James Toney - His moves up...

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Woah, 4 or 5 times? He was legitimately hurt once, towards the end of a round when he held onto a rope, and possibly another time, but no way was he hurt 4 or 5 times. Being hurt is a shape that Toney was not in for 4 or 5 times during that fight, in my opinion. Possibly stunned, but not badly and far from in trouble of being stopped.

And check out this clip of Toney backing Peter up a bit:
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I think Toney was a legitimate threat at heavyweight, during the period he moved up. And he knew it as well. He knew that he was catching a great time to move up in weight, when the division was weak, as he stated a couple times. He did earn the WBA heavyweight title, of course before testing positive for steroids, and he did draw with the WBC heavyweight champion at the time. That is an impressive record on its own. He was a good heavyweight, but his age and weight caught up to him before he could do any serious damage to the heavyweight division. His stint at heavyweight was the end of the line for Toney, and he did a fine job considering again his age and weight.