He's not gonna fight James Toney anymore than you are. Ken Shamrock is going around to all these different promoters doing his typical scumbag move getting money up front saying, ‘You know, I'm a Hall of Famer and I don't even know if you guys are going to exist, so give me a ten grand signing bonus.' He takes their money, goes and blades himself in the back, or whatever make believe thing that guy does, won't show up - guaranteed he won't show up - keeps their ten grand and goes on to the next unassuming promoter. "I can guarantee you that as sure as night follows day, that not only is that fight never gonna happen, it never was.
Toney," this is the exact scenario UFC middleweight Chael Sonnen predicted when speaking to Cage Potato in August: While "money issues" seem to be the culprit behind the cancellation of " Shamrock vs. Toney's first and only mixed martial arts fight was a Boston massacre, as "Lights Out" was made an example of by Randy Couture in front of a "Beantown" crowd in August 2010.
I'm going to beat his ass right at his weight class, so he can't make any excuses." If Povetkin isn't scared he can jump in the ring after I put his teammate away on November 5th. And now I hear Povetkin wants to beat up Evander Holyfield, he's been done since I knocked his ass out in 2003. I'm ready and I'm as good as I've ever been. The Roy Jones that this Ledbedev beat was finished. Povetkin, I'm kicking his ass too! If they think the Roy Jones fight was big over there, wait till I get there and tell them all what I think about European fighters bringing great American fighters over there once they're showing signs of age and acting like beating them means anything. After I beat up this Ledbedev, I'm going back to Heavyweight after the one too afraid to fight the Klitchko sisters. I'm calling it ‘Lights Out in Russia' because he's just the first one I'm going to whip. "November 5, I'm going to invade Russia and show this punk what happens when he messes with the USA. The bloated boxing "champion" is returning to the "sweet science" after fellow fossilized fomenter Ken Shamrock delayed their special mixed rules bout, originally planned for November of this year, until an unspecified date in 2012. That's where he'll throw hands against cruiserweight number one contender Denis Ledbedev at the Khodynka Ice Palace on November 4 in Moscow, according to.
Forged by the savagery of his criminal father and the tenacious willpower of his indomitable mother, James ‘Lights Out’ Toney overcame impossible odds to become a boxing legend.Portly pugilistic powerhouse James Toney is headed to mother Russia. In the fight of the year, James Toney would reveal exactly who he was.ĭrawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with James Toney and his inner circle, Lights Out portrays the rise and fall, and rise, of a fighter who never faced a tougher opponent than himself.Īward-winning author Robert Anasi searches for the clues to Toney’s identity in the tragedies of Black America and the boxing mecca of Detroit. All he had to do was defeat a monster, Vassily ‘The Tiger’ Jirov, a real-life Drago from the Iron Curtain who had destroyed every man put in front of him. In 2003, Toney was given a second chance, the opportunity to push back into the championship picture and regain his lost kingdom. For nine years, Toney wandered the margins of the sport, taking losses and gaining weight, a cautionary tale for any fighters who didn’t value their gifts and succumbed to their demons. casting him into the boxing wilderness, and the police blotter. Then in one night he lost everything, his humiliating defeat to Roy Jones, Jr. Still only 24, this ‘nigga you love to hate’ seemed unstoppable. Brash, volatile and fearless, Toney also personified the 90s hiphop culture that America both feared and admired, a role he embraced with lavish spending, press conference brawls and strip-club escapes. Heralded as ‘throwback’, Toney’s dazzling skills and constant activity recalled the Golden Age fighters who had been his role models. This feature originally appeared in the November 2019 issue, which is available for purchase at The Ring Shop. A stunning knockout of undefeated 20-1 favorite Michael Nunn had brought Toney the middleweight title and crossover celebrity. James 'Lights Out' Toney 24 Aug by Doug Fischer Editor’s Note: In celebration of the recent International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee’s 54th birthday, The Ring is republishing this magazine article for readers to enjoy.
In 1994, James ‘Lights Out’ Toney had battled to the top of the boxing world.
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