James lights out toney record8/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Owens also acting as his trainer throughout the mid-nineties. Toney was scouted and trained by Gregory Owens as a teenager. James Toney’s Managers, Training and Technique. On the 26 thOctober 1988 at the age of 20 James Nathaniel Toney debuted in his first professional fight, defeating Stephen Lee by a technical knockout in the second round. 1987 Novice Golden Gloves in Manchester at 156 lbs.19 West Michigan Division Junior Title at 156 lbs.He compiled a record of 33 wins and 2 losses with 32 KO’s and in doing so won the Toney’s amateur career was a brief but compelling one. ![]() So I went into boxing.’ James Toney: Amateur & Early Professional Careers Toney musing afterwards ‘I wasn’t a team player and wasn’t good at taking orders. * Note, Sanders would actually go on to become an American Professional Football Hall of Famer Indeed, Toney received a scholarship to play American football but somewhat ironically ended his chances in that sport when he punched an unknown loudmouth named Deion Sanders at a Michigan training camp! James was often known to find himself involved in street fights, sold ‘crack’ cocaine, yet was considered an outstanding all round athlete. Unlike the boxers mentioned however, Toney’s father who was also a boxer was not around for James’ upbringing, so it was no surprise Toney’s youth was somewhat eventful. He grew up in an area which included the families of Floyd Mayweather Jr and Buster Mathis Jr. Toney’s early life was everything you might expect given what we would later learn about this larger than life character. James Toney: Early Life & ‘Raising Hell’ Ever Since!.If there has ever been a more intriguing and interesting character in boxing history it would be good to know, for James Toney is the stuff of legend and not just in his own mind! A love him or hate him personality, Toney ‘talked the talk’ (usually ‘trash’ talk) but could also ‘walk the talk/ walk’. James Nathaniel Toney, a former American professional boxer, is one of the most captivating, charismatic, ‘characters’ to ever enter a boxing ring. 8 James Toney’s life and times as a Heavyweight.7 James Toney gets ‘bigger’ and ‘badder’!.4 Etymology of One of the Best Nicknames in Boxing.3 James Toney’s Managers, Training and Technique. ![]()
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