James Toney T/KO @ 10/1

good points... but toney is still very tempting for the decision.... if he wins the decision he will have to absolutely school DL for 12 rounds. Toney hasn't done that in years. Even against an aggressive Jirov it was a close fight with fighters winning rounds. If that happens in Russia, DL will take it on points.

I definitely don't know whether I should take the risk or not. I want to wait until the weigh in but think if I put money on Toney then, the odds would have shortened and I won't get as good a deal.

 

I love Toney but he's completely shot. He was rocked by Matthew Greer for Christ's sake. And now he's two years older and has shed sixty pounds, it wouldn't surprise me to see him stopped. I hope he wins though, and a flutter on the points win at those odds is tempting.

 

Did anyone watch his last fight he is shot to pieces, has power has gone, he just throws the jab, who cares that he lost 60lbs it wont make any difference.

Fact is Lebedev should be crusierweight No1 he beat Huck and then people thought he was crap vs Jones Jnr but he showed him respect, he could have taken him out when he wanted to.

Lebedev by mid round knockout.

 

James Toney is my favourite fighter of all time and even i think he loses this. I think the weight loss will effect him and i envisage Lebedev stopping him late. It will be very sad to see IMO.

 

I like Denis. He seemed to be in awe of Jones, which was weird considering it take no pressure at all to get him out of there these days. But I thought he outboxed Huck and I wouldn't be surprised if he beats Toney in a tight decision. Toney will just not do enough.

 

Toney is not getting stopped TBH It is a way closer fight than the bookies are making out.

 

To be honest, I'd find it very strange if Toney was able to win a decision out in Russia- I just can't see him taking enough rounds clearly to make sure he is the obvious winner. If it's tight, you'd have to expect it to go to Lebedev.

I don't see him stopping him either. Lebedev was poor and seemed somewhat reluctant to take on a vulnerable Jones but you have to think he's learnt from that and won't make the same mistake twice. The fight is there for the taking for him and he knows that another poor performance against an old faded fighter will not help him get back into title contention. I see him winning a clear, routine decision