James Toney is a top 10 middleweight

I wouldn't put him in my top 10...but there is a case to be made for top 15 and top 20.

 

For me he isn´t a Top 10- MW, I have him only in my Top 25. I mean, on the paper his record looks pretty good, but I´ve seen his fights against Sosa, Johnson, Tiberi, McCallum, etc. and his opponents were robbed there, against Nunn he was also beaten pretty bad until the 11th round, so head-to-head we can´t give him that many chances against the likes of Monzon, Hagler, etc, btw, he´s one of the fighters without his many robbery-wins he would have at least 8 defeats more...

 

Sosa was robbed against Toney?!?

 

So what? Leon Spinks beat a better fighter than either Louis or Tyson ever beat, etc etc. :huh

 

James 'split decison' Toney doesn't belong in the top 10. If he did, he'd at least convince the 'other' judge that kept voting against him in big fights that he belonged there.

 

I like "Lights out", he´s/ was cool to watch, but seriously, how many fighters were robbed against him?

 

A few were. Maybe not as many as you make out but the fact remains that he struggled in a fair few of his middlweight title fights, hence the disparity in the judges' cards. I suppose Toney was always a difficult fighter to score in a way.

 

With 8 I meant everywhere, not only at MW, and that´s not too much IMO...

 

dont forget Eubank, Benn and Watson, would off all squashed Toney in the early 90s

 

I'm not sure if eubnak,benn and watson would have squashed toney in the early 90's.

 

As a dutchie i love your avatar
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Bollocks! Valdez and Hearns were better, Griffith may have been on the same level.