Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205
Quote Originally Posted by miles
i voted james toney. yes, he's a fat gobshite, but he deserves one more chance seeing as he blobbed out against rahman....

if he is willing to try and redeem himself against arguably the best and most dangerous heavyweight out there then the guy has balls and i would like to see it....

im a toney fan, but i know as well as anyone that a fat toney may very well get bombed out of there....but a focussed toney might do somewhat better...

whether toney can really get up for running off some of those pounds in training is another matter though....

regardless, i choose toney. it might end his career....but with toney there is always the element of the unknown, maybe he can make it interesting one more time....
Good post miles.

I voted Toney too...mainly because Jirov (at cruiser) showed Toney a bit of trouble & I think that Toney (at cruiser) was in pretty damned good shape for that fight & I consider Wlad the best heavy out there now...& I just can't wait to see Toney get his fat a** get pounded into shape...the shape of an oil stain.
thanks wacko...

agreed. wlad may very well destroy toney, but if toney really is the fighter and warrior he claims to be then it will be very interesting to see how toney responds to the possible bombardment and punishment wlad can dish out....will toney be able to dig in and test wlad or will he ultimately crumble....

byrd fell apart, but i think toney brings a different kind of fight to the table. its hard to hit him flush, wlad will waste plenty of punches trying to find his target....you can hit toney but you waste punches on the way because of his ever rolling style. my worry with regards to toney is the rahman fight. was that a sign of things finally catching up with toney or was it a blip because of poor preparation. he wasnt able to press for 12 rounds and to be honest, to beat wlad you need to pressure, pressure, pressure and hopefully you can make him implode from sheer effort. toneys skills are undeniable but he needs the physical aspects to maximise his inbuilt boxing skills. its his only way of beating wlad...

toney isnt stupid, but he might be a little pig headed, whence the continual ballooning....

if he can lose weight, hit the road and then we have an intriguing twilight toney fight, if not then it could mean the final dismantling of a long, long career....