Browsing Tag James Toney
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Features 9
Fifty Epic Fights: The 1990s
It’s been more than a year since our world was devastated by the deadly COVID-19 virus and we’re still far from getting back to normal. In fact, depending ...
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Lee Wylie 0
Didn’t Forget: Wylie On Superman
The one-and-only Roy Levesta Jones Jr., aka Superman, marks another journey around the sun today and no, we didn’t forget. Admirers of the uber-talented boxer who defeated such ...
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The Top Twelve 2
Pernell Whitaker: Best Of A Decade
Yesterday the late, great Pernell Whitaker would have turned 57, but he was taken from us in 2019, far too soon, but boxing will never forget his talent and ...
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Fight City Reviews 0
Dark Trade
My earliest memory of boxing is a poster for Mike Tyson vs Michael Spinks from back in 1988, the big heavyweight superfight that lasted exactly 91 seconds. The poster ...
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Boxiana 4
Dec. 5, 1947: Louis vs Walcott I
Bad decisions. Robberies. Ridiculous scorecards. Maybe nothing sickens a fight fan more than judges rendering a final verdict which makes a mockery of a hard-fought contest. Sadly, such ...
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Columns 0
Yes, Roy Really Was That Good
By the mid-90’s, the question was being asked by more than a few: was he the best ever? Certainly there had been no one quite like him in ...
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Boxiana 2
Aug. 29, 1992: Toney-McCallum II
Some would argue that James Toney’s first victory over Mike McCallum, which also happened to be his final defense of his middleweight title, is, all things considered, his greatest ...
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Lee Wylie 0
Superman: The Genius Of Jones Jr.
Twenty-two years ago, everyone knew that Roy Jones Jr. was “Superman.” Yes, he had suffered a disqualification defeat to Montell Griffin the year before, but that did nothing ...
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The Fight City 6
Boxing In The Blood
I guess you could say it’s in the blood. Boxing. The fight game. The crazy racket they call pugilism. Because the fact is both of my grandfathers were ...
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Boxiana 27
May 20, 1985: Holmes vs Williams
Thirty-five years ago today a crime occurred. It went largely unnoticed outside the world of boxing, but that doesn’t change the fact that it happened. Or that nothing ...
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Columns 8
The Contrasting Legacies Of Roy & Floyd
When James J. Jeffries, heavyweight champion of the world, retired undefeated in 1905, few were in any doubt that they had just seen the greatest heavyweight fighter of ...
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Features 5
McCluskey’s Dozen: Thirty Years Of Talent
Talent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete, but at the same time it’s difficult to define precisely what it is. ...
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Columns 0
When Fighters Fought: Time for a Welterweight Renaissance
Speaking for fans of a certain vintage, we all have a special set of boxers, the ones that forged our love for the sport, the ones on those ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Usyk vs Bellew
The Event: The fallacy of the cruiserweight division lies in the fact that it has never quite broken free of its original intent. Cruiserweight was first formed in ...
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Features 1
Remembering The Kronk
[Ed. Note: Since the publication of this article, more than one individual associated with the Kronk Gym has questioned the accuracy of this account. It should be noted ...
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Columns 2
Let’s Stop Pretending
Sports is about passion. It’s what fills the stands and sells the tickets. I’m from West Virginia, and the University Mountaineers football and basketball games can reduce people ...
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Features 2
Peter Quillin: Life After Jacobs
Going into his fight with Daniel Jacobs, Peter Quillin was a slight betting favorite to win with many predicting a “Kid Chocolate” victory based on the fact he ...
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Features 12
The Cuban Sphinx Sits and Waits
Sphinx-like and solitary, Guillermo Rigondeaux sits in repose on his desert throne. Despite his bleak environs he has ample supplies and is impressively ornamented. In one sense, Rigondeaux ...
