In 1994, Roy Jones, a 3 -1 underdog, exploded onto the scene with his magnificent, one sided dismantling of then pound for pound king, James Toney.
For the next ten years, Jones was recognised as the best fighter on the planet as he steamrolled through three divisions; 168, 175 and culminating with his historic win over John Ruiz at heavyweight.
Toney, on the other hand, toiled in relative obscurity, as he lost his next fight after Jones, to Montell Griffin, also losing a rematch with Griffin and scoring another loss against unknown, Drake Thadzi.
Their respective places in boxing history seemed set.
Then Jones ran into Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson, and was the victim of two brutal KO's.
At just about the same time, Toney exploded back onto the scene with his scintillating win over Vassiliy Jirov for the IBF Cruiserweight title. He followed that with a destruction of a past his prime Holyfield, his own, later nullified, win over Ruiz for the WBA Heavyweight title.
2006-11-24
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