Classic fights revisit edition 4: James Toney vs Dave Tiberi

Tiberi 8-4 win on my card. He really outworked Toney big time and took everything JT could throw back and kept chugging along.

Disgraceful verdict.

 

I'd have to rewatch it. I can't remember the specifics of how I scored each round. It may even be my score will change.

 

I remember that match very well, I saw it several times and I always thought the same thing, that it was a robbery and that Tiberi was clearly won the fight.

Even Toney a few years ago admitted to having lost that match, I appreciated his honesty.

 

I've always had a contrary view of this fight - I felt Toney landed more of the cleaner headshots despite being driven backward most of the fight, while most of Tiberi's punches were pushing/chopping-type arm punches.

 

@dmt i did a scorecard awhile ago.

@bolo specialist i agree with you.


James Toney vs Dave Tiberi

1 Toney
2 Tiberi
3 Tiberi
4 Tiberi
5 Tiberi
6 Toney 10-8 point deduction
7 Toney
8 Tiberi
9 Tiberi
10 Toney
11 Toney
12 Tiberi

114-113 Tiberi

Toney had a very good 1st round and almost knocked down Tiberi at the end of the round, after that Toney looked surprisingly flat like he had no energy and Tiberi outworked Toney to win rounds 2-5.

Toney got a 2 point round in the 6th round and had another decent 7th round to close the gap.

Tiberi then outworked Toney again to win rounds 8-9.

But surprisingly i thought Toney won majority of the championship rounds with the much more cleaner effective punches to make it close down the stretch.

A poor performance from Toney he looked flat after the 1st round but it's still a close fight especially with the point deduction IMO not quite the flat out robbery everyone says.

But i still think Tiberi should've been given the nod.

 

Never actually watched this fight think its the only Toney fight that i never scored guess it's time to dig in and see if it's truly a robbery

 

"You are not obligated to score the fight. However, if you do decide to score the fight, please wait till Sunday, 1st June 2025 to post your scorecards so we can do this collectively."

 

It's an old scorecard I thought I'd share i may go back and rewatch the fight.