“Prince Charles was light-heavyweight champion at the time.” “My camp was Bernard Hopkins, Prince Charles Williams and Steve Little,” he said. If it seems like hubris for Tiberi to believe he could beat a close-to-prime form Toney, consider who he had in his training camp for the fight. “It was easy for me to turn down Leonard and Durán because they were on their way out and I was able to take a fight at 25 that I was peaking at the perfect time for,” he said. Tiberi was just another step towards superstardom, but the challenger, who passed on fights against Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durán, wasn’t fazed. He was a good fighter, a real pro, but no one outside of his inner circle believed he had what it took to beat the unbeaten Toney, whose resumé over the previous nine months saw him defeat Michael Nunn for the middleweight crown, successfully defend it with wins over Reggie Johnson and Francesco Dell’Aquila, and then fight to a draw with Mike McCallum.
JAMES LIGHTS OUT TONEY NET WORTH PRO
Tiberi took his talents to the pro game in 1985, steadily working his way up the ranks, winning most, losing some, tying a couple. “It was something as a kid you looked forward to.” “We’d go to Philly, we’d go to New York, we’d travel all over and be on amateur cards,” he said. One of 14 children, Tiberi and his six older brothers all shared the same dream of glory in the ring, and from the age of five he pursued it. “But the way I looked at it was that God had a bigger plan than I did.”įor much of his life before the biggest fight of his career, Tiberi’s plan was to become a world champion. No sad stories of a fighter who stuck around too long. Meanwhile, Dave Tiberi lives with his family in his native Delaware, a successful businessman and community leader who walked away from the sport after the disputed loss. Thirty years later, the details of the Februbout have largely forgotten by fight fans, but the reverberations of Toney’s split decision win are still felt in the boxing world, one that was shaken by a verdict that prompted a United States Senate Subcomittee to investigate the sport and ultimately was the catalyst for the passing of the Muhammad Ali Act in 2000.Īs for the principals, James Toney was recently announced as a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022. “This is gonna explode, and this was without even knowing, and it did.” “Ringside, I had it for Toney, but I said, man, this is close,” recalled Gordon.
32, on June 4, 1972.Īnd finally: Channel 5’s Damon Andrews, on U.S.RANDY GORDON, then the Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, was making the long drive home from Atlantic City to Long Island after watching the IBF middleweight title fight between champion James Toney and challenger Dave Tiberi. Looking back II: On this date in 1993, Mexican boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez suffered the first blemish on his record with a majority draw against Pernell Whitaker when two judges scored the bout, 115-115, and the third favored Whitaker, 115-113. Low on ammo: David Thomas of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, on running back LaDanian Tomlinson’s being the San Diego Chargers’ lone offensive threat: “What do Marty Schottenheimer and Barney Fife have in common? Both have one bullet.”
The contenders are Javier “Zully” Ledezma, Jose Manuel “Chepo” de la Torre, Fernando Quirarte and Sergio Lugo Barron. The U.S., which had the lead when the buzzer sounded the first time, protested in vain and later refused to accept the silver medal.Ĭoaching search: According to El Informador in Mexico, the expansion Chivas USA club, which has yet to announce its official name and will begin Major League Soccer play at the Home Depot Center next spring, has four coaching candidates. William Jones, secretary general of the International Amateur Basketball Federation, had the referees replay the final three seconds and the Soviets scored a last-second basket. men’s basketball team lost its first game in Olympic competition, falling to the Soviet Union, 51-50, in a much-disputed ending. Looking back: On this date in 1972, the U.S. Trivia time: Who were the first three Dodgers whose numbers were formally retired by the team?
0 kommentar(er)
