#OnThisDay in 1993, #jamestoney stopped Iran Barkley to claim the super middleweight title. #boxing #fullfight
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“Barkleys been out of gas since the national anthem”. 😂😂
I laughed good at that too
Love Top Rank dropping these James Toney gems 🥊
James Toney who was pfp top 3 at the time fought 7 times in 1993 acquiring 4 stoppages and 3 UD. In today's boxing we are lucky if the elite guys fight once a year. James Toney at 160-168 was a problem
James Toney is such an awesome fighter. He can move around the rings but doesnt run. He can stay in the pocket and not get hit. Him and Duran are rhe most natural gifted and talented fighters
One of the all time greats in my opinion
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FIGHT IN THIS QUALITY FOREVERRRRR
😂😂 Barkley has a busted up nose and mouth and they telling him, he getting tired champ 😂😂 both of his eyes are swollen and his trainer was like look at me champ 😂😂😂 that was between 6 and 7
Man that was crazy lol lol lol
You can tell that James didn't like him by watching the faceoff. This was one of Toney's best performances.
James toney didn't like anybody, he only started mellowing out after he had his first child.
James did it for Tommy Hearns. Both are from Detroit Toney said it himself
Toney liked McCallum
@@yvans.True story
Master boxing class given by Toney
Love toney ,Tyson, SALVADOR SANCHEZ, ROBERTO DURAN, make me start crying bro.. I love these WARRIORS.. ITZ INTRICATE SKILLS AND ART WORK MAN. .. CRAWFORD GOT BIG SHOES TO FILL AND CANELO NEEDS TO TAKE DOWN BENAVIDEZ FOR A TRUE MARK OF A CHAMP.... FIGHT HIM CANELO FUCK IT... ITZ BOUT RESPECT FOR HIS NAME AND REIGN AS KING. HE MUST FIGHT DAVID
"He's scared as hell" Toney: 🗿
My favourite 1 sided fight
My favorite one sided fight is Roy Jones vs James Toney
@@courthogan3140😂
@@courthogan3140Roy knows he couldn’t beat a 50% Toney! Ran all night long
Tarver 3-0 Jones. I love watching Tarver splatter your boy Roy. @@courthogan3140
James Toney is my favorite and, not to overblow it because Iran Barkley was absolutely MADE for James Toney, but this was up there with the Jirov fight, for me, as the absolute best of James Toney. A brilliant fighter he was.
James Toney was the second best if not the best fighter in the 1990s just behind Roy Jones. He defeated guys like Nunn, Reggie Johnson, McCallum and Barkley. He is imo one of the most under appreciated fighters.
Aggressive/go-for-broke boxers are my favorite but I also love watching skilled defensive boxers. Timing, speed, and precision allows them to hit and not get hit a lot
Toney was a perfect mix of both
I wish James Toney had been more disciplined and controlled his weight issues because man he was spectacular to watch from 160-168 lbs.
Thanks for posting this gem of a duel. Both boxers didn't give an inch and stayed on course at all times.
This is one of those fights you can watch over & over again
bro saved his man from losing any more brain cells. good corner.
This fight is Crawford vs. Spence and Floyd vs. Corrales levels of masterclass.
No way. Iran Barkley was NOT a very good fighter - he simply wasn’t. Corrales was a very good fighter, and Spence was a great fighter. James Toney schooling Barkley is NOT equivalent to Crawford schooling Spence
@courthogan3140 Obviously, Barkley wasn't as good as Spence or Corrales, but the performance from Toney and domination is of a similar level.
@@courthogan3140Spence isn’t a great fighter is a good fighter Bud Crawford is a great fighter. When I see Spence skill set he has nothing special to be put into that conversation of great fighters.
@@courthogan3140Iran Barkley was a good fighter not good boxer. Those types have had a lot success in the sport
@yavns. I completely agree. Spence is a good fighter who has been able to succeed by adopting a style that makes the most of his best attributes.
This still stands as one of the most dominant performances ive ever seen in boxing.
James Toney was clearly winning, but why was the announcer making so many snide remarks about Barkley? Unprofessional IMO.
I been waiting for this fight for years in HD!! Good looking top rank 🎉💯🥊
Tony’s top5 performances of his career…. Tony vs Nunn is his #1 performance tho
That win over Nunn wasn’t Toney best performance. But retrospectively his best win
@@yvans.that nunn fight, in the first 6 round tony throw a lot of wild punches in the later rounds bill miller told toney to put his punches together instead throwing a heymakers and it works he knock nunns out but defenitly not tony best performance
Charley Murphy 😂 talked about this fight in his ‘ I want more’ skit
Beat the shit outta Clint Smith
Amazing fight thank you Top Ranking for this❤
Man, just imagine if THIS Toney had showed up for the Roy Jones fight…
James Toney was one of the goats, if he was around today hed be running 168 easy
He'd be running 168 and 175.
