James Toney vs Mike Tyson

Not really sure why this fight would be appealing to you? My guess the Tyson of 2002, would stop the Toney of 2003.

I would also take the Tyson of 2002, to stop the Toney of 2002 off of the 2 Ruiz fights....In place of Tyson vs Lewis and Toney vs Rahman

However I would Take Toney of Holyfield to outpoint or stop the Tyson of the Danny Williams timeframe?

For whatever it is worth

 

Tyson would of stopped him, far to much for Toney

 

Tyson.

 

Good thing none of them met the Hayemaker !!!

 

I would favor Mike, but wouldn't bet on it, as long as he kept his cool and didn't have a temper tantrum, or get dq,d I think he would win a decision..

 

Tyson by KO

 

Tyson-Nielsen all over again.

 

Toney always wanted Tyson, even as a MW he promised he would be HW champion. I just think even a half-speed, half-motivated Tyson is too brutal. Toney had great skills and I would have liked to see him more at Cruiser and Heavy.

 

Toney would toy with Tyson the entire fight, the same way he did with Holyfield. People dont understand how much Tyson deteriorated by 2000's. Toney still had good boxing skills and was a sharp counter puncher.

 

They are both about the same height, so neither guy would have to reach for the other.
Toney beats the McBride version of Tyson -- that Tyson was a walking junkie!

Oh, and I would have loved to have seen the trash talking before the fight, as well as the prefight staredown.

Win or lose -- Tyson would not be able to intimidate Toney.

 

Because Toney is waaaaaay overrated...Tyson would destroy his ass and thats that!..Dont really see James makin it out of the 1st round...:good

 

2002 Tyson is a washed up bum

Toney is way more skilled

No chance Tyson lands clean, and even if he did... So what, toney never got kod in his career, he packs a granite beard

Tyson in the 2000s doesn't have the stamina to work him either

He'd get picked apart by an old stool warrior like toney

Now an 87 Tyson beats toney by a wide UD
Still doesn't ok him
Toney too smart for that
But that version of Tyson could beat almost anyone on a good night

 

Anybody think for a nanosecond Tyson is bothering to get himself in anything other than half assed shape for the fight? That's why he loses. What would the over under be on jogging miles for Tyson here---5 miles total?

He would not prepare whatsoever for a guy like Toney. He'd think there was no way a middleweight would beat him. He'd do everything but train properly. But James would get himself 100% prepared--just like he did for Commander Vander. He'd be the guy doing his homework.

I think tyson gets DQ'd in about 5 or 7 rounds once this guy isn't stopped and he's breathing heavy and realizes this guy isn't going anywhere. And he'd sart getting countered to death with those quick Toney combos. He wouldn't get hurt with them but his reaction would be to foul.

I wanted to see the bout. At that stage of the game, I wanted to see if mike could break a guy down to go on his way to winning a fight. not Julius Francis stuff but an opponent that he was going to have to find a way to solve. I just think he'd underestimate a guy like toney and show up in horrible shape. And lose.