Rodney Toney

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Name: Rodney Toney
Alias: The Punisher
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 178cm
Reach: 189cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Rodney "The Punisher" Toney is a former top ten Ring-rated contender in the middleweight division. He is the son of ex-fighter Harold "Honey" Combs, a 2004 inductee into Ohio's Summit County Boxing Hall of Fame Association. Toney was born in Boston and raised in the Georgetowne section of Hyde Park, where he became a local legend as a street-fighting teenager. Toney learned the fundamentals of the Sweet Science at the feet of his father and at the Boston YMCA with trainer Pete Cone. He was a Massachusetts Novice Champion, three-time Open Class Champion, Diamond Belt Champion, and four-time New England Regional Champion in the 165 lb class. In 1992, he was scouted by Terry Norris's handlers to join First Fighters Squadron in Campo, CA.

Toney was a trainer at The Ring Boxing Club (closed as of 2021) in Boston, MA for over ten years and is still training amateurs in Boston.

In Arpil 2019, he was inducted into the Ring 4 Boxing Hall of Fame.