Fresh off his enshrinement in The Hall of Fame, James Toney spoke with Fight Hype, explaining the history of the shoulder roll defensive move he made his own back in the day, this when Toney really was the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
James Toney and Vassiliy Jirov engaged in one of the most memorable cruiserweight championship contests during the relatively brief history of the weight class.
On February 8, 1992, the boxing world witnessed a most controversial decision. The points win defending IBF middleweight champ James Toney received after 12 punishing rounds with hefty underdog Dave Tiberi stunned millions; with commentator Alex Wallau calling the decision “one of the most disgusting I have ever seen.”
On Friday, October 29, legendary three-weight world champion and all-time-great James “Lights Out” Toney (77-10-3, 47 KOs) will make a very special return to the ring to face murderous-punching Jeremy “Half-Man, Half-Amazing” Williams (43-5-1, 35 KOs) in an eight-round exhibition bout that will serve as the main event of “Battle of the KO Kings,” a seven-fight night of free professional boxing, presented by Blue Moon Boxing at the Palenque de la Feria San Marcos in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and livestreamed on bluemoonentertainment.com
Former IBF light-heavyweight champ “Prince” Charles Williams was one of the best 175-pound warriors of the 1990s. Williams, who ruled from 1987 to 1993, fought so many big names.
90 pro fights, many wins, a few losses – zero stoppage defeats. This is James “Lights Out” Toney, arguably, possibly, maybe the man with THE greatest, most constantly reliable chin in all of boxing history.
30 years ago today, the great James Toney won the first in a number of world titles. A 22-year-old Toney, trained by the masterful Bill Miller, traveled to Michael Nunn’s hometown of Davenport, Iowa to challenge the unbeaten southpaw for his IBF middleweight belt.
Fight fans the world over are still trying to come to terms with the sad, shocking and wholly unexpected passing of the great Marvelous Marvin Hagler.
On this day back in 1993, former IBF middleweight champ James Toney made his 168-pound world title debut. Having finally said no more to the efforts and debilitation of making 160 pounds, “Lights Out” had made his move up a division.
On this day in 1992, James Toney, the reigning IBF middleweight champion, met a 10/1 outsider named Dave Tiberi. To some people, it was a real-life “Rocky” scenario, with snow white underdog Tiberi taking on the role of Rocky Balboa.