If James Toney wins “Prizefighter” – what then?

[East Side Boxing]

With just hours to go until tonight’s intriguing edition of “Prizefighter: UK Vs. USA” gets underway – and with the debate continuing as to whether or not former multi-weight ruler James Toney should even be participating – the betting odds have shifted in the 45-year-old’s favour. Toney, a veteran of 88 pro outings dating back to the tail end of the 1980s when his marvellous career began, has surprised many by getting himself in good physical shape (at least Toney looks to be in good shape, having dropped something like 50-pounds) and tipping-in at a lowly (for him) 217-pounds. This, and the fact that Toney has been matched with relative novice Matt Legg (who has just 7 pro bouts to his name) in his first fight, must be what has influenced the bookmakers. And, without being disrespectful to Legg and all the other participants of tonight’s show, the Toney of the 90’s and early to mid-2000s would have surely won this tournament with relative ease. But what has Toney – one win removed from his out of shape points loss to Lucas Browne, this win an unimpressive points win over a club fighter – got left in his once remarkable […]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?i=zeyI9gUvnbo:Eb_B0DgcYGs:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=qj6IDK7rITs

 

 

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