Joseph William Calzaghe vs. James Nathaniel Toney

James Toney. No question, no doubt and no bias. He was just a much, much, much better fighter.

 

If Toney couldn't deal with a hobo version of Calzaghe in Tiberi, how is he going to deal with the real thing?

Calzaghe should be able to use his speed, workrate and catlike reflexes to win a comfortable decision over Toney.

 

If you get whooped by RJJ how are you going to deal with the guy that beat RJJ?

Before y'all start howling, Calzaghe was also slower by the time he fought Hops and RJJ. That was not prime zaggers.

Prime Calzaghe is not going to gas out like Nunn did.

 

Your posts are just so biased and pointless. If Toney coul not deal with Tiberi, how was he able to deal with the busy Williams and Jirov?

 

There's two sides to every story and Tiberi completely outworking Toney is one side of the story. I'm also a consistency guy and Calzaghe was very, very consistent. Toney could be masterful when he got out the right side of the bed, was in the right mood, trained the right way and was facing the right sort of opponent. To me that's not good enough at the highest level.

 

If Toney is not at his best, I can agree that Joe would beat him. At their respective best and I understand that this is what this thread is about, I favour Toney to win by close decision.

 

One of the reasons Toney annoys me is because, good as he was, he could have been even better if he'd given a hot damn half the time.

 

he did not have the discipline. in the 2 biggest fights of his career (Rahman and Jones) he was not in the right shape. (weighing in at 240 for the WBC title against Rahman is unforgivable)

 

Depends which Toney shows up really!

 

I think it goes to the cards and results in a very close verdict. I can see it go either way

 

Really good post Greg, I think I generally agree.

 

Toney gonna smoke him