By Mark Vester
Finally answering the call of a possible fight with James Toney, former undisputed cruiserweight champion David Haye downplayed Toney as the potential opponent for his heavyweight re-debut, and gave more credibility to former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman, still the front-runner to land the fight.
He doesn't believe that Toney's recent string of fights is enough to make him the best candidate for the fight. There are holes in Haye's answer. Everyone, except the three ringside judges, thought Toney beat Peter in their first meeting, everyone thought Toney beat Ruiz and I'm not exactly sure how Haye saw Toney losing the first two-rounds of the Rahman rematch.
“The only problem with James Toney is, I’ve looked at his record on boxrec and he’s only won one of his last six fights," Haye told Setanta Sports. "He got disqualified for steroids, he drew with Hasim Rahman and lost to Samuel Peter twice. [The last fight] was a no decision. I thought he lost the first two rounds then he won the third, then [Rahman] got a cut."
Haye wouldn't overlook Toney is they fought, but he thinks that he would dominate the action with either a late knockout or a lopsided decision.
“I think it would be an interesting fight. He’s deceiving. He fights a lot better than he looks. If you look at him, you think he’s just a pumped up fat middleweight, but he’s got a lot of skills. I definitely think I’d stop him late or win a big decision on points.”
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