James Toney vs. Hasim Rahman II - Let's Talk here (Pics & Vid)

[Kev]

Cheers No Contest for the heads up, looking forward to this

[Kev]

haha Neil Strauss AKA Style is the referee for tonights contest

[Spicoli]

I hate jumping threads....Rahman looks timid

[No Contest]

I think the better watch may be espn..damn this flipping shit...

[amat]

I love how this is an in shape Toney

[No Contest]

yeah, hehe the shape is round. He is starting to get going a bit , i thought that right was the best shot of the fight so far.

[No Contest]

Come on Toney jack em up!

[Kev]

Great third round for Toney, he's getting into it.

I reckon he's going to knock the Rock out

[No Contest]

Yeah No decision...Rahman decided he's about to get fucked up.

[Spicoli]

Toney ratteled Rahman in that round.Rahman cut over eye and looking.....uncertain.Should merge these threads....fight just got stopped on cut in corner,might be ruled a draw......Rahman just said he could not see clearly,Imo....he lost his ......desire Look for a third

[amat]

On FSN they are grilling this doctor about the decision, he made the right call you can blame Toney or the commission but not the doctor.

[Spicoli]

Whats telling is Rahmans last statement in the corner....."I cant see that right hand".....nuff said!Without even letting the corner work on it Once and giving himself a chance in next round for a victory....he opted out. After his corner asked "It was a headbutt right" ? He was staggered bad at 28 sec mark and Toney got him "upstairs" Imo.

[Kev]

Whats telling is Rahmans last statement in the corner....."I cant see that right hand".....nuff said!Without even letting the corner work on it Once and giving himself a chance in next round for a victory....he opted out. After his corner asked "It was a headbutt right" ? He was staggered bad at 28 sec mark and Toney got him "upstairs" Imo.

What Rahman may or may not have said to his corner is completely irrelevent though. He was clearly cut, the blood was clearly obscuring his vision, it was clearly a headbutt, and the doctor clearly suggested to the referee that Hasim couldn't continue.

Even had Hasim said to his trainer, 'I've found a way to get out' it should still not change the facts.

It was a no contest. Nobody likes no contests and I really wanted Toney to win but a bad decision is a bad decision no matter what the circumstances.

[Kev]

On FSN they are grilling this doctor about the decision, he made the right call you can blame Toney or the commission but not the doctor.

You can't blame Toney he's done nothing wrong, neither has the doctor or Rahman.

The blame lies squarely at the feet of the referee imo.

I have no doubt this will be over turned within 48 hours anyway.

Bizarre decision. I've never seen a fight stopped by a referee due to a cut sustained by a headbutt and the other fighter declared the winner.

If they were trying to claim it wasn't a headbutt I could at least understand it but the referee and the doctor agreed it was a headbutt, and the doctor said he suggested to the referee that Hasim couldn't continue.

Completely bizarre

[Gandalf]

Toney was warming up nicely in the second and taking over in the 3rd. If Rahman continued he was going to get stopped anyway. Not the ideal way for Toney to get the win and I would have liked to see him get a few more rounds in the bag.

Hopefully, another fight in 3 or 4 months against someone ranked in the top 6. Then Toney is perhaps able to go for one last shot at a belt.