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Last Irish Heavyweight
Ran across this guy and even discovered I had a photo that someone obviously posted. It surprised me he'd not been rated before or at least he was not in my DB if someone has.
Toner ends it for the heavies from Ireland. Next up I'm going to look at Scotland heavies. There's that Ken Shaw I saw I want to do and there was expressed on another thread some interest in guys from Scotland.
Tom Toner Rating 3
HW 1928-32
17 wins / 6 losses / 1 draw / 9 KO
Hometown: Philadlephia & Belfast
Birthplace: Ireland
Trainer: Ray Pelkey
Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto
An 8-0-0 start to his career included a 6 round decision over Al Friedman. Toner then went through a 2-4-1 spell from 1929 to mid 1930 including losses to Tony Talarico, Joe Banovic and in May 1930 he was KO'd in the 7th round by Max Baer. Toner followed that defeat three weeks later with a 4th round KO of Tillie Taverria. After 5 more wins after that including 2 over middlewieght Joe Racehorse Roberts(64-27-26,11KO), Toner then lost a 4 round decision to Ted Jernigan(3-6-1) and finished 1930 with a 3rd round TKO over MW Les Saunders(12-15-2,4KO).
Toner then was absent from the ring until making a 1 fight comeback in May 1932 when he was DQ'd in the 5th round in a fight against Jack Petersen.
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