Happy 50th James Toney!

Agree...add in the Holy fight and the Charles William's too off the top of my head.

 

The Holyfield fight that's like giving Trevor Berbick credit for beating Muhammad Ali. Anyway he had a great career.

 

The Charles and Barkley KO's were pretty spectacular. The Jirov fight was a great one, too. Happy Bday, Champ!

 

I bet he's got a big cake and a lot of food.

 

4got about about Barkley somehow. What a clinic

 

No it wasnt. Evander still gave some us some nice wins after that.

 

My absolute favourite James Toney moment was during the schooling of Holyfield when he does this half run half exaggerated tough guy walk back into the fray, don't recall the round but it is boss level 100 and classic Toney.

The dramatic conclusions to the Jirov and Nunn fights are obvious fighting highlights.

Burger King enthusiast James was/is great value in interviews too, constantly straying over the line of acceptable trash-talk like the time he branded Antonio Tarvers kids as looking like "sea creatures"

LIVING LEGEND!

 

Like who Jeremy Bates or that giant stiff Vaulev?

 

I have enjoyed his draw with Hasim Rahman over the years.

It was fun to see the modern heavyweight crowd conflicted on that one.

To say that Toney won, was to admit that a former middleweight lineal champion, could beat a modern super heavyweight, who was a former lineal champion.

To say that Rahman won, was to give up your only card when Toney was matched, against say Ezzard Charles at heavyweight!

 

Well let's see
He lost to the following while going the distance
Donald
Ibraginov ex champ
Valuev bad decision

He stopped
Nielsen
Oquendo
Botha

Decisioned
Savarese

I'd say that's a far cry from the Ali that did nothing against Berbick.
Do you still want to try an prove your rite?
Are you one of these guys that just has to try an prove hes rite no matter what?

 

He didn't even stop Oqeundo most had him losing that fight. Nielsen,Botha and Savarese were right around his age and were never really considered contenders in the first place. Valuev was a fighter who barely got by John Ruiz.

 

Just what I thought....always gotta be rite

 

Was Berbick a former middleweight? was Berbick in his heavyweight debut? Did Berbick stopp Ali? Was Berbick 35 years old?

Holyield was ranked in the TOP 5 by Ring magazine at the time and Toney was a 3-1 underdog.The win together with the Jirov win earned Toney the recognition as best fighter the he year.