I am ready to teach him a bitter lesson.? The Toney camp made the mistake of their lives by protesting and seeking a rematch. I have got dynamites in my two hands,? said Peter, according the Lagos, Nigeria Vanguard, and I will crush James Toney once and for all. The hard-slugging Peter, unlike Toney, is one of those strong, silent types notorious for letting their fists to the talking one the opening bell sounds, but the Nigeria Nightmare is as confident as ever and determined to turn Lights Out’s lights out for good. Heavyweight contenders Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter and James Lights Out? Toney get it on a second time this Saturday from the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Fla. Samuel Peter claims he has dynamites in my two hands? “I got a promoter with me along with a freaky-ass trainer (Freddie Roach) and a helluva strength coach.”Īnd some of the best one-liners since Muhammad Ali. “Everybody needs a flashy, boisterous heavyweight champ like myself, and that’s what I’m bringing,” Toney said. Which is one of the reasons he gets respect. You won’t like that.”Īsked why he feels he doesn’t get any respect, Toney said it was because he doesn’t kiss butt. And if I do take it, I’m going to spit it right back in your face. “You don’t give it to me, I’m going to take it. “I trained to lose weight.”įinally, Toney had to remind everyone that he’s still the forgotten man in the fight game. “I never trained for a fight,” Toney said at a pre-fight press conference Tuesday. By fight night, he could weigh anywhere from 245 pounds to “bring in the truck scale, guys.” Toney looks like a guy who would rather eat than, say, breathe. “I feel like I’m walking through a buffet.”īuffet? Interesting analogy. “I love beating bigger heavyweights up,” Toney said. “I truly believe that because James Toney is real.”Īt 5-foot-9, he’s also kind of short for a heavyweight, though Mike Tyson was short and he did pretty well for himself. “I believe you guys (the media) are going to see one of the best heavyweights that has ever fought in heavyweight history,” Goossen said. Toney’s promoter, Dan Goossen, took it even further.
“Look at the fighters today,” Toney said when asked what’s happened to the fallen heavyweight division. Rahman and Toney have always been ready to fight the best heavyweights out there, and that willingness alone puts them in a class of their own. Regardless of their little spat, the winner of this fight takes home both the WBC belt (which presently belongs to Rahman), and the right to call himself one of the two or three best heavyweights in the world, though both Rahman and Toney will tell you they already are the two best in the world. The truth is probably somewhere near the middle. He scratched me on the lip just like a little b-.” Then things got out of hand on his behalf. “So he came in and said ‘the champ is here,’ and pushed me out of the way. “When I came down in the elevator to meet the press, he got mad because he didn’t have any attention,” Toney said. Toney (69-4-2, 43 KOs) remembers the incident a little differently.
They don’t like each other, and that’s usually worth a few anecdotes.Ī few months ago at a birthday bash in Mexico, Rahman claimed Toney pushed him as he was walking by, so Rahman slapped Toney across the face, saying Toney was then restrained from getting to Rahman by “one finger.” His fight with Rahman (41-5-1, 33 KOs) should hold plenty of drama. “After (Saturday), I want every boxing writer on their hands and knees to kiss my feet before I even talk to you all.” “What have I got to do to prove to you that I’m the best fighter in the world, period?” he asked on a recent conference call promoting Saturday night’s heavyweight title fight against Hasim Rahman in Atlantic City (HBO). You figure he’s all talk until he fattens your lip.Īlong with being a tough guy, Toney also might be the best heavyweight out there. He’s like the schoolyard bully who struts around the playground puffing out his chest and bragging about how bad he is.
The thing about James Toney is, he talks a good fight, then turns around and delivers one.
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