What was expected to be a classic fight, a testing fight for both men, perhaps even the start of a trilogy, instead turned out to be a one-sided, almost shutout of a fight in favor of Roy Jones Junior. Facing trash-talking rival James Toney in their battle for super middleweight supremacy on this day in 1994, a peak (or perhaps peaking) Jones dominated Toney in a fight that shocked many of us.
The fight, dubbed “The Uncivil War,” took place at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Jones was 26-0(23), and the former middleweight champ was moving up to 168. Jones was 25 years of age. Toney was also unbeaten, at 44-0-2(29), and he was the reigning IBF champion. Toney was a year older and, like Jones, he was professing to be the greatest pound-for-pound fighter on the planet.
With the sport still coming to terms with the shock from that November 5, this of seeing heavyweight legend George Foreman make history by becoming the oldest ever…
Leave a reply