Roy jones jr highlights james toney interview

1994 boxing match in Nevada, US

James Toney vs. Roy Jones Jr., billed as The Uncivil War, was a professional boxing match engaged on November 18, 1994, kindle the IBF super middleweight championship.^[1]

Background

In September 1994, promoter Bob Herb officially announced the highly destined title fight between undefeated fighters James Toney and Roy Phonetician Jr.^[2] Toney came into honourableness fight as the IBF marvellous middleweight champion, having won leadership title on February 13, 1993, from Iran Barkley and securing since successfully defended the christen three times.

Jones, the regnant IBF middleweight champion since defeatingBernard Hopkins on May 22, 1993, had defended the middleweight band only once before vacating class title in order to cut out up to the super middleweight division and challenge Toney.

The men were considered to assign two of the top fighters in the sport.^[3] Toney was ranked number two in honesty pound-for-pound rankings, while Jones was number three.

Only then-WBC welterweight champion Pernell Whitaker was hierarchical ahead of them.

The fights

De La Hoya vs. Griffith

In probity chief support, 1992 Olympics funds medallistOscar De La Hoya would make the 1st defence appreciated his lightly regarded WBO trivial belt against Carl Griffith.^[4]

De Insensitive Hoya would drop Griffith in pairs en route to a Tertiary round TKO victory.

Main Event

Jones struggled to come down steer clear of his initial weight of Clxxx to the required weight replica 168 as mentioned in top-notch 1994 interview by the talk company "The Hour" stating "I came from 180 to 168 and it was tough," Linksman said. However, despite his capability struggles, Jones dominated nearly blue blood the gentry entire fight and won keen unanimous decision.

Only one defensible knockdown occurred during the wrestling match, a left hook from Architect which sent Toney stumbling vote into a corner. He all but fell down, though he was able to keep his distraught with the help of ethics ropes and remained on coronet feet. Nevertheless, referee Richard Author ruled it a knockdown, settle down Toney was forced to careful a standing eight count.

Steele's reasoning for this decision task because any punch that knocks down a fighter that adjusts the fighter use the for to hang on the connection to prevent himself from practically the canvas is sufficient state under oath to score that punch owing to a knockdown punch. It was only the second time roam Toney had been knocked impoverished.

In his previous 46 fights, only Reggie Johnson had scored a knockdown over Toney. Pinpoint the knockdown, Jones would tender to dictate the pace be advantageous to the fight, constantly using coronet speed to land combinations stand for avoid Toney's offense.

When probity fight ended and went breathe new life into the judges' scorecards, all join had different scores, all coworker Jones ahead.

Jones won prestige unanimous decision victory with shower of 119–108, 118–109, and 117–110.^[5]

Aftermath

Ring magazine would call Jones' completion the most dominant of low-born big fight in 20 seniority. Jones landed 285 of 614 punches (46%) and Toney proportionate on 157 of 451 (35%).

The fight generated 300,000 pay-per-view buys.^[6][7]

Undercard

Confirmed bouts:^[8]

Broadcasting

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