James Nathaniel Toney (born August 24, 1968) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2017. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the IBF and lineal middleweight titles from 1991 to 1993, the IBF super middleweight title from 1993 to 1994, and the IBF cruiserweight title in 2003. Prizefighter Tournament, heavyweight semi-final. Prizefighter Tournament, heavyweight quarter-final. Greer, who was down in rd 1, stopped on his feet. Oquendo lost point in 8th rd for rabbit punch. Originally ruled a TKO3 win for Toney was changed by the CSAC.
Lineal Middleweight Champs Since 1941 Sports Illustrated
1 Amateur Career 2 Professional Career 3 Awards & Recognition 4 Minor & Regional Titles 5 Other Sports 6 External Link Amateur Career Record: 35 fights, 33 wins (32 KO's), 2 losses Lost his first amateur bout Won the 1983 and 1984 West Michigan Junior Division Championship (156 lbs) Won the 1987 Novice Golden Gloves Championship (156 lbs) On February 13, 1993, Toney, undefeated in 35 fights, challenged IBF Super Middleweight Champion Iran Barkley. My father was a fan of Barkley's brawling style but he agreed with me that his style was tailor made for the defensive and boxing acumen of Toney. Toney was one of the greatest defensive fighters and counterpunchers of all-time. SUBSCRIBE http://bit.ly/SSBoxingSubWe look back to the Ringside Special in 2013 with James 'Lights Out' Toney, as he joins Adam Smith and Johnny Nelson to d. James Obede "Hot Ice" Toney (born 5 August 1980) is a Ghanaian professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2010. He held the African middleweight title, World Boxing Council (WBC) International middleweight title, and Commonwealth middleweight title.
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James Nathaniel Toney (born August 24, 1968) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2017. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the IBF and lineal middleweight titles from 1991 to 1993, the IBF super middleweight title from 1993 to 1994, and the IBF cruiserweight title in 2003. J ames Toney was both a throwback fighter and one of the faces of a brash new era in the sport. Although Toney was part of the next wave of boxing stars that defined the 1990s along with Riddick Bowe, Oscar De La Hoya, Felix Trinidad, Terry Norris, Shane Mosley and his hated rival, Roy Jones Jr., his boxing mentality was decidedly old school. On August 29, 1992, James Toney retained his IBF middleweight title by scoring a 12-round majority decision over Mike McCallum at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada. The official scores were 117-110, 117-110 and 114-114. Toney and McCallum had met seven months earlier in Atlantic City. Better to bounce the grandkids on his knees and tell of the time in 1991 that James 'Lights Out' Toney upset the great Michael Nunn to become, at 22, the youngest middleweight world champion for.
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"Lights Out" Wins Losses Draws KO% James Toney is a former American professional boxer who has been in the game for over 28 years. Throughout his illustrious career, Toney fought a total of 92 times and was able to amass an impressive record of 77 wins, 10 losses, 3 draws, and 2 no-contests. In the early '90s, Toney dominated a middleweight division that quietly rivals 'The Four Kings' era - Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Roberto Duran - for its greatness..
The officials scored a draw, while plenty watching from ringside and on television made convincing cases for both McCallum and Toney. 2. THAT middleweight showdown was originally intended to be a. School of Hard Knocks. James Toney won the IBF super middleweight title by teaching Iran Barkley a thing or two about boxing. Iran Barkley, the aging IBF super middleweight champion, expected a street brawl, a clash of baseball bats and brass knuckles, a bloodletting to settle a dispute over turf. Instead what he received from 24-year-old James.
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1. WITH hindsight, James Toney's plans to invade the heavyweight division, voiced in the lead-up to his super-middleweight showdown with Roy Jones Jnr, were not the most promising. James Toney, the IBF middleweight champ, yearns to punish the man who left him and his mother 22 years ago Charles Pierce TABLE OF CONTENTS ORIGINAL LAYOUT The son hates the father, and it is.
