Ringside Seat With Tassie Brown

Interview with one and only James Lights Out Toney


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It’s a true honour to have one of the greatest boxers ever and one of the best defensive boxers of all time as a guest on this weeks episode 


The one and only 

James Lights Out Toney 

4 division World Champion 

Middleweight Super Middleweight Cruiserweight and Heavyweight


 Toney utilized the shoulder roll technique taught to him by veteran trainer Bill Miller who trained legend like Ezzard Charles and Sugar Ray Robinson. Toney was an exceptional counterpuncher and inside fighter


He fought the best in his era 

Micheal Nunn Reggie Johnston 

Mike MCcallum 3 times 

Roy Jones Jnr Iran Barkley

 Prince Charles Williams

 Montell Griffin Vassiliy Jirov Evander Holyfield John Ruiz 

Hasim Rahman Samuel Peter 

Fres Oquendo Denis Lebedev and many more.


In 1991 and 2003, Toney was voted Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America. In 2011, The Ring magazine ranked him as tenth on their list of the "10 best middleweight title holders of the last 50 years.


Also he played the great Joe Frazier in the Movie Ali about the greatest Muhammad Ali with Will Smith.

I really enjoyed this episode with 

LIGHTS OUT

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Ringside Seat With Tassie BrownBy Grant Brown