Rahman - Toney in MELEE !!! Pre-fight brawl

http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2/headlines//EEFVpVApEkUWAzPIvB.html This first-person account about the brawl that broke out Monday night between Hasim Rahman and James Toney on Monday evening at the Le Meridien Cancun Resort & Spa in Cancun, Mexico, was provided to Don King Productions by World Boxing Council Executive Secretary Mauricio Sulaiman. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rahman and Toney were joining other boxing luminaries and members of the media attending a welcoming cocktail party for the WBC뭩 밅rowning of the Champions?event set for Tuesday afternoon. Toney was being interviewed by Television Azteca in the hotel lobby with many members of the media surrounding him. He was in the process of explaining that he had made a spur-of-the-moment decision after arriving in Cancun yesterday to marry his fiance Angie at the hotel뭩 pool on Tuesday morning. Rahman stumbled across his mandatory challenger when he arrived in the hotel lobby at about 6:15 p.m. while the television interview was taking place. The bliss of Toney뭩 pending nuptials was interrupted when he realized Rahman has just arrived. After the two prizefighters made eye contact, a war of words erupted. The verbal assaults escalated into a full-fledged brawl soon thereafter that took many people and over 15 minutes to quell while hotel guests and staff members looked on in stunned disbelief. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unannounced fisticuffs are a rare occurrence at this posh resort. Ironically, this world famous tropical paradise is just now recovering from blows sustained by Hurricane Wilma. World Boxing Council Executive Secretary Mauricio Sulaiman confirmed that neither boxer sustained serious injury. man, i can't wait til I see them in the ring