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| Date | August 29, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | IBF middleweight title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Toney wins by majority decision (117–110, 117–110, 114–114) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Toney vs. Mike McCallum II, billed as Once Is Not Enough, was a professional boxing match contested on August 29, 1992, for the IBF middleweight title. [2]
Toney and McCallum had previously met the previous December, fighting to a split draw. [3] Given the indecisiveness of the decision, talks of a rematch happened immediately afterwards during the post-fight press conference with McCallum stating "I'd love to do it again, it wasn't nothing but fun". [4] A rematch was not agreed to for the time being however, and Toney instead went on to make his next defense against Dave Tiberi in February 1992, being declared the winner by a highly disputed split decision despite Tiberi seemingly dominating the fight. [5] Toney would then make another successful defense against Glenn Wolfe in April on the undercard of the George Foreman–Alex Stewart fight, while McCallum would have one tune-up fight between his two fights against Toney, defeating journeyman Fermin Chirino by unanimous decision in May. [6] [7] Following Toney winning a non-title tune-up against Ricky Stackhouse, the Toney–McCallum rematch was set to take place on August 29, 1992. [8] Prior to the fight, Toney and his team, trying to get in the almost 36-year old McCallum's head, presented McCallum a rocking chair inscribed with "Happy Retirement, Mike" at a press conference and the two fighter nearly came to blows at another press conference after Toney suddenly jumped up from his chair and challenged McCallum. [9]
Toney would win the fight by split decision. For the second straight fight, one judge scored the fight even at 114–114, though the other two judges had Toney the winner with lopsided scores of 117–110. McCallum actually out-landed Toney by 100 punches, scoring 332 of his 849 thrown punches compared to Toney who landed 232 of 714 punches, though Toney was able to land the harder punches throughout the fight. [10]
Confirmed bouts: [11]
| Weight Class | Weight | vs. | Method | Round | Notes | ||
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| Middleweight | 160 lbs. | James Toney | def. | Mike McCallum | MD | 12/12 | Note 1 |
| Lightweight | 135 lbs. | Freddie Pendleton | vs. | Tracy Spann | D | 2/12 | Note 2 |
| Super Welterweight | 154 lbs. | Peter Venancio | def. | Lonny Beasley | D | 10/10 | |
| Featherweight | 126 lbs. | Eddie Croft | def. | Magdaleno Maldonado | UD | 6/6 | |
| Super Welterweight | 154 lbs. | Clayton Williams | def. | Rick Dunn | UD | 4/4 |
^Note 1 For IBF middleweight title
^Note 2 For vacant IBF lightweight title
| Country | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
 United States | HBO |
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