Comments Thread For: Roy Jones: James Toney Was The Man - But I Annihilated Him!

[killakali]

Ok Roy enough with I jumped up from middle weight bs... no boxer walks around at their fighting weight thats a bunch of bs, you look at canelo who started at 154 pounds, now is fighting at 160 pounds who fought at a catch weight of 164 pounds not to far from the super middle weight division.

canelo started at 140. Check your facts fam

[killakali]

So that's Roys golden fight huh? Lawd have mercy

do u know who James Toney is? He was #1 pound for pound

[boxing90]

canelo started at 140. Check your facts fam

Small mistake.. thought it was 47? but didnt win a world title until 54

[nacho daddy]

The win over John Ruiz was crap. Roy just picked the low hanging fruit and fought the worst heavyweight champion out there.

I was more impressed when fat James Toney stopped Evander Holyfield.

yes the battle over whose PED's / growth harmone were better

[mrlopez]

A bunch of hateras.s weirdos in here. RJJ was 1 of the best to ever do it. Downplaying his accomplishments is down right ******ed. He embarassed his opponents with ease or knocked em out. After his HW Championship win, his downfall came, but everything before then was dope. His swag was real af.
Hate on him all you want, but either YDKSAB, youre too young to have actually watched him live or too old to admit his greatness. Yall cats are finicky

[rrayvez]

Ok let's run this down. He beat Hopkins early. Mike mcallum is not elite, Ruiz is fat trash and you got Toney who is also not an HOF as of yet. Wow!

are you just trolling? Hopkins was 28 when they fought, older than Jones. McCallum isn't elite? Damn, then how did he get into the hall of fame? Toney isn't in the hall of fame yet because he hadn't been inactive for 5 yrs. He's first ballot once eligible. Roy also beat Virgil Hill who's in the hall of fame. You're sounding very much like a casual.

[future hendrixx]

25.02.06 - By James Slater: In the penultimate month of 1994, James Toney's world was about to come crashing down around him. James was struggling with his weight, more so now that his body was older and had thickened out with maturity, and making 168 was an almost impossible ordeal. Stepping up to light heavyweight would have been a far more practical move at this point. But a huge money fight with Roy Jones Jnr was simply irresistible and James almost killed himself dragging his weight down one more time.

Entering training camp approximately six weeks before the scheduled fight date of November 18th, Toney weighed a staggering 214 pounds! He somehow shed the excess pounds but was incredibly weak as he climbed onto the scales to weigh in at 167 pounds. Immediately afterwards he was hooked up to an IV to replace his body fluids and he remained on it all night until the next day when battle was due to commence.. On the way into the ring his weight was checked again and he tipped in at 186 pounds. Amazingly he'd regained almost twenty pounds in just twenty four hours. What a draining sacrifice he had gone through in the name of pride. He simply wanted to beat up on Jones so badly and the fight could only be made at super middleweight, Jones claiming he couldn't go any higher as of yet. The fact that he entered the ring weighing 186 may seem like an advantage, but far from it. Toney was soft looking around the middle and his performance was sluggish. Despite this, and Jones being the more sharper of the two, Roy still refused to fight in a style that would in any way deviate from his overly cautious game plan, much to the infuriation of the crowd. A boringly one sided bout dragged on, something no one had predicted in the days of hype leading up to "The Uncivil War".

Jones scored a flash knockdown in the third round when he caught Toney slightly off balance, and a count was administered. Unhurt, James was soon up but, try as he did, he couldn't get into the fight. He was just too weak and lost a lopsided decision. He'd lost for the first time and he was devastated.

Out of the ring for only three months he was to lose his very next fight also, albeit controversially. Up at the much more natural 175 pound division, he took on 1992 Olympic medallist Montell Griffin. Appearing to score the more hurtful blows, staggering Griffin on occasions, he nonetheless lost a majority decision. Losing twice in a row, the second loss he felt very unfair, was too much for Toney and tension started to mount between him and his trainer and manager. The glamorous Jackie Kallen, one of only a relative few female managers in the sport, was relieved of her duties and James' long time trainer, the vastly experienced and knowledgeable Bill Miller, also parted company from him. Replacements came with the former light heavyweight champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad coming on board as his new trainer and Stan Hoffman in the managerial role.


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now is this a legit excuse for toney?? keep in mind toney had weight issues his ENTIRE career but he only cried about it when he lost. just copied n pasted this because most dont know about JT's obsession with burgers and making weight.

[joe strong]

Wasn't there an undefeated Polish guy in his weight class that he didn't fight to fight Ruiz? Hmmmmm

Are you talking about Michalhdjxjxhxhxdjx or whatever his name was. The guy Anorak said gave you 147 points in scrabble? That guy stayed in europe building his record on the european scene. Back then fighting in the US is where the best fighters fought. MSG or Vegas were the meccas.

[puroylan]

Roy Jones was my favorite when he was in his prime. It was always exciting to watch him fight back then. So glad to have this opportunity. He was the best when he was in his prime!

[Steven Mccowan]

do u know who James Toney is? He was #1 pound for pound

haha. Yeah these kids on here are gullible and very uneducated about the sport.