Who's More "crafty,throwback,old School" Toney Or Hopkins???

Toney Eats7 Hopkins.

 

Hopkins is a greater fighter than Toney but Toney's skills are really amazing

His fight against Jirov is one of my favorites ever if not my favorite

 

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I love watching both. They are special in their own ways. But yeah, watching Toney do his thing is simply amazing. He is the definition of the "sweet science".

I still laugh at people who think Calzaghe could beat a PRIME Toney at 168. Yeah right.

 

Toney by a mile. I think the way he slips and rolls punches whilst standing in front of his opponent is class. More entertaining to watch than Bernard's holding and grappling. But Bernard is more professional in terms of dieting and lifestyle.

 

Hopkins has the edge if you count staying in shape and taking care of your body as part of being old school. Other than that, they are pretty even.

 

Toney is by far my favourite fighter as a fighter.

 

James Toney shits all over Hopkins.
when did you ever see Toney fouling, pulling ***** moves or complaining to the ref? Never. He's as disciplined inside the ring as he is indisciplined out of it. Toney is a bundle of contradictions in many ways.
Like you say, how many of the great middles and super middles could you see going up and going toe to toe with a big powerful guy like Peters for 24 rounds? Hopkins? Hagler? Monzon? Gimme a break.
Toney is one tough mother****er.

 

Toney, easily!

Toney can fight in the pocket like few i've seen in recent years. He fought everyone. And fought 5 - 6 times a year.

 

i would of never thought james toney would of fought evander holyfield...it's almost a false fight...almost an exibition. 2 of the best cruiserwieght performers in that fight.

the handspeed that toney had was incredibly for his age and wieght. toney byrd was a big probable fight on the horizon.. sadly didnt come off. i thought it would of been a good match. byrd looked amazing against guys of similar hieght or stature to him. tua was possibly byrds best victory.

anyways cant cry about spoilt milk. they are almost swapping wieght divisions now lol.


toney was a marvel his best performance is a real pickem
barkley- reason why you shouldnt try to outmuscle him best display of counterpunching i have seen. not just counterpunching but mixing them up with combo's aswell.

jirov- the song by damien marley fits it perfectly..."the master has come back". after being on the undercard route for a few years he comes back to beat the most dominant cruiserwieght at the time, jirovs workrate was his undoing as he tried to outwork toney. which gave toney more opertunities to counter and outhustle him.

peter I- i felt peter was just too big and powerful for toney to bully...but toney did amazingly well the left hook combo was his main weapon. he went to the body and should of got the win.

holyfeild- reasons above.

 

who did you pick for Calzaghe vs BHop?

 

klion how about NOT mentioning Calzaghe in one of your posts, ever considered that ?

 

And James is one of the cleanest fighters in the game.

 

James Toney.

If only he could have kept his weight under control.