Invincible Final
By Stephen Campana: “Those whom the gods would destroy they first raise up.” —a variant of a famous quote from the Ancient Greek tragedian Euripides
Every generation has one.
James Toney
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On This Day In ’88: The Great James Toney Goes Pro
After compiling an amateur career of 35 fights, with just two losses, 20-year old James Toney went pro. Facing a guy named Stephen Lee, the man from Ann Arbour, Michigan, scored a second-round TKO.
Five Super-Special Fighters Eligible To Be Voted Into 2021 Hall Of Fame
For those that have the honor bestowed upon them, it’s again time to put pen to paper and vote for the fighters deserving of being enshrined in The Hall of Fame.
The Greater Fighter: Roy Jones or James Toney? Three Experts Give Their Take
They only fought once and when they did meet, Roy Jones Jr. walked away a commanding winner over James Toney in November of 1994.
Mike Tyson, Holyfield and Toney coming back = Money Grab – Jeff Mayweather
Jeff Mayweather doesn’t see anything wrong with famous former heavyweights like Mike Tyson, James Toney, and Evander Holyfield coming out of retirement for what he views as a “Money grab’ with their charity exhibition fights.
On This Day In 2005 – James Toney Appears To Win The WBA Heavyweight Title (until 10 days later)
Fifteen years ago today in New York, James Toney seemed to have done everything right in outclassing and outpointing John Ruiz to take “The Quiet Man’s” WBA portion of the world heavyweight title.
Fantasy Match-Up – Gerald McClellan Vs. James Toney
Fantasy Fights, or Dream Fights, they are the current trend, as no actual boxing is taking place due to, well, you know what.
Rematches That Never Happened, but should have happened
he following is a list of fights that could so easily have happened; indeed should have happened. Yet for whatever reason or reasons, they did not materialize.
25 Years Ago Today: James Toney Scores One Of The Most Memorable KO’s Of His Career…
James Toney really was a sensational fighter. Back in his prime, and even a good few years later, when Toney was still a genuine force, the naturally gifted but also exquisitely trained boxer from Ann Arbour – coached as he was by Bill Miller and later Freddie Roach, really two of the very best in the history of the game – delighted the purists along with those who love a war and a nasty KO.
James Toney At His Best – As A Cruiserweight?
What is your favorite James Toney fight? There are of course quite a few gems to pick and choose from; and as we know, “Lights Out” fought some big, big fights in a number of different weight classes.