One reporter waved the red flag. “Aren’t you just a fat middleweight?” It was a Joe Pesci moment. Toney paused, looked him straight in the eye, and said: “I’m a middleweight with heavyweight nuts.”
Toney, though, does not appear to be in the greatest shape right now. Perhaps this will be his undoing against John Ruiz. If he starts to tire his superior talent may not be nearly enough.