So good to see JAMES TONEY back at a good weight and back in a boxing ring!

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by horst, Nov 3, 2011.


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  1. horst

    horst Guest

    Trying to box weighing 237-257lbs was a bad idea.

    James Toney is so ridiculously tough, resilient and fearless (and lazy!) that he has been putting himself into highly undesirable situations over the last few years, because he knows he can't really get hurt.

    But now, at last, he is back where his sublime skillset belongs, in a boxing ring. And he is back at a very good weight for himself, which is in between the weight he was for his last two great performances against Jirov (190) and Holyfield (217).

    Weight loss worries be damned, age worries be damned, Toney is on another planet to Lebedev in terms of skills - and will, for the first time since the first Sam Peter fight in '06, look like himself in a boxing ring.

    Toney wide UD... and then let the clamour begin for a fight with Bernard Hopkins, second choice Antonio Tarver.

    :happy
     
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  2. Jack Herbert

    Jack Herbert Member Full Member

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    I'm going down to the bookies to put 50 on the win and 50 on the KO for King James, hopefully he isn't drained he doesnt look it, 8 months to lose 50 pounds for somebody that overweight isnt a lot, they do it on the biggest loser in months. Roy jones was pretty much ripped even at heavyweight!
     
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  3. Post Box

    Post Box I'm back too, bitches Full Member

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    war toney! :ibutt
     
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  4. Zmora

    Zmora Sława!!! Full Member

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    I'm also glad to see Lights Out in action again.
    Think he schools Lebedev.
    To be honest I believe James can beat anyone in CW right, so let's hope he stays there for some time, gives us some big fights and unifies this division.
     
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  5. Peril

    Peril The Scholar Full Member

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    Lebedev will wreck JT.
     
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  6. hennyguzzla

    hennyguzzla Active Member Full Member

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    I'd wreck that chick on your avatar!
     
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  7. Peril

    Peril The Scholar Full Member

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    LOL who wouldn't ;)
     
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  8. Heavy Handed

    Heavy Handed I keep planets in orbit Full Member

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    I concur. :nut
     
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  9. Zmora

    Zmora Sława!!! Full Member

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    Same way he'd been 'wrecking' RJJ? Burnt out Roy gave him waaay too much trouble until KO. A KO which happened in last round of their fight.

    In this fight the technical skill of Toney will make the difference

    btw...nice avatar xD
     
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  10. HeavyT

    HeavyT Boxing Addict Full Member

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    People forget that Roy wasnt exactly punished before the KO, and I beleive Toney's still a marginally better fighter at this point.
     
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  11. antonio8904

    antonio8904 Atheist Full Member

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    count me in!
     
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  12. JMP

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    I hope Toney gives Lebedev an Iran Barkley-style beatdown. The weight loss concerns me though. I keep thinking back to Chris Byrd when he went down to light heavyweight.
     
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  13. Heavy Handed

    Heavy Handed I keep planets in orbit Full Member

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    Here is a pic from the weigh in . Damn! Toney at 199! :admin

    NVM, part of the link is filtered by ESB
     
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  14. Zmora

    Zmora Sława!!! Full Member

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    yes, that's exactly my point. during that fight I had the feeling that Roy schooled Lebedev from time to time
     
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  15. p.falk

    p.falk Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Does Toney need to watch what he says in Russia during the press conference?

    I only ask because I remember years back Onyx (american hip hop group) going on tour in Russia. There were stories that they tried to act like tough guys to security or planning personnel in Russia.... and how quickly it turned serious when the Russians didn't take too kind to being muscled around.
     
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