Here's what's funny to me...I dispise Toney...but I covered the fight & I was unbiased. I said all during the coverage that it was close & it was hard to score...the commentators said so also.

Toney would win the first part of the rounds & Peter the second. Peter clearly had Toney hurt 4 or more times in this fight...his lack of experience led him to back off...I would assume thinking that Toney was luring him in.

After the fight...I stated...CLEARLY...that I thought that Toney did enough to just win a very close fight that could have gone either way...just like each round.

Peter wins. I say fine. Glad he won. Then everyone blasts me for my opinion.

So what was my opinion?

Toney won a close fight that could have gone either way. Totally unbiased.

Peter got the win & I said...FINE. Peter won...a close fight that could have gone either way. Totally unbiased, even though I loathe Toney.

The thing is...& no one here ever gets me on this...I don't listen to the judges. I don't do my round by rounds by typing out what the commentators say. I hear them...but they do not sway me.

This is heavyweight boxing. It's not middle or super or cruiser. Toney is brilliant as a counter puncher...but heavy is here to hurt...& Peter did hurt & on the second note...Peter did go toe to toe with Toney...whom everyone seems to dictate as the greatest of the heavies.

I do not agree & I never will.

Peter won that fight on aggression & not just pitty pat counters all night. Peter backed Toney up & Toney backed Peter up...but Peter was the harder hitter & he also won the fight IMO. Not the judges. Not my fellow posters. Not anyone by me.

That is not the reason for the DRBR. The DRBR is here for my enjoyment, your enjoyment, & all the people who can not catch the fights. I'm no expert, no commentator, no legit boxing writer...I'm just your fellow poster who enjoys bringing the coverage.

You may not agree with my end theory...but I never said that I was the end all be all of the discussions. Like you all...I just offer my opinion. Certain posters like to attack me...certain posters that I consider to complete idiots...but very rarely do I verbalize that...mainly based on the fact that we can all be a little silly over these fights...even when the obvious is in our faces.

The thing is...I thought that Toney scraped a close one...very eneffectively...but I am glad that Peter won...& to me...it wasn't that far of a stretch...like you...I thought it was close...but somewhere during the heat of the moment...you all saw it as a land slide of sorts...& it just wasn't.

Either man could have won...one did...& I have no issues with it.