James Toney- Counterpuncher Extraordinaire

Great video. The Jirov, Peter, and Ruiz counters were explosive.

 

Smashing vid, thanks for sharing. He really was something else, and he's still a big favourite of mine. As fat and effed as he is now, he could probably still teach a master class on counter-punching to a lot of today's fighters..

 

I can't stand this fat lard but the last minute of the Jirov fight was crazy.

 

master of the shoulder roll.

 

Great post, TS. He's one of my favorite fighters to watch. Even now. Masterful.

 

Amen, freakin love watching him fight. never will there be a guy that can hang around the ropes and so deceivingly avoid being hit, its pretty damn amazing.

 

he was a master on the inside.he just watched a toney fight last night when he was at 168.even back then he had problems making weight, making the limit but weak as **** cause he would lose 30 pounds in 4 weeks type of ****.if toney was a gym rat aint no telling how much he could have accomplished.hes a master, world class, throw back fighter.all love watcing toney fights.

 

It was a damn shame that he had weight issues...because at 160lbs, BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH!!!

 

LOL, only 1 sec of the Oquendo fight, 'cause that piece of lard got schooled for the rest of the other 35 min and 59 seconds

 

QFT,

who else ever..that you can think of started at middle and went to heavy and still..displayed crazy good boxing skills and a solid chin.

Maybe Sam Langford and JT thats about all i know of. Think about that

 

I don't believe Jermain Taylor has done that yet.

 

great vid :thumbsup

the funny thing is, before the Nunn fight, Toney was more of an aggressive pressure fighter than a counterpuncher - he was even considered one-dimensional!

 

Toney got schooled? Have you seen the fight?

It was a terrible performance by Toney, but Oquendo still couldn't school him. What did Oquendo do besides landing some jabs and rabbit punches? At least Toney scored with some hard right hands and had Oquendo wobbled, though they were few and far between. It was a close fight that could've gone either way.