James Toney
James Toney
James Nathaniel Toneyis an American professional boxer. He is a former three-weight world champion, having held the IBF middleweight, super middleweight and cruiserweight titles; the lineal middleweight title; as well as having challenged for the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles. Toney was voted by both The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America as their "Fighter of the Year" in 1991 and 2003. In 2010, Toney made a one-time appearance in mixed martial arts, losing to Randy Couture...
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth24 August 1968
CityDetroit, MI
I promise you I will be better in my next fight, ... I want to be a fighting champion, a great champion.
I was not thinking about the stuff still being in my system. But I can't look at the past. It was my fault. I wanted Ruiz. So I don't blame anybody but myself. Bottom line.
I thought I won it by two or three points. I thought we had the edge.
If I was on steroids, I would have put a lot of companies out of business that night,
I have always been ready to fight anybody out there, any time, anywhere. I will knock them all over. My talent speaks for itself.
Dominick is a good fighter, and he was the only one who stepped up and was willing to fight me, ... I'm not looking past him. I wish the fight was tomorrow because I'm ready to go.
It's all right here. And heart and determination. I'm 37 years old and I feel like I'm 27. I'm getting better with age.
I thought about it for a little bit. You know what? It does not matter. I did it. I beat him. I beat Ruiz.
I give myself a B minus. My right hand is a little sluggish. You have not seen the best of me. I want to fight again next month.
Look at this body, ... Do I look like I use steroids?
I'm the heavyweight champion of the world. That's bottom line,
I don't need a belt to make me. I make the belt, ... I feel great and that's all that matters. I'm still heavyweight champion of the world.
I'm going to destroy him. I'm going to show everybody. I'm going to knock Hasim right out. I am the best fighter in the world, pound-for-pound.
I'm not going nowhere. I'm going to stand right in front of him. When he hits me, he's going to say, 'Damn, why didn't anything happen to him?' I hope he keeps his promise. Bring the pain to me because I'll be willing to accept it.