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This Weekend, Bet On Boxing: Toney-Rahman

By Josh ⋅ March 18, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Hasim �The Rock� Rahman (41-5-1, 33 KOs) will put his WBC title on the line against James �Lights Out� Toney (69-4-2, 43 KOs) in Atlantic City tonight.

This is a tough one for the oddsmakers. Do you go with the aging Toney and his bowling ball-build, who has inexplicably conquered divisions from middle to heavy? Or should the younger, faster, harder-hitting Rahman — the man who once dropped Lennox Lewis like a sack of flour but can’t manage more than about a .500 record against decent opponents — be favored?

Vegas favors the aging bowling ball. If you want a piece of the action, at last glance Intertops was offering Toney -222, Rahman +165, and the crowd-pleasing draw at +2000.