One of the best displays of boxing in terms of countering a pressure fighter. Also this is one of Caleb Plant’s favorite fights.
I can definetely see why. Plant loves that shoulder roll uppercut counter, a shame he lack Toneys Gas Tank and power, since he's really, really good
Watched this fight decades ago. James Toney is a gem of a boxer and he can fight too
I never knew that Top Rank had footage of this bout. Truly a J. Toney gem.
Toney was under top rank at that time
Iran just couldn’t get his shots off quick enough and took shots and James just too sharp for him .
Tony was cold asf this fight! Prime era
Iran "The Blade" Barkley was no slouch
Shame they took out George Foreman’s commentary
JT was the coolest fighter ever.
Crowd almost silent on this version of the fight. Weird.
Toney's Got Fast Hands
Crazy that even when Barkley was trying to defend he might as well not have, Toney just kept scoring anyway.
Still can’t believe James went right up in weight when you see him here bit like Hearns I suppose.
I've only been a boxing fan for 5 years, but this is the most impressive boxing performance I've ever seen. I have it alongside Ali vs Williams and Anderson Silva vs Forrest Griffin as the most transcendent fight perfomances I've ever seen. James Toney is my favourite fighter stylistically, and this is, IMO, his magnum opus.
Top Rank please upload Nunn vs Tate
I read somewhere that Barkley had had surgery shortly before the fight...but same excuse was given for his poor performance against Nigel Benn. James Toney was a boxing god on this night and many others, couldn't put a foot (lol... punch) wrong. A true MasterClass.
It was around 1996 or 97, I was only around 19 and 147 lbs at the time and I sparred with Barkley and beat the crap out of him so that shows he was done 😂😂 they claim he is there to teach me but I taught him 😂😂
The Way Toney Can Offend / Defend In The Pocket Is True Martial Arts #LightsOutBaby
Toney's got his hand raised, it's his moment of Glory, he's looking down the Camera at the World representing who he is..... when the Woman completely blots out his Face and smothers his words with a Towel...
Barkley went to the wrong corner 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Toney knocking him silly.
Not taking one single think away from Tony But I Met Iran Barkley he was basically blind in one eye you can see it in this fight him missing punches he was a sitting duck for the great James Tony!
Tony fort great fighters in boxing in Day prime great champ 🌟🇺🇸🥊💯🌟👈🤔
Toney fought*
Iran Barkley looks like he went through a 12 rounds, and its the second round
I never seen Iran so sluggish😮
Big UPZ TO MY MAN JAMES LIGHT OUT TONEY DA BEST THAT EVERY DONE IT 4 WEIGHT DIVISION.. SALVADOR SANCHEZ, ROBERTO DURAN, MIKE TYSON.. AND OTHERS BUT THATS ANOTHER STORY.. MAGIC 🪄 WARRIOR Z OF BOXING BROTHERS. MAKE ME START CRYING.
KO Magazine picked Barkley to knock Toney out.
I would to love see James fight iron Mike..... James scares the shit out of me for sure.
What?? Man Roy Jones beat Toney, Eazy. And Mike Beat Jones. Come on now. Plus All those Heavyweights Tyson Knocked Tf Out. Please. Don't EVER Say this Again
Great fight by Toney but this had to be the most 1 sided commentary job I’ve ever heard damn give my man a lil credit…he making jokes on Barkley n all 🤦🏾
Even your dreams wouldn’t match his ability.
felt bad for barkley here
Should’ve ended the fight 3 rounds earlier
Toney amazing but Barkley was way last his prime and had been stopped and beaten by Duran in 1987.
So what that about Duran who was also out his prime and Barkley was in his prime
It's So Obvious & Clear that barkley wasn't even Conditioned for this fight. Probably "Half A's Trained" for it. On the othahand, Toney was Well Conditioned and Oh So Very "Comfortable" in there. Just kept Bussin him Up Every Round 🤜🏾😫💪🏾. Eazy Work on em.
To think nigel benn butchered tomy in 1 round 3yrs earlier,,,tony only got it done as iran was tired,,,and im a tony fan
Torcer prá um deles como? os dois pretos, uniformes iguais ,luvas dá mesma cor, teriam que pintar um preto de branco NÉ ?
0:48
9:03
11:33 followed by sidestep for left hook to body
13:07
14:03 slick spin
15:04
Toney is overrated
Bivol would have out boxed both and Beterbeiv would have definitely stopped both of these guys
Quite possibly the dumbest comment I’ve seen. James Toney fought massive heavyweights like Sam Peter. Beterbiev gets destroyed and Bivol gets outboxed/Ko’d in the later rounds. You’re an absolute clown to think they could even challenge James Toney.