another shot.