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In September 1994, promoter Bob Arum officially announced the highly anticipated title fight between undefeated fighters James Toney and Roy Jones Jr. [2] Toney came into the fight as the IBF super middleweight champion, having won the title on February 13, 1993, from Iran Barkley and having since successfully defended the title three times.
On November 18, 1994, Jones was set to face undefeated IBF super middleweight Champion James Toney, who was ranked highly in the "pound for pound" rankings. Toney was undefeated after 46 bouts and was rated the best in the world at 168 lbs. Billed as "The Uncivil War", Toney vs. Jones was heavily hyped and on PPV.
James Nathaniel Toney (born August 24, 1968) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2017. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and lineal middleweight titles from 1991 to 1993, the IBF super middleweight title from 1993 to 1994, and the IBF cruiserweight title in 2003.
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The featured undercard bout featured James Toney, in his first fight since suffering his first professional loss at the hands of Roy Jones Jr., taking on undefeated light heavyweight prospect (and De La Hoya's 1992 Olympic teammate) Montell Griffin. [4]
In 2021, it was Floyd Mayweather Jr., Wladimir Klitschko and Andre Ward. Again, all three were slam dunks. And in 2022, the class was star-studded with Roy Jones Jr., Miguel Cotto and James Toney ...
Jones Jr. wins via 12-round unanimous decision (120-107, 120-107, 120-107) Roy Jones Jr. vs. Mike McCallum , billed as Fire on Ice , was a professional boxing match contested on November 22, 1996 for the interim WBC light heavyweight championship. [ 1 ]