H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
James Toney
Middleweight · United States
James Toney ranks #99 in the H&G All-Time Index at Middleweight, with a 83.70 All-Time Index score and a 77-10-3 professional record. His career span on this page is 1988-2017.
- All-time rank
- #99Notables
- H&G All-Time Index
- 83.700-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 77-10-3Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1988-2017
- Data Confidence
- HighDeep career evidence and a tighter peak-rating band in this release. Close ranks still need boxing judgement.
Career story
How James Toney's rating rose and fell year by year, with his peak marked.
Yearly peak-form Elo rating points. This curve is separate from the 0-100 ranking index.
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1988 | 1,892 |
| 1989 | 1,935 |
| 1990 | 1,980 |
| 1991 | 2,012 |
| 1992 | 2,022 |
| 1993 | 2,021 |
| 1994 | 2,011 |
| 1995 | 1,983 |
| 1996 | 1,972 |
| 1997 | 1,956 |
| 1999 | 1,971 |
| 2000 | 1,971 |
| 2001 | 1,970 |
| 2002 | 1,965 |
| 2003 | 1,953 |
| 2004 | 1,912 |
| 2005 | 1,876 |
| 2006 | 1,859 |
| 2007 | 1,832 |
| 2008 | 1,804 |
| 2009 | 1,785 |
| 2011 | 1,748 |
| 2012 | 1,714 |
| 2013 | 1,683 |
| 2015 | 1,648 |
| 2017 | 1,660 |
Why this ranking
James Toney ranks #99 with a 83.70 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Evander Holyfield in 2003, who reached a 2,081 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. He also fought Mike McCallum 3 times, going 2-0-1 across that series. The strongest model lifts are sustained head-to-head rating level (above the typical top-1000 fighter) and quality of opponents beaten (above the typical top-1000 fighter). Peak-form Elo is 2,022 (±179), separate from the 60-100 career Index.
What lifts or lowers this ranking
Bars show each weighted signal's relative size. Gold lifts the placement; grey holds it back.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
How much the record is helped by wins over contemporaneous title-level opponents.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
How much repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
A narrow signal for lineal, explicit undisputed or major multi-belt class control in this release data; it is not a full title history.
Compare and explore
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Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters James Toney actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Roy Jones Jr#8 · Index 96 · 1994
- Evander Holyfield#11 · Index 95 · 2003
- Mike McCallum#148 · Index 82 · 1991, 1992, 1997
- Michael Nunn#157 · Index 82 · 1991
- Charles Williams#248 · Index 79 · 1994
- Vassiliy Jirov#314 · Index 78 · 2003
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- Reggie Johnson#372 · Index 77 · 1991
- Montell Griffin#423 · Index 76 · 1995, 1996
- Samuel Peter#450 · Index 76 · 2006, 2007
- Denis Lebedev#466 · Index 76 · 2011
- John Ruiz#534 · Index 75 · 2005
- Hasim Rahman#666 · Index 74 · 2006, 2008
Ranked-vs-ranked bouts from the pinned fight archive, ordered by opponent ranking. An objective record of who they shared a ring with.
Great rivals he never fought
Ranked fighters who shared a recognised division and whose competitive careers overlapped, with no bout between them on record. Each name opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Terence Crawford#2 · Super Middleweight · 10 overlapping years (2008-2017)
- Canelo Álvarez#5 · Middleweight / Super Middleweight / Light Heavyweight · 13 overlapping years (2005-2017)
- Wladimir Klitschko#13 · Heavyweight · 22 overlapping years (1996-2017)
- Lennox Lewis#15 · Heavyweight · 15 overlapping years (1989-2003)
- Joe Calzaghe#17 · Super Middleweight · 16 overlapping years (1993-2008)
- Larry Holmes#22 · Heavyweight · 15 overlapping years (1988-2002)
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- Bernard Hopkins#23 · Middleweight / Light Heavyweight · 29 overlapping years (1988-2016)
- Oscar De La Hoya#24 · Middleweight · 17 overlapping years (1992-2008)
- Vitali Klitschko#32 · Heavyweight · 17 overlapping years (1996-2012)
- Mike Tyson#35 · Heavyweight · 18 overlapping years (1988-2005)
- Felix Trinidad#37 · Middleweight · 19 overlapping years (1990-2008)
- Dariusz Michalczewski#48 · Light Heavyweight / Cruiserweight · 15 overlapping years (1991-2005)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
James Toney also has a reviewed style profile with radar scores, study notes and diagnostic comparisons.
About this rating
Rankings: H&G All-Time Index v2.0.0. Reflects fights up to , the most recent on record. The ratings are fixed to that point, so fights after it are not yet included.
The rating itself is built from the 85 bouts we hold full data for from 1988 to 2017, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 2,022 (peak dated 1992-12-01). This best-point rating sits on its own scale and is not directly comparable with the 0-100 index.
The peak estimate carries an uncertainty band of about ±179 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.