James Toney as a heavyweight

I don't remember him having that fight in the bag at any stage.

Rahman was too big and strong for Toney to come forward so he just lay on the ropes and pot shotted here and there.

 

Toney was landing the cleaner punches, and he was taking the rounds, but he faded down the line.

He basically lost that fight through poor training.

 

I suppose you're right.

I can't remember fights i watched last year , never mind 10 years ago.

 

Toney clearly beat peter the first time around. I struggle to see how anyone could score that for peter

 

:think Probably should cut down on the strong declarative opinions then. :!:

 

James Toney was only 5'9.5" i think with more strength from weight traing and less fat he would have been a heavy champ.

 

Agreed. Clearly, his heavyweight campaign adds to his legacy.

 

I think James Toney was a top 10 heavyweight for the 2000-2010 decade, weak as it was. I think that he gave up as much weight proportional to his natural body size as Duran did going up to super middleweight with a similar amount of success. Like Duran, I commend him for having a fighter's attitude and taking a lot of fights (90) in an era when boxers careers are barely half that. The way he's built, and the way that he punches, I think the best comparison to make for past fighters is Dwight Qawi and Sam Langford.