A biography for James Toneyhasn’t been written yet.
“I ain't scared of nothing.”
“I'm the last old school fighter.”
“Holyfield is a great fighter and I have a lot of respect for him but I was hungry.”
“Once I was given an honest shot at the title, I knew it would be mine.”
“Brock Lesnar is only the champion of the UFC. I'm the heavyweight champion of the world.”
“I want to prove boxing's the best sport. Period.”
“That's the only way I know how to do it. I do it big in boxing, I do it big in MMA.”
“I've proven beyond any doubt I'm the best in boxing; that's undisputed.”
“People go on about my speech but I've always had a speech impediment.”
“Roy Jones caught me at the right time. I didn't prepare properly. But it shows you the character of Roy Jones that he didn't give me a rematch because he knew I would have knocked him out.”
“I'll knock out Roy Jones and he can retire and become a basketball player, like he always wanted to be.”
“I know how to fight. Look at my record.”
“I saw the UFC, Dana White was putting on great fights every month. So I said let's see what they've got.”
“John Ruiz is stupid. He can't change his style.”
“People thought Randy was tough, Randy was cool. All of the Randy Couture fans were like, 'Ooh, ahh.' But get up close and personal and you would have seen fear in his eyes. He ain't never seen nobody like me before in his life.”
“MMA has made me so much better as a fighter. It heightened my skill set even more.”
“McGregor's a UFC fighter. He doesn't know how to punch.”
“People say I hate MMA fans. I don't hate MMA fans.”
“Boxing is No. 1, period.”
“I hate lawyers.”