Just how good of a boxer was James Toney?

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  1. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    He saw the fight, I'm asking his opinion who won. I can watch a fight and tell who I get won without scoring it. He just can't admit the truth. Some of his cards are pretty bad. Toney 3 points over Peter? Holyfield over Lewis being pressure got to him and he called it a draw? Funny stuff. If you want to discuss Toney in these fights I mentioned from 160-168, I'm game. I don't think you in this thread for that.

    Question for you McGrain. Do you think Toney vs Tiberi was a bad decision? You already said you felt Tiberi won it by two rounds though I think your scoring in round 4 was off.
     
  2. Mendoza

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    Short answer Dolt,
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    , Peter beat him, twice. Toney had a chance to fight Wlad but ran from it and a title shot, taking another fight for less money. When you actually have point, let me know,

    I think Jirov is highly over rated. Always have. Who did Toney really beat at heavyweight? Not Peter, nor Rahman, nor Ruiz. The Oquendo fight was questionable. Oh right a 40 year old Holyfield, my bad.

    On the Oquendo fight, some data for and others to say Hmmmm, bad decision
    • Versus viewers had Oquendo winning in the scoring 115-113
    • Versus blows report: Oquendo 222/740 30%, Toney 154/491 31%.
    • Versus announcers had Oquendo winning 116-112.
    • Most Boxing writers had Oquendo winning 116-112

    But back to point, Toney is -16 on rounds won to rounds lost vs his best at 160-168. I do not think he's a class C middle, I think he was a very good one, just not great.
     
  3. McGrain

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    And his answer, "I scored seen the fight so i'm not sure" is 100% valid and reasonable, especially in a fight scored close by most ringsiders. I, like the majority of media cards you produced, have it 114-114. Now, because you will read this and immediately start shouting that more people had the win for GGG, I know that. What I wrote - there are MORE CARDS that say 114-114 than say ANY OTHER SINGLE SCORE on the "Media score cards" list you produced.

    So no, in such a fight, you can't just sort of get a feel for who you thought won and be taken seriously. Not on this forum.

    Anyway, you're now criticizing Blade to third parties as "suspect" as if he's hiding something. Meanwhile you take extreme, unmovable positions on fights you haven't scored.

    I have answered numerous questions about that fight (including the one you just asked) and produced a scorecard. I told you already i'm not discussing this fight with you any more unless you produce a scorecard and i'm not. I will say it's beyond bizarre to move around the forum making these claims without having scored it. You literally might think Toney won that fight if you actually watched it with proper consideration, but for some reason, you prefer to spend weeks - weeks and weeks and weeks - talking about it without having watched it properly (properly meaning considering who won each round careful and sharing that information here).
     
  4. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I see what you're saying and I'd have been backing Toney in a rematch, but it was also a $500,000 payday that Tiberi turned his back on.
     
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  5. Unforgiven

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    Tiberi obviously retired because he was disgusted with the decision.
    Toney lost that one.
     
  6. dinovelvet

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    Pure unadulterated hatred.:drooling: Is Toney your new Jack Johnson?
     
  7. Mendoza

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    Blade is a runner of questions. He doesn't want to answer who he thinks won, but he sure can. He can't score a fight. We know this. I'm not asking for his card, just who he felt won it. Simple and easy.

    Which fights have I not scored, tell me and you'll be wrong again. You don't know which fight I saw or scored.

    My positions are correct, the fans boys just can't accept the facts I use.

    WRONG, the media score cards I produce have GGG as the clear winner. Your just inflexible on those facts.

    Do you want to produce all media cards of GGG vs Canelo 1 and count them up? I'm calling you. Let me know if your game since you brought it up. I predict you won't even go there as you know better. In other words I'm correct again. You'll be buried.

    You also ducked out of scoring round 4 with me on Toney vs Tiberi, which I felt Tiberi won! I offered you and I review that round and, you went radio silent. Hmmmm/ The rest of your card with Tiberi winning by two points is fine. So I asked to score round 4 You said you are willing to talk about fights I scored. Where were you? What our sign once again is not accurate. You ran. So stop talking about debating me on what I saw. And if you want to score that one round, ( Round 4 Toney vs Tiberi ) lets do it.

    I count two ducks here from you

    1 ) You won't count up all media cards on GGG vs Canelo 1 and you are WRONG, there are way more GGG wins than Draws, and very few Canelo wins.

    2 ) You have not agreed to score a round I have watched. I said I agree with your card except for round 4. Can we go over that one

    PS: Learn how to count, I posted these media cards, there were more GGG as the winner than Draws.

    To save you some time, its nearly 2-1 GGG as the winner over draws. By saying there are more draws, that's dishonest. Had you said there were draws than cards that had Canelo was the winner , you might have a point.


