What was expected to be a classic fight, a testing fight for both men, perhaps even the start of a trilogy, instead turned out to be a one-sided, almost shutout of a fight in favor of Roy Jones Junior.
Well, it wasn’t exactly pretty but, as promised, veterans James Toney and Donovan “Razor” Ruddock did manage to put on some kind of a show last night in Kingston, Jamaica.
It’s still almost incomprehensible, even when writing the words down to again report that the “fight” is actually, for real taking place this Saturday night, but we are indeed just a couple of days away from seeing James Toney face Donovan “Razor” Ruddock in the ring in Kingston, Jamaica.
If you have, from time to time, had a good moan about the number of pay-per-view offerings that are out there these days, chances are pretty high you will scream some about the price tag that is attached to the November 11 exhibition (let’s call it a special attraction) between veterans James Toney, aged 55, and Donovan “Razor” Ruddock, aged 59.
James Toney really could have been a quite terrific heavyweight. In fact, for a short span of time, he was. Toney, who was of course a middleweight when he first became a world champion, wasn’t given too much of a shot when it came to successfully rumbling with the big guys of the sport.
Yes, it’s really going down – James Toney Vs. Donovan “Razor” Ruddock, November 11 in Jamaica! Okay, it’s only an exhibition, but plenty of people are alarmed, nonetheless.
Yes, the above headline is correct, it’s not a typo or a mistake. James Toney, soon to turn 55, will indeed face 59 year old Donovan “Razor” Ruddock in November, the event to go out on Triller.
30 years ago, James “Lights Out” Toney really was one of the baddest, meanest, most superbly skilled fighters out there. Proof of this – additional proof – is the hatchet job Toney did on “The Blade,” Iran Barkley.
It’s fair to say former multi-weight champion and all-time great James Toney is no fan of Mexican star Canelo Alvarez. Asked recently why the advice he gave to Caleb Plant ahead of Plant’s fight with Canelo didn’t work, Toney said it was because Plant “didn’t listen.”
Rewind to 1994, and what a truly fantastic fighter James Toney really and absolutely was. Before he began to lose his focus as far as his discipline at making weight was concerned, Toney was an old-school operator who, as he boasted himself, could do it all.