James Toney Boxing News

By Gari Jones: In a totally one sided fight Denis Lebedev (W23, L1,D0, KO17) dominated James Toney (W73, L7, D0, D3, KO44) from start to finish to claim the interim World Boxing Association (WBA) Cruiserweight Title. While Lebedev looks to the future and a possible rematch with WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco Huck, Toney has to [...]

By Jim Dower: No.2 ranked WBO cruiserweight contender Denis Lebedev (23-1, 17 KO’s) made it look embarrassingly easy in defeating 43-yer-old shot-looking James Toney (73-7-3, 44 KO’s) by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision on Friday night to capture the interim World Boxing Association (WBA) cruiserweight title at the Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia. [...]

Promoter Greg Cohen, of Greg Cohen Promotions, is safe after being aboard the Boeing 767 from New Jersey that had to make an emergency landing at Warsaw, Poland’s Frederic Chopin International airport today.

By Allen Fox: IBO cruiserweight champion Antonio Tarver (29-6, 20 KO’s) is reportedly interested in seeing the November 4th fight between Denis Lebedev and James Toney in Moscow, Russia. Tarver is so interested in seeing this fight that he’s traveling all the way to Moscow, Russia to watch it.

By Dan Ambrose: After taking it easy for the past four years mainly facing B level opposition and not looking very good, 43-year-old James Toney (73-6-3, 44 KO’s) is stepping up to the ‘A’ class against Russian cruiserweight contender Denis Lebedev (22-1, 17 KO’s) next week on November 4th in a fight for the interim [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The November 4th fight between 43-year-old James Toney (73-6-3, 44 KO’s) and Russian Denis Lebedev (22-1, 17 KO’s) will have the interim WBA cruiserweight title on the line in their fight at the Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia.

James “Lights Out” Toney will depart for Moscow, Russia, this Wednesday, October 19, in advance of his meeting with World Boxing Association (WBA) #1 cruiserweight contender Denis Ledbedev at the Khodynka Ice Palace on November 4.

By Dan Ambrose: James Toney (73-6-3, 44 KO’s) is taking his toughest fight in many years when he takes on Russian cruiserweight contender Denis Lebedev (22-1, 17 KO’s) next month on November 4th at the Khodynka Ice Palace, Moscow, Russia.

By Jason Kim: A fight between former three division world champion James Toney (73-6-3, 44 KO’s), now 43-years-old, and Russian cruiserweight contender Denis Lebedev (22-1, 17 KO’s) is reportedly good to go for November 4th at the Khodynka Ice Palace, Moscow, Russia.

By Jason Kim: At 43, James Toney (73-6-3, 44 KO’s), a former three division world champion, has left his best years of his boxing career far behind him. It’s probably been close to six years since Toney was last fighting at a high level. He now just looks faded, fat and out of place at [...]

Blog Talk Radio’s “The Pugilist KOrner” is proud to present: Former 2-time World Heavyweight Champion Hasim “The Rock” Rahman, 6 Division World Champion James “Lights Out” Toney, legendary trainer Ronnie Shields and special guest host WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Austin “No Doubt” Trout.

By Allen Fox: James Toney (73-6-3, 44 KO’s) will be taking off 50+ pounds to get down to 200 lbs to face Russian cruiserweight Denis Lebedev (22-1, 17 KO’s) on November 5th in Lebedev’s home country of Russia. Toney, 43, will be fighting the younger 32-year-old Lebedev at the Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia.

All-time-great boxing champion James “Lights Out” Toney is turning a negative into a positive… As in he’s positive he’s going to Russia to kick Denis Ledbedev’s ass. After training extremely hard in preparation, Toney was informed not long ago that his unified rules bout with MMA hall-of-famer Ken Shamrock would be delayed until the early [...]

By Jason Kim: Cruiserweight contender Denis Lebedev (22-1, 17 KO’s) is starting to make a name for himself fighting guys in their 40s. First it was 42-year-old Roy Jones Jr., who Lebedev stopped in the 10th round in his last fight last May. Lebedev shockingly was staggered by Jones in that fight shortly before stopping [...]

