
Originally Posted by
DaxxKahn

Originally Posted by
The Magic Man
That is a thing that truely bewilders and somewhat upsets me
Many people know, and even question whether joe could take on a james toney at 168 prime for prime..
And toney was one of the very very best in the division and at middleweight
And while not many will outright say Joey c beats toney,
Everyone hear either suspects or knows that toney wont have a mark on the legacy that calzaghe probably will
Its a funny old game..

Thats why I said it depends on the version of Toney that shows up....
James Toney is either one of the best fighters to ever step in the ring or one of the biggest disgraces...It all depends on him...The guy lost to fellows way below his caliber.....It is almost like Toney sometimes just does not care....He is a funny guy that Toney is.....
BTW when I speak of James Toney I speak of the REAL James Toney not the Heavyweight impersonator....But the Toney from 160-CW
Oh yes none other Daxx my friend
James toney for the real boxing fans/historians/ lovers will always be the undefeated p4p great that was the utterly skillful flamboyant puncher/slickster at 160 and 168
Some count the end of his reign as his first loss to jones, Fair play to Roy jones..But he never finished james, it was a shutout but toney went on to get robbed against griffin in both fights imo especialy number one..
But on the other hand at a certain point in james' career you have to sometimes think.. Just wouldnt have been james toney had he not carried on in the exact way in which he did
He still had many entertaining bouts that many people never payed any attention to, and late in his career i still think it was amazing the way he made it all the way back and beat jirov in such an entertaining fight to become cruiserweight champion which i rate just as highly as roy's win over john ruiz
and his record even to this day is nice to look at, to have had so many fights and so very few losses even alot of those losses arent quite what i would call legit
He just gives the aura out that he is a throw back of old time fighters , a large record, unpadded a trash talking talk the talk walk the walk kinda guy all the way upto recent years and only recently has he began to truely slip..
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