On October 29, 1993, James Toney (39-0-2, 26 KOs), the super-middleweight IBF champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Tony Thornton (35-5-1, 25 KOs).
James Toney is coming in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Larry Prather, 2 months and 5 days ago. Tony Thornton is on a 4-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, with his last fight being a 10th round TKO win over Willie Ball, 1 month and 8 days ago.
This should be a confident win for James Toney at 99-1 winning odds. Tony Thornton really doesn't have much to present against Toney.
James Toney defeated Tony Thornton via unanimous decision and successfully defended his IBF super-middleweight title. Toney improves his record to 40-0-2, while Thornton adds a loss to his record at 35-6-1.