By William Mackay: You really have to question the wisdom of the matchmaking made for British and Commonwealth champion Tyson Fury’s next fight on September 17th in Ireland. Coming off an impressive victory over Dereck Chisora last July where Fury gained a lot notoriety worldwide, the thing to do would be at least to keep [...]

From the files of “what did you think was going to happen with these two in the same room?” comes news that Saturday’s meet and greet and photo-opportunity face off at the newly opened IFC Gym in Van Nuys, California, between boxing great James Toney and MMA great Ken Shamrock featured the two nearly coming [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist and British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-1, 8 Ko’s) was reportedly struck in the mouth while at a pool party in Spain by a youth, according to livefight.com. The punch was thrown by a youth and landed hard enough to knock out DeGale’s false tooth. DeGale [...]

by Joseph Taylor: First I want to get something off my chest. This is beginning to get out of hand with UFC employees vs. Boxers. Now I understand boxing is a very hard sport to compete at for a long period of time. I understand that after so many years of boxing a guy can [...]

By William Mackay: 42-year-old James “Lights out” Toney (73-6-3, 44 KO’s) went to the doctors recently to figure out why he’s been unable to lose weight despite working out hard and discovered that he has low testosterone and a thyroid problem, according to an interview at fighthype.com. Toney is now on medication to fix the [...]

By Jim Dower: In a battle of old timers, 42-year-old former three division world champion James Toney (73-6-3, 44 KO’s) defeated 39-year-old journeyman Damon Reed (45-15, 32 KO’s) by a lopsided 10 round unanimous decision at the San Manuel Indian Casino, San Bernardino, California. Before this fight, Toney hadn’t fought since way back in September [...]

Heavyweight veteran “Dangerous” Damon Reed admits it. “In a lot of my recent fights, I was saying to myself that I’m not going to get hurt.”

A media teleconference was held on Wednesday, February 2, 2011, to discuss the return to boxing of former middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion James “Lights Out” Toney.

This Saturday, January 29, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, popular multiple-time world champion James “Lights Out” Toney (72-6-3, 44 KOs) will present the trophy to the winners of Saturday’s Sunshine Millions Turf horse race on behalf of San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino.

By Lewis Croft: Multi weight world champion, James ‘Lights Out’ Toney (72-6-3, 44 KO’s) defends his lightly regarded IBA Heavyweight title against ‘Dangerous’ Damon Reed (45-14, 32 KO’s) on February 24th at the San Manuel Indian Casino in California.

On Thursday, February 24, at the San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino in San Bernardino, California, The Empire Sports and Entertainment will proudly present the next installment of their “Fight Night in America” series, this time featuring the return to boxing of all-time-great champion James “Lights Out” Toney (72-6-3, 44 KOs).

By Leo Kapakos: Here we go again? Current UFC fighter Vitor Belfort wants to fight James Toney in a boxing match. In a twitter message to UFC President Dana White, Belfort tweets “Dana let me fight James Tony on 6 round boxe Mach I think I can catch him with my speed.” “Dana will be [...]

by Ronnie Jordan: Boxing politics is discussed and often furiously debated by fans in websites and forums. Often reading an article about the sport can feel like an extract from a scientific study or government dossier. You could be forgiven for losing interest with the, ever changing rules and regulations, different governing bodies, possible substance [...]

By Leo Kapakos: The spectacle of former three-division boxing champion James Toney and five-time UFC champion Randy Couture squaring off in the Octagon on Saturday night proved nothing. The question of whether MMA or boxing is a superior combat sport is ridiculous at best. Anyone who understands combat sports knows the rules of competition will [...]

By Matt Stein: Now that James Toney has tried and miserably failed in his attempt to win a MMA match against 47-year-old Randy Couture in UFC 118, Toney would like for Couture to give him a chance to return the favor by taking him on in the boxing ring rather than another MMA match.

By Matt Stein: James Toney did not give a good account of himself in his foray into the MMA world with his 1st round tap out loss to 47-year-old Randy Couture last Saturday night in UFC 118. I don’t know if the 42-year-old Toney is aware of this or even cares, but he may have [...]