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All time greats who epitomized the saying 1 great fight left in him: Toney vs Jirov
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I always felt that toneys last great performnace was PETER 1..
Toney's counterpunching was on point that night.. Plus he was a short fat out of shape, forty year old former middleweight, standing toe2toe with a huge bulk of a tank in Samuel Peter
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Originally posted by Sugar Adam Ali View PostI always felt that toneys last great performnace was PETER 1..
Toney's counterpunching was on point that night.. Plus he was a short fat out of shape, forty year old former middleweight, standing toe2toe with a huge bulk of a tank in Samuel Peter
only guys like Ezzard Charles, Joe Walcott(the original) Archie Moore, Roy Jones, and Jimmy Bivins started at 160 or lower and could tangle with heavyweights
Very impressed with Toney's late career surge from age 34-40
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Originally posted by therealpugilist View Postthat was impressive.....His run over light heavyweight cemented his place as an ATG
only guys like Ezzard Charles, Joe Walcott(the original) Archie Moore, Roy Jones, and Jimmy Bivins started at 160 or lower and could tangle with heavyweights
Very impressed with Toney's late career surge from age 34-40
Just a quick question for you:
Do you think Roy's win over Ruiz was on a par with Toney's great win over Jirov?
As you know, I'm a huge fan of Roy's, but I also love Toney too. But the reason I've asked you the question, is because across many boxing forums, Toney gets heaps of praise for the Jirov win, (and rightly so) yet Roy doesn't seem to get much for his win over Ruiz.
My thinking behind this, is that Toney-Jirov was a great, exciting fight, whereas Roy-Ruiz was seen as a lacklustre, easy win.
I think that Roy sometimes gets penalised for being too good. I'm absolutely certain that if his fight with Ruiz had've been close and exciting with lots of drama, he'd have gotten a lot more credit than what he actually got.
Although Ruiz wasn't a great fighter and he was awful to watch, he was a tough guy who caused decent HW's lots of issues.
Thanks.
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Originally posted by robertzimmerman View PostYour threads are fantastic. A real pleasure to read, as well as your comments in general.
Just a quick question for you:
Do you think Roy's win over Ruiz was on a par with Toney's great win over Jirov?
As you know, I'm a huge fan of Roy's, but I also love Toney too. But the reason I've asked you the question, is because across many boxing forums, Toney gets heaps of praise for the Jirov win, (and rightly so) yet Roy doesn't seem to get much for his win over Ruiz.
My thinking behind this, is that Toney-Jirov was a great, exciting fight, whereas Roy-Ruiz was seen as a lacklustre, easy win.
I think that Roy sometimes gets penalised for being too good. I'm absolutely certain that if his fight with Ruiz had've been close and exciting with lots of drama, he'd have gotten a lot more credit than what he actually got.
Although Ruiz wasn't a great fighter and he was awful to watch, he was a tough guy who caused decent HW's lots of issues.
Thanks.
Im appreciative that you hold my opinion so highly...thanks man
people dont like Ruiz style and he wasnt getting a lot of knockouts but he beat Holyfield when he only had 4 losses and was still hell for anyone not named Lennox Lewis...he even gave Lennox all he could handle
Ruiz had one of the better resumes of his era of heavyweights.
Jones win over a top 5 heavyweight trumps toney beating arguably the number one cruiser...Ruiz went on to beat other top 10-20 contenders
Toney was a natural cruiser by this time in his career and he was a 200 lbs football player before he started cutting weight for boxing
Jones doesnt get the credit he deserves for the win because of the "oh Jones dont fight nobdy but cab drivers" group.
Back in the late 90s was so good that people were calling he go to heavy after knocking out Griffin and Hill
People couldnt relate to a fighter being as dominant as Jones was and making it look easy. So they had to find something to criticize.....I collected ring magazines in high school and their was a point in his career in 2001-2003 where he held wins over 7/10 contenders at his weight
He didnt fight nobody doe...let them tell
Jones was one of the greatest to ever put on a pair of gloves
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Originally posted by therealpugilist View Post
Im appreciative that you hold my opinion so highly...thanks man
people dont like Ruiz style and he wasnt getting a lot of knockouts but he beat Holyfield when he only had 4 losses and was still hell for anyone not named Lennox Lewis...he even gave Lennox all he could handle
Ruiz had one of the better resumes of his era of heavyweights.
Jones win over a top 5 heavyweight trumps toney beating arguably the number one cruiser...Ruiz went on to beat other top 10-20 contenders
Toney was a natural cruiser by this time in his career and he was a 200 lbs football player before he started cutting weight for boxing
Jones doesnt get the credit he deserves for the win because of the "oh Jones dont fight nobdy but cab drivers" group.
Back in the late 90s was so good that people were calling he go to heavy after knocking out Griffin and Hill
People couldnt relate to a fighter being as dominant as Jones was and making it look easy. So they had to find something to criticize.....I collected ring magazines in high school and their was a point in his career in 2001-2003 where he held wins over 7/10 contenders at his weight
He didnt fight nobody doe...let them tell
Jones was one of the greatest to ever put on a pair of gloves
What can I say?
Again, I agree entirely with everything you've written.
You're a great poster.
I hope you have a great Christmas, and I'll look forward to debating with you after the holidays.
Take care.
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Originally posted by robertzimmerman View PostThanks for the reply mate.
What can I say?
Again, I agree entirely with everything you've written.
You're a great poster.
I hope you have a great Christmas, and I'll look forward to debating with you after the holidays.
Take care.
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