By the halfway point, the Athletic Commission Executive Director Marc Ratner went to BOTH boxers' corners to tell them they had to fight because the crowd was so angry. Toney never should've been allowed to fight after getting popped a few months earlier.įor Byrd and Williamson, the boos began in the very first round, and never stopped. A swollen Toney threw lots of soft punches, Guinn covered a lot. It was arguably the worst title doubleheader ever televised. If you can find that tape (I recorded it but I never went back and watched it) and sit down for two and a half hours and physically get through it without jumping out the window, let me know. Showtime trotted out Al Bernstein to whitewash the steroid use. But, apparently, Nevada didn't care and let him fight Guinn anyway. A few months before, Toney had been stripped of the WBA belt and it was given back to John Ruiz when it was found Toney was using steroids. Click to expand.On October 1, 2005, James Toney and Chris Byrd headlined a Showtime Championship Boxing doubleheader.ĭuring his peak steroid use, James Toney took on the "dangerous" Dominick Guinn in an "IBA" Heavyweight title fight and, during his peak steroid use, Chris Byrd took on the "dangerous" Davaryll Williamson in defense of his IBF title.īoth Byrd and Toney were all swollen up and bragging their heads off about a possible upcoming match between each other.
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