Which of these guys in their prime would James Toney have beat at Cruiser?

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  1. Rob887

    Rob887 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Which of these guys in their prime would James Toney have beat at Cruiser?


    Johnny Nelson
    Juan Carlos Gómez
    O'Neil Bell
    Steve Cunningham
    Tomasz Adamek
    David Haye
    Jean Marc Mormeck
    Carlos De Leon
    Evander Holyfield
    Vassiliy Jirov *2
     
  2. Ripple633

    Ripple633 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He would beat all of them except Holyfield.

    EDIT: I accidently voted for Holyfield, I didn't read the question right.
     
  3. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It depends on which toney shows up . . . but he could beat them all but I would give the slight edge to the real deal
     
  4. Boxing Fanatic

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    i say all of them except for holyfield
     
  5. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    Is that "current Toney" who's going back to Cruiser to fight Lebedev, or Toney when he fought at Cruiser?
    That would make a huge difference in my answer.

    Current Toney... none of them.
    Cruiser (younger) Toney... most of them.
     
  6. Ripple633

    Ripple633 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Actually I would favor Holyfield. Holyfield at cruiserweight was a beast. He was fast, he hit hard, was a good boxer, and was tough as nails.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L50gu8Kr9k[/ame]
     
  7. Rob887

    Rob887 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Toney when he fought there, though an answer about how he would do today too would be nice.:good
     
  8. Terror

    Terror free smoke Full Member

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    Would favor Holyfield.

    Jirov could fight him tooth and nail but probably not win.
    Haye would probably get stopped late.
    Don't see many great match-ups here against Toney.
     
  9. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    I didn't vote for the couple guys that I feel would win 1 out of every 4 matches if they fought, prime for prime, that many times consecutively. That list includes only Holyfield, Gomez, and Cunningham.

    I would expect to take **** for Cunningham, but 1 out of every 4... just how I feel...
     
  10. Axe

    Axe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Is Toney on the anabolic gear or off it? :lol:

    Seriously though I see Holyfield being about 2 levels above Toney at 190/200 lbs.

    Others like Gomez, Cunningham, Adamek, and Bell I see having success boxing Toney on the outside. James at CW had lost almost all his footspeed and this is the way to beat him.

    Guys like Mormeck and Jirov, who are both warriors, would fight Toney on the inside and would get chewed up and spat out.
     
  11. Antsu

    Antsu Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Toney could beat them all. But there are some hard opponents in that list.
     
  12. RoosterC

    RoosterC Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No way Fatty could stay that thin to fight all of them.
     
  13. GDG

    GDG Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Toney Vs Qawi of the 1st Holy fight would be epic!!