i will tell you why today after watching the taylor spinks undercard fights and the main fight iteself why James Toney is the best!
my predictions for the fights were - miranda by ko in a tough fight against a technically sound fighter with a thunderous right hand.
i thought taylor would win by ko in the early rounds.
we all said miranda is a old skool fighter. he is in fact. he fights often with the best. and he stands toe to toe. today i realised that dont matter. its what they can do in the ring when they get in the trenches! this guy talked alot and even i thort he was gonna crush kelly. but unfortunetly miranda seemed totally drained b4 the fight began probably from fear/pressure which is normal.
now when JToney talks he backs it up, he has a beautiful defense. even when he is in the trenches (eg nunn, rahman, and peters) he dusnt make his face like he wants u to feel sorry for him. he fights back.
about the spinks taylor fight, i had spinks winning but he ran the whole night but still taylor didnt try hard enough to catch him and batter him.if toney was in spinks's situation, this fight would have been exciting, even tho being the smaller man, toney would have stood infront of taylor and it would have been exciting. if toney was in taylor situation which i dont see him being in, cos toney most likely would have been fighting miranda or pavlik or calzaghe not blown up welterweights. if JToney was in their with spinks he would have Fukin thrown punches not jus follow spinks around the ring and then get angry at the end of the fight
at the end of the fight taylor made it very clear that he is in it for the money, i knew this since the ouma fight and it was made clearer in the press conference and the interview at the end. he isnt willing to fight the best, jus innit for the money and then go home and watch coronation street.
Toney has throughout his career called out the best, he loves fighting. that love is missing from taylor. spinks jus shouldnt be mentioned in the same paragraph as toney let alone the same sentence. Miranda jus doesnt have the old school ruggedness, stubborness and chin of a toney nor dus he have the defense of a toney. toney's style is so good thats why he has moved up in weight and won titles.
trust me we should all appreciate toney whilst he's here, the guys been fighting at the highest level since alot of us were either not born or very young (turned pro in 1988...i think)he's always called out the best, calld out fighters like nigel benn and eubank. sounds weird saying that cos them two fighters were in a different era...(the 1990's) and toney is still here entertaining us. infact he is fighting next week...awesome! this is a true fighter, completer package. its not a ordinary fighter who calls everyone out from middleweight to heavyweight, has about 80 pro fights under his belt with only 6 losses and never being stopped. i have never seen a fighter like James Toney and trust me i have seen alot...the best!
God Bless him!
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