![]() You know…it’s time for everybody to get down to old school boxing. I love the boxing fans… boxing fans are great. I love it… Number one! You know, I’ve done football. Boxing is the number one sport in the world. All you will see: Killer!īottom line, I’ll tell you that. I mean what I say! I have Forty four knockouts to prove it…look at my record, okay. ![]() If you don’t like the trash talk, then don’t say nothing too. I have been doing it for twenty-five years. Trash talk is if someone is talking to me and if they feel they get hurt…it is what it is. Similar to when Ali taunted Joe Frazier which were very hurtful to Joe as a person. MA: How much of your trash talking is just that? Many comments you have made really come across in a Muhammad Ali like vein. They haven’t told me yet on the opponent but I don’t care. 27th boxing match…opponent or venue location?Īctually they moved it to February the 24th, its going be at San Manuel Casino. ![]() Toney would defeat John Ruiz for the WBA Heavyweight title in 2005, only to have the decision changed to a no contest when he tested positive for steroids, and has recently made quite a stir in the world of Mixed Martial Arts, debuting on a UFC PPV card, losing to Randy Couture.įreddie Roach has been quoted in a March 2010 article as saying of all the fighters he has trained, “James Toney has the most physical talent.” Now, Toney is getting ready to defend his heavyweight title, the IBA Title, on February 24th at San Manuel Casino in California. Also, in those two years, he was named Boxing Writers Association of America “Fighter of the Year.” In 2003, he earned The Ring “Comeback Fighter of the Year” award. James was also named The Ring “Fighter of the Year” on two separate occasions, once in1991 and also in 2003. In 2003, he captured the IBF Cruiserweight title from Vassiliy Jirov, and then moved up to heavyweight, defeating Evander Holyfield by stoppage in one of his biggest wins. In 1993, he defeated Iran Barkley to capture the IBF Super Middleweight Championship and defended the belt three times, losing eventually to Roy Jones, JR. ![]() He would hold it through February of 1993 with an outstanding six defenses during that time span. James “Lights Out” Toney, known as a “throwback fighter,” first captured the IBF Middleweight Championship from heavy favorite Michael Nunn in a come from behind knockout victory on May 10, 1991. “I want the Klitschko sisters and I want David Gay!” –James “Lights Out” Toney ![]()
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