James Toney vs. Mike Tyson, who wins?

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  1. HENDO

    HENDO Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Styles make fights. Toney would be a very tough fight for Tyson. He COULD win a UD, especially since we are talking about the POST PRISON Tyson.
     
  2. Silver

    Silver The Champ is Here Full Member

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    and what exactly has toney done at hw to make any of you think he has a legit shot at beating tyson(albeit a post prison version)?is it beating guys like ruiz, guinn, booker, or his performances againt peter and rahman?
     
  3. klompton

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    when i first saw this i thought it was Tyson vs toney in a pie eating contest. both these guys need to hit jenny craig these days.
     
  4. HENDO

    HENDO Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What about Holyfield?
     
  5. Silver

    Silver The Champ is Here Full Member

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    what about holyfield? ifn you're talking about toney performance against him, well toney performed well against holyfield, as did larry donald and chris byrd.
     
  6. janitor

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    Depleted though the post proson Tyson was, there were not that many fighters around who could have beaten him.

    It would probably still have required certain physical parities or advantages.
     
  7. Silver

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    you are absolutely correct and 5'10" former mw in toney dosent seem to posses the those qualtites you are alluding to. whatcha think?
     
  8. Jaws

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    Tyson of Holyfield 2 was in excellent physical shape. He looked to be in the best shape of his post-prison career actually. He trained hard for that fight, he was just too mentally unstable at that point (he had just had a good round when he lost it).

    Tyson by horrific KO. If there was any fighter who had the style to blow through naturally smaller guys, it was Tyson. Toney wouldn't be able to hurt Tyson either. Tyson would be able to wade through Toney's offense and blast him out.
     
  9. lefthook31

    lefthook31 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    That same guy beat Holyfield. Tyson was a technical mess, and Toney would have exploited his mistakes like Buster Mathis did, but Tyson punched very hard and Toney would be there to hit. Hard to say, but I would pick this version over Tyson after the Lewis fight all day long.
     
  10. Blood Green

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    Toney one way or another. He'd present the same problems as Buster Mathis Jr. except he was thoroughly better than that guy. Tyson's uppercut could be an x factor, but I tend to think Toney would avoid it well enough.
     
  11. djanders

    djanders Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In my opinion, Tyson would build a lead in the early and middle rounds but Toney would barely survive a round 2 knockdown and actually start to come on in the late rounds...but Tyson would do enough to win the 12 round decision.
     
  12. he grant

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    This Tyson flattens Toney ...
     
  13. BUDW

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    Danny Williams,Kevin McBride LOL
     
  14. lefthook31

    lefthook31 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Well the TS did say 96 version which was a bit better than the Williams McBride Tyson
     
  15. ATP

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    :yep

    Believe it or not Tyson has slimmed down again.....he looked ok on RAW 2mnths ago.....



    Getting Technical i think 95-97 Tyson beats Toney with ease......after that Iron Mike became Mellow mike...i wasnt happy with his performances against Botha,Golota, Savarese etc And the Mcbride Tyson was a disgrace :patsch