Note to self... Tae-Bo makes you suckier
Yo help me out. Unsilent Majority, Chief, anybody out there. I didn't see Sam Peter whup up on James Toney last night, wasn't, I confess, particularly interested after the fatman slow-dance of the first contest. But from what I read today James got the beating of his life in there, and even landed on the canvas for the first time in his career. An interesting article by James Slater on East Side Boxing suggested that Toney's high-profile Tae-Bo regimen and macrobiotic diet with fitness guru Billy Blanks left him weak on fight night. Wouldn't surprise me. Lights Out is 38 yo, and he's been through the wars. Not to mention, training hard has never been his thing, and... is it just the pictures or did he look as fat as ever last night? I mean, if all the fakeass aerobic kickboxing and seaweed shakes weren't going to help him drop a few pounds, then shee-it. Seems like they might as well have let the old dog have his bones.But look, like I said, I didn't see it. So somebody step up and break it down for us all and I'll publish it as a post. Thanks in advance for doing my work for me.
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I'm at work so I don't have time for an all-out recap but let me say this...watching Billy Blanks try to dole out serious coaching in the the corner was hilarious. I was just waiting for Freddie Roach to tell him to shut the fuck up.
Honestly I cannot stand Toney as a heavyweight, I can't remember his fights ever providing entertainment. However this one was different, this time Peter just came out clubbing. The knockdown wasn't pretty but watching his jelly roll ass hit the canvas was theraputic. It came off of a fairly ordinary jab that should only have succeeeded in making Toney's nose uglier. Instead Peter was able to catch him flat footed and Toney went down in slow motion (at least it looked like slow motion).
The first half of the fight was hugely entertaining because the two guys stepped up and slugged it out. Once the second half of the fight got underway it became fairly one-sided with Peter pounding away...good times all around. Now let's see if Peter can do that against a champion.
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