Montell Griffin Outpoints James Toney In First Fight | FEBRUARY 18, 1995

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[@pukulu]

Griffin gave Toney trouble by landing jabs and moving in and out. It was a style problem for Toney.

[@louduva9849]

Toney beat Griffin twice. These awful decisions derailed Toney's career - a huge loss for boxing fans.

[@DougieFresh13]

Awesome, including in between rounds. Stoked it doesn't just cut.

[@edward.arellano]

Montell "Ice" Griffin beat James Toney with only 14 professional fights.👊💥

[@louduva9849]

No, he didn't - James won both fights.

[@Tom-lv2mv]

Only on paper

[@CornerStoreDrums]

Absolutely a CLASSIC!

[@alllinvilleforbes3832]

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[@jalenikezeue4114]

Combat sports is unpredictable

[@user-uh1po3oq4n]

Montell Griffin outspoiled James Toney😅

[@louduva9849]

Toney won both fights, clearly.

[@tom11zz884]

Lackluster fight. Not one of Toney's best showings.

[@louduva9849]

He still won.

[@user-ok8zb1pn3s]

He didn’t.

[@VisionsSportsTv]

As much as i love James Toney style and defense he did get hit alot with punches he shouldnt have.

[@Barsymatik]

yeah but their mostly glancing blows

[@utkarsh2746]

@@Barsymatik Just listen to how he talks now. Even glancing blows do damage if you let them accumulate.

[@StatisticOfTheLostGeneration]

​@@BarsymatikIn the first half they were glancing blows. Second half though they were landing pretty flush.

[@Tom-lv2mv]

@@StatisticOfTheLostGeneration Toney landed the harder punches in the fight

[@johnmartlew5897]

What a difference between this level of boxing and the current offerings from mma/ufc wannabe franchise crap. There are some few good fighters there but…….you know….

[@BaytTzadoq]

I remember watching this fight years ago thinking Toney got robbed. I don't know what the hell i was thinking. This was a clear but competitive 115-113 for Griffin. Toney couldn't do nothing with that jab and even got outfought at close quarters for most of the fight.

[@reycesarcarino4653]

Toney took alot of hits behind the Head

[@Th0rd1340]

Tony beat Montell twice. Robbery

[@yvans.]

If I remember they were conflicts within Toney's team following his loss to Jones. He began to hold his team responsible for the defeat, starting with coach Bill Miller and manager Jacquie Kallen. According to the media, Toney had threatened to kill Jaquie Kallen. It seems that even the police got involved. In a nutshell, the whole story would have caused harm to the relationship between Toney and TopRank. TopRank would have tried to separate as quickly as possible due to Toney's versatile and unpredictable attitude, which became harmful. One way to get there was to eliminate Toney from any chance of becoming a lightheavyweight world champion. Thus, providing an explanation for the questionable scorecards in his two fights with Griffin. Although this is a rumor, I have a strong conviction about it.

[@Jim-qb3ys]

Thought James won this

[@pauljames7438]

Is this the fight Toney was whining after the fight?

[@Punchy_Climber]

Lights Out got robbed twice.

[@Tom-lv2mv]

Toney won that one

[@goat7844]

The ref Joe talks to much.

[@nisi8221]

速い！

[@user-cy9pf1zr2r]

この試合エキサイトマッチで見ていました、ジョーさんが"トニーは自信過剰で格の違いを見せつけてやろうとしている"と言っていたのを覚えています。確かにこの敗戦でトニーのキャリアは終わったと思いました、まさか8年後にクルーザーのタイトルを取るとは!ちなみにTRのこのシリーズではトニーvマッカラム1もお薦めです、ゲスト解説はマービンハグラー(ハグラーがマッカラム推しで後半ヘロヘロのトークをしています)。

[@LucieOne]

Montell Griffin beat James Toney and Roy Jones. Can never take that away from him.

[@user-mr5wj2uj7u]

in 1st fight rjj read him and was ready to destroy

[@jlongobardy1612]

Yes, you absolutely can take away the first fight he had with Roy Jones Jr., in which he won by disqualification, because after RJ floored him, RJJ made the mistake of hitting him again, while on the canvas. That's not something for Griffin to be proud of. If there was any doubt about the first fight, RJJ clarified by knocking him out in utterly dominant fashion in the first round of the second fight.

[@LucieOne]

@@jlongobardy1612Oh it was most certainly a trash can of a win, I will give you that (I have no choice) but until/unless we invent a time machine.... it happened.

[@louduva9849]

Cope. Griffin put a beating on Jones and frustrated the hell out of him. Jones had gotten soft fighting weak opposition. He had to cheat to win. @@jlongobardy1612

[@razoredge6130]

​@@jlongobardy1612"mistake"

[@AkKnowledge100ENT]

Robbery.

[@blib7605]

pure robbery

[@user-ok8zb1pn3s]

The fight that showed up Toney as overrated.

[@outoftime788]

james was jus too small

[@BlackNationNetwork]

Lol do you know anything about boxing? James won this fight easy

[@outoftime788]

@@BlackNationNetwork why u litle......