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The fight proved to be a lopsided affair as Toney dominated
Barkley, winning eight of the nine rounds. Toney bloodied Barkley's nose in the first round, dislodged his mouthpiece twice and by the third round, Barkley's left eye began to swell and got progressively worse as the fight went on. With
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light heavyweight title. Following the victory, Barkley opted to relinquish the light heavyweight title and continue to fight in the super middleweight division. Barkley's first defense of his super middleweight title was originally scheduled to take place against former
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Barkley that he would not let him continue. Barkley protested the decision, but after Steele advised ringside officials that Barkley was in no shape to continue, the fight was stopped and Toney was awarded the victory by referee technical decision.
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Barkley and Toney to continue their banter. After Barkley's elbow injury healed, plans were put in motion for a Barkley–Toney fight, with the fighters first taking part in tune-up bouts on December 5, 1992, at the
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Each fighter was scheduled to earn a career high $ 1,000,000 purse. Toney, who still held the IBF middleweight title going into the fight, announced that he would vacate that title in favor of the super middleweight title should he defeat
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168:5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
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810:Boxing matches at Caesars Palace
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68:super middleweight title
355:Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
303:middleweight champion
253:wins via 9th round RTD
122:Grand Rapids, Michigan
217:Middleweight Champion
518:Super Featherweight
61:Title(s) on the line
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16:Boxing match
768:James Toney
761:Doug DeWitt
415:James Toney
305:Doug DeWitt
265:James Toney
195:Recognition
135:$ 1,000,000
132:$ 1,000,000
91:James Toney
789:Categories
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596:References
373:Fight card
292:March 1992
282:Background
103:Lights Out
770:'s bouts
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620:29 August
550: For
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496:160 lbs.
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442:168 lbs.
410:168 lbs.
362:Aftermath
343:The fight
112:The Bronx
100:The Blade
616:. BoxRec
566:Country
324:Bob Arum
229:The Ring
221:The Ring
206:The Ring
190:Orthodox
187:Orthodox
116:New York
108:Hometown
97:Nickname
547:^Note 1
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386:Weight
309:Beijing
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245:Result
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313:China
251:Toney
184:Style
129:Purse
82:Boxer
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458:TKO
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426:(c)
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