Heres the undercards also.

At Atlantic City, N.J. (HBO): Hasim Rahman vs. James Toney, 12 rounds, for Rahman's WBC heavyweight title; Tony Thompson vs. Maurice Wheeler, 8 rounds, heavyweights; Dmitriy Salita vs. Ramon Montano, 8 rounds, junior welterweights

video weigh in.
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Rahman looks to earn belt in ring
Posted: Friday Mar 17, 2006 3:32 AM
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Hasim Rahman has been chasing a legitimate heavyweight title for most of this decade - or since he lost the belt he took away from Lennox Lewis in a stunning upset in 2001.

Lewis beat Rahman in the rematch and many have dubbed Rahman's initial victory in South Africa a fluke. But Lewis is long gone from the game, and Rahman, now 33, just might be the most established of all the champions in a chaotic division.

He'll need to prove that Saturday night against James Toney at Boardwalk Hall. The winner of the 12-round bout will take away the WBC championship.

Rahman believes Toney will be toted out of the ring well before the fight on HBO goes the distance.

"I'm going to bloody him up, swell him up and punish him,'' Rahman said. "I'm going to make him find a way out of there; he's going to get out of there just one way or another. You know, he can go out on his own volition or he can get carried out of there. One way, he's getting out of there before 12.''

Rahman was preparing to face Vitali Klitschko in November - a fight that was postponed three times - before the Ukrainian retired. In the interim, Rahman beat Monte Barrett, and when Klitschko gave up the title, Rahman was declared the organization's champion without ever beating the titleholder.

In Toney, he'll fight a former WBA champ. Toney outpointed John Ruiz last April, only to be stripped of the crown when he tested positive for steroids. He was fined $10,000 and suspended three months by New York boxing authorities.

But this is boxing, and Toney quickly has resurfaced as a contender for a different version of the heavyweight crown. Only the third former middleweight champion to move up to the top weight class and win a title, Toney is out to prove he can do it again - this time without flunking any drug tests.

"It's all right here,'' Toney said, pointing to his head. "And heart and determination. I'm 37 years old and I feel like I'm 27. I'm getting better with age.''

Toney (69-4-2, 43 KOs) beat Dominick Guinn in a lopsided, 12-round decision in October.

"After March 18, I want every boxing writer on their hands and knees to kiss my feet,'' he said. "Ain't nobody in history who's done what I've done. Give me my respect. And if you don't give it to me, I'm going to take it. Then I'm going to spit it back in y'all's faces.

"People say Rahman is bigger and stronger, but he's lacking one area, and that's heart. And I know how to fight better than him better than anybody, really.''

Rahman (41-5-1, 33 knockouts) has had a longer taste of being the champ, albeit not much longer before Lewis won their rematch. He's not only thinking about knocking off Toney, but beginning a string of wins that will eliminate any doubts about his skills.

"I want some title defenses, and it starts with James Toney,'' Rahman said. "A devastating victory over him is going to go a long way to legitimizing not only me as I stand as champion now, but it will add a lot of credibility to my first reign as champion.

"I always hear people say after it was too late, `If I only had another chance.' I was the heavyweight champion before, and I found myself saying the same thing. If I only had another chance I would do this differently, that differently.

"God has blessed me with another chance. I don't feel like I'm too old. I feel I have a lot left to give to the sport of boxing.''
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James Toney is about a 2 to 1 favorite and everyone's betting on the Rahman win with would be the payday bet. This is the first watchable Heavyweight match in awhile. Lets hope it does more to help the division that used to be so dominant.

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Damn no one has anything to weigh in on this. I actually like to watch the homestate boxer Toney get his shot. Plus is style is pretty entertaining. I think if he pans out its big for the heavyweight division*listening to crickets chirp*

Dont know a damn thing about Boxing, but I watch it when I catch it. So i'll probably catch this afer the game.

That decision sucked. I thought Rock clearly kicked James' ass. But then again, I dont know anything about how scoring works in boxing.

the score was bs and Rahman didnt even seem to care. thats one thing i never liked about him is his ability to be overly nonchalant whether win or loss. besides the decision it was a decent fight. Toney was fatter than usual(he can fight fat but not that fat) and it cost him.

Goddamn, my boy Toney was fatter than usual. His titties were bigger than my girl Coral. I was LMFAO because the booth guys were shitting on him.

I thought Toney had more quality punches(a TRUE heavyweight would have knocked Rahman out with some of the punches Toney was throwing), but Rahman just boxed a more quality match(more consistent, more in control, didn't show as much fatigue). It should have been an unanimous decision for Rahman.

I hope Toney loses a good 10-15 pounds for the rematch. We need some heavyweight gold back in Detroit!

If Toney cant lose weight for that fight i dont know if he can anymore period. dude wasnt buster douglas with it, but it wasnt good either.

also i expected no knockouts either though toney is good at bruising up peoples faces w/o getting hurt himself. I he just improved his upper body strength a lil bit to get more power on his hooks he'd be str8. but its hard because im sure he doesnt want to compromise his hand speed.

either way dude better step up in their rematch. And Rahman is boring.