Toney suspended for Steroids?!

[El Gamo]

Toney suspended for steroids!

The California State Athletic Commission has levied a one year suspension on former world champion James "Lights Out" Toney. Toney tested positive for both Boldenone Metabolite and Stanozolol Metabolite after his May 24 fight against Danny Barchelder at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. Toney has been fined $2,500 and his suspension period runs from the conclusion of the bout until the end of his licensing year which is May 22, 2008. He will be close to 40 when he is eligible to return to the ring. Interestingly, Boldenone is an anabolic steroid developed primarily for horses and is only available through veterinary clinics. Stanozolol is the same steroid that boxer Fernando Vargas was suspended nine months for in 2002 by the Nevada Commission. This is Toney's second suspension for steroid use. After dethroning John Ruiz in 2005, Toney was suspended by the New York Commission and stripped of the WBA heavyweight title after testing positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone.
Toney's May 24 opponent Danny Batchelder also tested positive with the steroids Oxandrolone, Stanozolol Metabolite, and an elevated T/E Ratio. Like Toney, he also been fined $2,500 and suspended through the end of his licensing year which is May 22, 2008.

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[Gandalf]

Since the site has been down we have heard the news of James Toney testing positive for 2 banned substances...

As many of you know, James is one of my favourite fighters. Im obviously upset by the news and his career is probably over. What are you thoughts and opinions surrounding possibly the last act of James Toney the fighter?

I will state my own opinion later when I feel Im better able to reflect and say what I feel...

[Pugilistic]

i like james toney alot but i would like him more if he retired now. i like watching his fights but he is getting a worse rep for himself because this is now the second time he has taken banned substances. retire now toney. your the main man

[Gandalf]

i like james toney alot but i would like him more if he retired now. i like watching his fights but he is getting a worse rep for himself because this is now the second time he has taken banned substances. retire now toney. your the main man

Is he really the main man? Its been a long time since Toney was even winning fights?

But yes he should retire. He can achieve little more than what has already been done.

What an awful ending though?!

[Mar]

I think a lot of us like toney and were dissappointed at this news...but after his last performance and with this news i sadly think it's time for him to go away...

[Gandalf]

I think a lot of us like toney and were dissappointed at this news...but after his last performance and with this news i sadly think it's time for him to go away...

You may be right.

I still want to hear something from Toney though. He should say something.

[CutMeMick]

This s**t! has to stop I don't know about the rest of you BUT me I hate cheaters and finining Toney JUST $2,500 dlls. is s**t. I think the fine should be raised and so should the suspension.
f*ck this 1st time offender, 2nd time offender levels of punishment s**t... They do it once make the punishment so that they don't make it to level 2.

Test positive once.
$ 1million dollar fine, with a infinte suspension. that'll solve that problem.....

Any person/fighter who needs to do s**t like this to try and have an advantage over and opponent is s**t! and for that reason only I despise fighters that do that....
I thing is to be a suspect of using them I know people say RJJ and Evander both used them BUT show me the report/test item thats states they tested positive in a test.

[Gandalf]

This s**t! has to stop I don't know about the rest of you BUT me I hate cheaters and finining Toney JUST $2,500 dlls. is s**t. I think the fine should be raised and so should the suspension.
f*ck this 1st time offender, 2nd time offender levels of punishment s**t... They do it once make the punishment so that they don't make it to level 2.

Test positive once.
$ 1million dollar fine, with a infinte suspension. that'll solve that problem.....

Any person/fighter who needs to do s**t like this to try and have an advantage over and opponent is s**t! and for that reason only I despise fighters that do that....
I thing is to be a suspect of using them I know people say RJJ and Evander both used them BUT show me the report/test item thats states they tested positive in a test.

Yeah, and the wondefully lithe Toney has benefited all the way from the use of drugs....

[ICB]

Wonder where i have heard this before

[superheavyrhun]

You have got to be s**ting me. Toney gets fined $2,500? That is really going to eat into his beer + burger fund. Colour me unsurprised, and personally I don't see Toney ever standing in a ring again, unless he becomes a trainer. And who'd respect him as a trainer....a middleweight that ended up as a heavy. Mad career, and an inominious end.

[Punisher136]

I saw this on espn.com earlier today. And here i was already to give my "well atleast boxers don't juice like baseball players" speech..........

[Preme]

Second time he has been done with this - wonder how many of the fights he 'won' were under legal conditions too... to me it throws most of his wins and his legecy into serious jeperdy

[LegendBoxing65]

I would think he would have stayed away from steroids after he lost his title. What a dumb move. He has to know what he is doing. By the way. I read in the newspaper that Toney was stripped of his heavyweight title. Is he recognized as being a former champ or is it like he never was champion? how does that work? Are he and Jones the only middleweights to be heavyweight champ or is it only Jones. curious how that works. He should not be recognized at all.

[Punisher136]

You people seem to forget (not making excuses because this is unexcusable) that after the second peter fight toney was diagnosed with a pituatary disorder from blows to the head and the only treatment would be steroids to a certain degree. I'm not sure if those are the ones the doctors said he would need but i'm still sure that these ones are for the pituatary thing and the ones before were for an arm injury. If they busted athletes that were higher profile than toney, they would've busted him earlier if he tested positive as well.

[Punisher136]

the end of his career is shady but dont let that take away from what it was preheavyweight.