As good a James Toney's close range defensive Prowess was, i think Dwight can macth him in this, Dwight's ability to Dip-Slip-and Rip will mean that James will not find close range his usual safety zone, its where Dwight, The Camden Buzzaw Filletts Opponents, James was very good indeed at Middle and Super-MIddle - But at Lightheavy, he probably falls under the Heading of Merely "Good" and this will not be enough to upset a prime Dwight, at his Rip-snorting Best. James will soon realise that he is not up against a wild-swinging exploitable Barkley, But a very compact, Relentless dynamo of a fighter. Ultimately James's defensive Prowess will enable him to last the distance, but the points will go to the 3 minutes a round fighter. - James would not be ale to coast and fight in spurts in this one. Dwight would demand total commitment every second of every round, A stated this is not James's prime weight so a moral victory for him in going the distance, but after the halfway stage i suspect its pretty one way traffic on the scorecards.
Exactly.Qawi's combo of workrate and skill is far too much for a light heavy Toney.It's the mobile boxers and big punchers Dwight has to worry about and Toney is neither at 175.
I pretty much agree with this. Key point being that Qawi had considerable craft himself and would not provide Toney with the counterpunching opportunities he thrived on. Also, Toney did not have Spinks-like power to discourage Qawi's gameplan.
Disagree. Qawi's style plays right into Toney's hands. Toney thrived on fighters that came right at him. JT was a master at handling pressure fighters and I think would take a clear decision in this one, even at 175.
Toney was fine against fighters that came in on him in a straight line. Qawi didn't do that. Too much head and shoulder movement, shoulder rolling, and most of all, workrate. Toney had to work at his own slower pace to look truly great, and he wouldn't be afforded that luxury here. Qawi UD
