| Lackluster debut proves Toney's finished and little else |
| Written by Chris Mannix - SI.com |
| Sunday, 29 August 2010 07:59 |
 It was predictable, really. Kind of sad, too. Fifteen seconds into his UFC showdown with Randy Couture, James Toney was on his back, fighting for his life. He remained there for three minutes, absorbing the kind of haymakers from Couture that used to glance harmlessly off of him in the boxing ring. The end mercifully came at 3:19 of the first round, when to the delight of the capacity crowd at the TD Garden, Couture stalled the blood flow to Toney's brain with a suffocating arm triangle.The UFC billed Toney-Couture as a true clash of combat sports. But that couldn't be further from the truth. The 42-year old Toney, fat and flabby, his stomach spilling over his trunks is hardly representative of the best or even the average boxing has to offer. Toney took this fight (chased it, really) for the money, a reported $750,000 windfall he couldn't come close to making anywhere else. But Toney hasn't been a viable boxer for some time. His last significant win came in 2003, when a more svelte Toney stopped Evander Holyfield in a stunning ninth round TKO. Since then Toney has outlasted immortals like Dominick Guinn, Danny Batchelder and Fres Oquendo and mixed in a pair of losses to Samuel Peter with a pair of positive tests for steroids. READ MORE AT SI.COM Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites            |
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