I'm talking about the prime (that's an oxymoron) slippery Toney at 218 lbs... who worn down Holyfield and frustrated him with absolutely brilliant defensive movement....To me, Toney is a great fighter...but inconsistent...Remember, there is nothing indicative for Toney being kayoed... I need to be convinced...How could it happen?
Who could knock the best heavyweight version of James Toney out? Mike Tyson George Foreman Sonny Liston Lennox Lewis Wladimir Klitschko Vitali Klitschko There's 6...I'm missing some though, so please add onto this.
Mike Tyson- Too ferocious. He would just get him. Wladimir Klitschko- Too tall, too powerful. No ko here, I'm thinking tko. Joe Louis- Toney's too slick for most, but footwork is what bothered Joe. Toney is too heavy on his feat, and too willing to in-fight for Louis. Riddick Bowe- Too much leather for a little man to take on the inside, another tko. Chris Byrd- He is just the wrong style for James. Wait, I'm sorry, he'd just win. I'm drinking, you said ko. Well, I've only come up with 2 ko's. I can't think of 6.
interesting question. I don't know six heavyweights who could knock out James Toney for sure. I might have to go with some of the smaller heavyweight champions of the past, with the idea that some of the bigger more powerful ones might not be able to apply the constant pressure that I would rather have than pure power. I would take volume over pure punch power. Liston, Marciano Walcott. Louis Frazier and most recently Tyson
I really forgot about Liston. Yes, he could've. I'd pick Toney over Marciano and Frazier, especially Marciano. I'm sorry, they wouldn't be able to hit him often. This is going to make some angry. Oh well, I pick those two over Toney all time; just not head to head.
I think Toney is going to get slam vs Marciano the same way Archie Moore did. Marciano will grind Toney down and out some were in the 6th or 7th round.
Tyson, either Klitschko, Frazier, Louis, and Lewis could do it. IMO Ali would have a chance of stopping HW Toney, who is/was about as mobile as a piece of lard stuck to the side of a barn. Cassius Clay would terrorize him with angles and blitzkrieg.