    Media cards:

    Harold Lederman (HBO Sports): 116-112 Golovkin

    Brian Campbell (CBS sports): 116-112 Golovkin

    Dan Rafael (ESPN): 114-114 draw

    Salvador Rodríguez (ESPN Mexico): 114-114 draw

    Gareth A Davies (The Telegraph): 116-112 Golovkin

    Josh Peter (USA Today): 115-113 Golovkin

    Dylan Hernandez (LA Times): 115-113 Golovkin

    Lance Pugmire (La Times): 114-114 draw

    Box Scene: 114-114 draw

    Chris Mannix (Yahoo! Sports): 115-113 Golovkin

    Kevin Iole (Yahoo! Sports): 114-114 draw

    The Guardian: 116-112 Golovkin

    Joe DePaolo (Washington Post): 115-113 Golovkin

    Mike Coppinger (Ring Magazine): 114-114 draw

    Sherdog: 116-112 Golovkin

    Jai Bednall ([url]news.com.au[/url]): 115-113 Golovkin

    Brian Mazique (Forbes): 114-114 draw

    Adam Abramowitz (Ring Magazine and SN Boxing): 115-113 Golovkin


    Tom Craze (Bad Left Hook): 116-112 Golovkin

    Fraser Coffeen (Bloody Elbow): 115-113 Golovkin

    The Associated Press: 114-114 draw

    Bill Simmons (HBO and The Ringer): 114-114 draw

    Steven Muehlhausen (Sporting News): 116-112 Golovkin

    Michael Montero (MonteroOnBoxing): 115-113 Golovkin

    Matt Christie (Boxing News): 115-114 Golovkin

    George Willis (New York Post): 114-114 draw

    Below The Belt Podcast: 115-113 Golovkin

    World Boxing News: 115-113 Golovkin

    Jeff Powell (Daily Mail): 116-113 Golovkin
     
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  8. dinovelvet

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    Mendoza thinks Golovkin beating Kassim Ouma is better than Toney beating Michael Nunn.. :risas3:

    He explains his reasons is the other thread.
     
  9. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Oh look! Another Strawman from Mendoza - You don't see that very often!! :lol:


    What has this^ got to do with the post of mine you're replying to? Nothing.


    My exact words from the "GGG vs James Toney at 160." thread...

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    In know my own mind. You're the one who scratches around like a desperate little know-nothing, trying to come up with smart answers, when all you end up doing is tying yourself up in knots. It's why you get your butt kicked all over this board - time and time again - like just now. :lol:

    Give it up!
     
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  10. Mendoza

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    FACTS fanboy. :b1: _________________:banana: Insert your excuses!

    Johnson compared to Toney was a clear fighter. He wasn't on ROIDS, nor did he threaten anyone with a gun. In addition Johnson's rounds won to round lost ratio is far better than Toneys in their primes. Bringing up different fighters in this thread won't save you.
     
  11. Mendoza

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    Then why do you call it unlucky for Toney? Hilarious stuff. Close enough and draw are mentioned by you. Get you act together, Captain Straw man.

    By the way that one judge giving Toney a 10-8 round to make him the winner on his card was suspect.

    'My answers are smart, but I prefer to be factual. Try to accept reality.
     
  12. Man_Machine

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    :facepalm:


    The reality is that you are not very bright, at all, and that you can't help but keep proving this to be the case. And, I accepted that truth, years ago.

    It wasn't difficult.

    :wave:
     
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  13. McGrain

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    How do you know this??

    Aside from the Toney-Peter card you disagree with, how do "we know this"? Which scorecards would you provide?

    It is not simple, or easy, to say "who you felt won" a close fight. It is a sign of your incredible inability to grasp the simple premise that to feel you know who won a fight often calls for a scorecard. You are completely wrong.

    Tiberi-Toney.

    I know you haven't scored Tiberi-Toney :lol:

    I didn't go "radio silent". That is pure fantasy. I told you straight I wouldn't do it and that I wasn't going to score any rounds with you, or discuss the fight with you, until you'd produced a scorecard for the fight. You "ran". If you want to discuss this fight with me, it's very easy - watch it. I will then happily discuss it with you. I am not discussing it with google, if want to do that, I'll just google.

    Honestly, your stupidity literally knows no bounds. Here is what I wrote:
    I, like the majority of media cards you produced, have it 114-114.

    And I knew, not that your response would be dishonest, but also what form that dishonesty would take, so explained it carefully, like I was talking to a small child:

    Now, because you will read this and immediately start shouting that more people had the win for GGG, I know that. What I wrote - there are MORE CARDS that say 114-114 than say ANY OTHER SINGLE SCORE on the "Media score cards" list you produced.

    You do exactly what I knew you would do, telling me i'm WRONG, not just wrong, but WRONG and that:

    Which is absolutely not what was being discussed.

    In actual fact, 114-114 is tied for first place, but it hardly matters at this point. The point, that you are absolutely unable to absorb, no matter what is said to you, is that 114-114 is a perfectly reasonable scorecard. The "data" you yourself "produced" (copied from Boxrec) makes that absolutely clear beyond all hope of argument. This data also makes it clear that "just knowing who has won" without producing a scorecard is a preposterous position. Something else that just can't reasonably be argued.

    But you will argue about it, for page, after page, after page.

    You always seem confused and confounded; like the world as you want it to be and the world as it is leaves you unhinged in a way that is not normal for most people. It is clear to me that the imminent defeat of incumbent President Trump ha deepened that break into some sort of (bizarrely) Toney related psychosis.

    I'd advise you to step away from the keyboard for a bit and have a think to yourself, calm down, come back, and post about something other than James Toney, GGG or Vitali Klitschko for a while.
     
  14. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    "I firmly believe that with my style of fighting with the rock solid chin that I had that I would beat James ten out of ten times because I’m a rapid puncher. That’s my style, as a fighter, I won my fights that way. " - Dave Tiberi.

    A good interview I did not know that Tiberi was only paid $30,000 for the fight, which he took on short notice.

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  15. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    You're a dumb poster, a cry baby and not very good this. Until he next Hagler vs Leonard thread comes up. :dogpile:
     
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