Imagine my surprise! Toney stripped of title? No way!

[steamboat brand, palooka]

Though I can't locate it now, I wrote a post that asked the question, "How did Toney get to 233?" Then I was completely shocked when I saw Sports Illustrated reporting that he had been stripped of the title for steroid use! Unbelievable! Yes, It must have been just harmless medicine that he was taking which caused him to expand by a third of a person. He didn't get any TALLER! He just suddenly changed shape. A natural transformation into a different body type. That was all it was. I'm convinced he would pass any polygraph test. I'm even more convinced he would fail.

[boilermaker]

Well, I don't know....He looked miserably out of shape. The only place he bulked up was in the gut.

What's the story behind the booking of the fight? Because Toney claims he was a replacement fighter and that the "drugs" were over the counter stuff that he wouldn't have done had he known he was going to fight. At least that's his story and he is a good talker, but I give him the benefit of the doubt. He beat Ruiz fair and square to me...