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James Nathaniel Toney (born August 24, 1968) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2017. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and lineal middleweight titles from 1991 to 1993, the IBF super middleweight title from 1993 to 1994, and the IBF ...
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- James ‘Lights Out’ Toney: Overview
- James Toney: Amateur & Early Professional Careers
- James Toney’s Managers, Training and technique.
- Etymology of One of The Best Nicknames in Boxing.
- James Toney, First Title.
- Further Notable Fights.
- James Toney Gets ‘Bigger’ and ‘Badder’!
- James Toney’s Life and Times as A Heavyweight.
- James Toney in Quotes
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James Nathaniel Toney, a former American professional boxer, is one of the most captivating, charismatic, ‘characters’ to ever enter a boxing ring. A love him or hate him personality, Toney ‘talked the talk’ (usually ‘trash’ talk) but could also ‘walk the talk/ walk’. If there has ever been a more intriguing and interesting character in boxing hist...
Toney’s amateur careerwas a brief but compelling one. He compiled a record of 33 wins and 2 losses with 32 KO’s and in doing so won the; 1. 1983 and 1984 West Michigan Division Junior Title at 156 lbs 2. 1987 Novice Golden Gloves in Manchester at 156 lbs 3. 1987 Michigan Silver Gloves at 156 lbs 4. 1988 Ohio State Fair at 156 lbs On the 26thOctober...
Toney was scouted and trained by Gregory Owens as a teenager. Owens also acting as his trainer throughout the mid-nineties. Tragically, his manager Johnny “Ace” Smith was killed outside of the ‘Page One Bar’ in Detroit on the10th March 1989 and so Jackie Kallen was appointed his manager with Toney also employing the services of the legendary Detroi...
James Toney’s nickname ‘Lights Out’” was said to have been given to him early in his career by Gregory Owens, due to the power of his punches and his impressive KO ratio. It was a moniker that would prove to be very apt and even saw it voted the Number One greatest ‘nickname’ in boxing history! See, The-50-greatest-nicknames-in-boxing-history!
In the first 2½ years of Toney’s professional career ‘Lights Out’, would compile a record of 25-0-1 with 18 KO’s earning him a shot at the IBF middleweight belt held by the undefeated Michael “Second To” Nunn. On the 10thof May 1991, trailing on all three scorecards, Toney would come out in the11th round in brutal fashion and live up to the nicknam...
Toney would make several successful yet disputed defenses of the middleweight title: 1. The most noteworthy of which came in a split decision win over Dave Tiberi in a fight that many experts felt Toney lost. Senator William Roth of Delaware, so incensed that it prompted him to call for an investigation into possible corruption in the sport of Boxi...
Toney returned to the ring in 1999 with a vengeance, focused by his never in doubt self confidence that he was indeed ‘the’ most elite fighter. One of his own quotes is most appropriate here. “The only man that could truly beat me was me,” (James Toney). Toney started to back up this belief, defeating former title holders Adolpho Washington, Steve ...
Toney had insisted as early as his middleweight years that he would one day become the Heavyweight champion of the world. On the 4thOctober 2003, his prediction would be fulfilled on entry into the division with a victory over aging former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield. Toney picked Holyfield apart with shots to the body and head before st...
A book could literally be written about the finest and indeed filthiest words to come out of James Toney’s mouth, but this was just another reason he was such a legend of the sport and for fans of Boxing in particular. One specific quote that amused this writer was, “Everybody wanna see violence. Everybody. The Pope wanna see violence. Everybody. T...
James Nathaniel Toney’s full Boxing record is available to view here. Some of his lesser reported achievements are however listed as follows: 1. James Toney was named fighter of the year in 1991 by The Ring magazine. 2. For Toney’s performance against Jirov in 2003, he was awarded comeback of the year and named fighter of the year by The Ring magaz...
Learn about the life and career of James Toney, a former American boxer who won world titles in five weight classes and earned the nickname 'Lights Out'. Discover his early struggles, his famous fights, his controversies and his MMA debut.
Dec 18, 2020 · On April 26, 2003, the legendary James Toney had the opportunity to become a three-division champion. In his way was IBF titleholder Vassiliy Jirov, who held the 200-lb. belt since 1999. What...
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James Toney is a former American professional boxer who has been in the game for over 28 years. Throughout his illustrious career, Toney fought a total of 92 times and was able to amass an impressive record of 77 wins, 10 losses, 3 draws, and 2 no-contests.
Toney’s career far surpassed those of Siki and Harris, and had he been more disciplined, it could have been on par with Armstrong and Charles. With 92 pro fights, he fought 21 more bouts than Walcott, which was clearly too many, judging by his severely slurred speech today.
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