James Tony's ban is halved

[gudnite vienna]

It has been halved and he can now fight from late November i think it is..

I find this a bit of a joke, not sending out the right message to young kids and other boxers/sports stars

[Peter Plys 44]

Taken twice in a few years and only getting six months ban.........

This fat cheater should be banned for life. Now young boxers know that it is not that dangerous to take roids - very bad signal.

[yoitsdan]

Very surprising, the California State must have had a very good reason to halve his ban, maybe it involves the rumoured damage to his pituitary gland, causing hormonal imbalance.

http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2...ASZVrGklk.html

[Sugar_Shaw]

It would make more sense to just ban him indefinitely.

[Preme]

Im not being funny but this is a total discrace... the guy fights like 6 or more months at a time anyhow... in effect he has had no ban at all... some cunt has been paid fucking off... i thought the 12month ban was a joke; this is a discrace

[boozeboxer]

Both guys were busted for steroids so its not like one had an unfair advantage....level playing field. ha ha ha. Obviously James love to fight and is very competitive. Competitive people often push the envelope to see how far they can go. I don't really think this is his fault but just the nature of competitive people. It is the fault of the commission however. If they really want people not to use steroids they aren't showing it. i really think that they should legalize them if they aren't going to at least try to enforce the rules.

[Peter Plys 44]

Both guys were busted for steroids so its not like one had an unfair advantage....level playing field. ha ha ha. Obviously James love to fight and is very competitive. Competitive people often push the envelope to see how far they can go. I don't really think this is his fault but just the nature of competitive people. It is the fault of the commission however. If they really want people not to use steroids they aren't showing it. i really think that they should legalize them if they aren't going to at least try to enforce the rules.

If Toney was not a sucker but a gentleman competitive fighter then he would fight other competitive fighters on equal terms not trying to cheat his opponents.

[boozeboxer]

Obviously he was meeting his chemically altered opponent on equal terms. Here is what I am saying: if you have rules but just half-ass enforce them, it just hurts guys that are trying to legitimately play by the rules. Rules that aren't enforced are much worse IMO than no rules at all.

[ACEA]

Drugs aside this guy is a f**king disgrace, he bad mouths everybody and he turns upto fights with a bigger gut than frosty the Snowman. He is a real bad example to the sport, to call this guy an athlete is a joke he looks more like a darts player to me. Now before everyone sad clicks me i acknowledge what he has done as a fighter but come on not doing the proper training and not sticking to a boxers diet is just sheer disrespectful to the guy that he is fighting who works his ass off in the gym only to fall short to a guy who couldn't give 2 f**ks and relies on natural ability. I apologies to anyone who is a fan but this guy really gets to me

[BoomBoom]

If Barry can "hold the record" then James Toney should be able to fight. Personally, I think their both phoneys, sad thing is they both wouldve been great without the sh@t.

[p4pking]

Drugs aside this guy is a f**king disgrace, he bad mouths everybody and he turns upto fights with a bigger gut than frosty the Snowman. He is a real bad example to the sport, to call this guy an athlete is a joke he looks more like a darts player to me. Now before everyone sad clicks me i acknowledge what he has done as a fighter but come on not doing the proper training and not sticking to a boxers diet is just sheer disrespectful to the guy that he is fighting who works his a** off in the gym only to fall short to a guy who couldn't give 2 f**ks and relies on natural ability. I apologies to anyone who is a fan but this guy really gets to me

Although Toney's career is basically over, I don't see what your trying to complain about in this post.. I can agree to the sentiment that using steroids is unfair to other fighters who play by the rules.... But your suggesting that he is disrespectful to his opponents who train their ass off by not doing so himself, instead using his natural ability, even if he wins or puts up a good fight That makes you sound fairly dim imo... If a guy works his ass off in the gym, and still loses to a guy who hardly trained at all, all that's saying is that he came up against a much more talented and schooled fighter.. That's got nothing to do with disrespect.. If Toney signed to fight Klitschko, or somehow got a 3rd fight with Peter(or any big fight) and came to fight having obviously done no training, I could see how it would be disrespectful... But if he wins against a guy who he is simply better than, it's stupid to call that disrespectful because he carries too much weight.. Not to mention the fact that Toney clearly worked long long hours in the gym for years perfecting his skills, so it's hardly all natural ability that allows him to box as he can.. it's his choice what condition he wants to be in now, it's not as if he has needed to pick up new tricks like many fighters..

[ACEA]

wouldn't you feel a bit pissed off if you had beat yourself up in the gym for a few months only for the other guy to show up with a beer gut and have sacrificed shit coming into the fight and still whip your ass. I just feel JT could show some respect to his opponents and at least look like he is taking the fight seriously. Many guys out there would sell their soul to have as much ability as JT but i bet they would never show up in the condition he does.

[p4pking]

wouldn't you feel a bit pissed off if you had beat yourself up in the gym for a few months only for the other guy to show up with a beer gut and have sacrificed S*** coming into the fight and still whip your a**. I just feel JT could show some respect to his opponents and at least look like he is taking the fight seriously. Many guys out there would sell their soul to have as much ability as JT but i bet they would never show up in the condition he does.

But you have to remember that James did put himself through hell, early in his career he trained like a maniac to make middle, super middle, basically anything below cruiser he had to really work at... Not to mention the fact that he was sparring all the big dogs at Kronk as a very young fighter.. Id say he's earned the right to at least be in what condition he chooses, and if his opponent isn't able to use that against him enough to win, tough luck.. It's not all natural ability, not even close.... Toney had excellent teachers and has probably sparred as many rounds, or hell fought as many pro rounds as almost any fighter on the planet... He just hasn't done proper roadwork etc. in recent years. That doesn't mean he didn't train his ass off in learning to fight as he can. Would i feel pissed off if I were Sam Peter and I trained my ass off to fight a guy 15 years older than me who started his pro career 80 pounds lighter, showed up looking like a tub of lard and then proceeded to give me a boxing lesson?? Hell yes... But as a fan, do I feel it's disrespectful for Toney to have done so Not even close, that just makes me appreciate his abilities a lot more. I will agree the guy is an asshole, but as a fighter he was a very rare talent.

[the phenom]

well mayb will se him compete for the title again now and this time witout steroids, well thas in a perfect world

[bzkfn]

Tis a joke. Especially when the guy he fought has a longer ban for the same fucking crime!