Toledo Dempsey vs. Foxwoods Toney

I'm going with Dempsey to outwork Toney for a UD 12. Probably something similar to the Gibbons fight. Dempsey wouldn't punch himself out early and would break Toney down with body shots and keep in his face the whole time and set the pace. Something Toney doesn't like.

 

You kknow, the reason Toney went to the ropes was because guys would walk straight to him throwing punches. This he sets the pace and gives himself a ton of counterpunching opportunity. Without the tdouble of fainting and such.
No idea of Dempsey would fall for that.

 

Dempsey would outwork him, land everywhere including arms, neck, etc. and win UD.

 

Toney would absolutely school Dempsey making him miss then smashing him with the right hand counter and uppercuts inside.

 

Dempsey would beat Toney up pretty good I think.
Too busy, too much firepower, too much speed.
Jirov landed his fair share. Flat-footed Toney trying to be cute, rolling with head shots, ducking forward to smother heads shots, and taking body shots square on the arm, shoulder and in the sides ... not really plausible strategy against Dempsey.
Toney wasn't as slick as some people think, which partly explains why he's more obviously brain damaged than most of his peers.

 

Actually having just re-watched the first 3 rounds of Toney-Jirov, I think Toledo Dempsey would have got him out of there real quick.
Toney does a lot of posing, his footwork is mostly dreadful, he tries to fight in short bursts, missing shots, he looks fat round the middle (probably fatter than he was at 217 against Holyfield ... the power of steroids for you.) , he gets hit plenty.
Dempsey would brutalize him. Run him over. No way was that Toney equipped to beat any sort of ferocious cruiserweight. Jirov was a methodical type, no force of nature.
Above 160-168 Toney gets very overrated, some people way too impressed with contrived "slickness", showy posing.

 

I think Dempsey wins on points.

 

I think it is safe to assume that he would employ common sense in choosing his strategy.

 

The way he fought Gibbons, I see no way Toney can overcome thay strategy.

 

The Fat Willie Meehan fights give me doubts about Dempsey's chances.

 

I think Dempsey hurts Toney early and often and either wins by decision or stops him with a body punch, especially if they are fighting under the rules in force during the Willard fight.