I think you guys are a little harsh on James Toney. I mean he's a F****** middleweight, who couldn't lay off the cakes and biscuits and ballooned in weight.Add to that the fact that he's on the wrong side of 35 and been in nearly 80 fights I think it's hardly fair that he gets all the stick he does.

Let Jermain Taylor or Joe Calzaghe put on 5 stone of fat and step in with Wladimir and see if they do any better.

Or for that matter Roy Jones or Antonio Tarver.

Toney has got balls just to be boxing at heavyweight at all. Jones came up for one fight against the worst heavyweight champ in recent years and then went straight back down.

Toney has at least stayed there. Ruiz, Guinn, Holyfield and now Rahman all failed to hurt the little fat gobby one so I think he's done alright.

Toney is 5 ft 9 and has a natural fighting weight of 169 - 175 lbs.

It's hardly suprising that he would struggle against a man naturally about 240, as close to 7ft as Toney is to 6ft and in the prime of his life.