This feature originally appeared in the November 2019 issue, which is available for purchase at The Ring Shop. Toney exits his sport with a stunning 76-10-3(47) record. 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. Toney, a former middleweight champion, was making the third defense of his 168-pound championship. Let’s all hope Toney’s sacrifices will not prove to be too debilitating to him in his golden years. On July 29, 1994, James Toney produced a sensational 12th-round knockout of Prince Charles Williams to retain his IBF super middleweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Toney, two weeks from his 47th birthday, lost a 10-round unanimous decision to journeyman Charles Ellis at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. It may finally be lights out for the boxing career of James “Lights Out” Toney. Angie and the baby are doing fine, as is the champ. It's not clear who his next opponent will be, but right now Toney says he'll fight anybody.Toney (69-6-3, 43 KOs) and his wife, Angie welcomed a future champion to the world this morning when 7lb., 1oz. While Toney's career has had numerous stops and starts over the past several years because of injuries and two suspensions for positive steroid tests, he has consistently called for fights against the Klitschko brothers. I've wasted the last two years but now I'm back and I got the heavyweight division on lock-down. It doesn't matter because the time is up. Now I want Wladimir Klitschko or his big sister Vitali. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with James Toney and his inner circle, Lights. Hasim Rahman? Ruiz? Look I beat all the heavyweights in the division. In the fight of the year, James Toney would reveal exactly who he was. "Sam Peter? I already beat him, but they robbed me. Hey, the bottom line is they can't beat me inside the ring," said Toney who is never at a loss for words. THE CONSUMMATE THROWBACK FIGHTER RECALLS SIX ‘LIGHTS OUT’ PERFORMANCES DURING A LEGENDARY CAREER THAT SPANNED TWO DECADES AND FIVE WEIGHT CLASSES. They got titles but I'm makin' more money than them, that's one thing I can say. Editor’s Note: This feature originally appeared in the November 2019 issue of The Ring Magazine. "Klitschkos, Valuev, Sergei Liakovich, all these punk bitches are scared to fight me. "The Europeans are scared to fight me," says Toney. But these days, coming off his recent controversial rematch against Hasim Rahman, Toney has other things on his mind. A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan he was a real throwback-style fighter with a range of boxing techniques. On Saturday, October 31st, James Toney Promotions & Vyre Sports will team up for an exciting evening at the fights.
In the early '90s, Toney dominated a middleweight division that quietly rivals 'The Four Kings' era - Marvin. James Lights Out Toney amassed a record of 77-10-3. Select from 72 premium Heavyweight Fight James. World Champion Of Four Weight Classes Ring Fighter of Year in 1991 & 2003. James Toney’s nickname ‘Lights Out’ was said to have been given to him early in his career by Gregory Owens, due to the power of his punches and his impressive KO ratio. "It was two hits -me hittin' him - and him hittin' the floor," he chuckled. James Toney is one of the greatest defensive boxers of all time. Find Heavyweight Fight James Toney V Samuel Peter stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. We got in an argument over a bed, it wasn't much of an altercation," said Toney who shrugged off the dispute. James Toney vs Ken Shamrock mixed rules bout canceled Lights Out heads to Moscow boxing ring. "We was in football camp and the Michigan camps was one of he biggest camps in the world. by Jesse Holland Sep 20, 2011, 11:07am EDT.