Hasim Rahman 41–5–1 (33 KO) vs. James Toney 69–4–2 (43 KO), billed as The Big Boys are Back, was a professional boxing match contested on 18 March 2006 for the WBC heavyweight championship.

After failing to win any of next four fights following his April 2001 knockout victory over unified heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis (including being knockouted in the rematch), Hasim Rahman won all 5 of his bouts in 2004 to become the WBC number 1 ranked contender and the mandatory challenger to new heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko.

The fight was agreed for 30 April 2005, however Klitschko injured his thigh while training for the fight, so it was rescheduled for 18 June. As this date approached, Klitschko’s camp said that the thigh had not fully healed; the WBC made 23 July the new fight date. Soon after this second postponement, Vitali’s doctors reportedly discovered back injuries that they said demanded minor-yet-immediate corrective surgery. The WBC pushed the fight back again, this time to 12 November.

After this third rescheduling, Rahman won a WBC “Interim” heavyweight bout against his friend Monte Barrett on 13 August by a wide unanimous decision.

On 7 November, five days before he was due to face Rahman, it was announced that Klitschko had suffered severe right knee injuries during training. After WBC said it would strip him of the championship, on November 9, Vitali Klitschko announced his retirement. The next the WBC voted to award its heavyweight championship to Rahman, making him a two-time heavyweight champion.

Shortly afterward James Toney’s planned December bout with Rob Calloway was cancelled as Toney’s promoter Dan Goosen entered talks with Rahman’s promoter Don King make Toney Rahman’s first defence. Wladimir Klitschko and Oleg Maskaev were also mentioned as options.

In the build up the bout Toney called out the now retired Lennox Lewis saying that “Lennox will return – he can’t resist.”

Rahman received a $2.5 million purse and Toney $2 million.

The bookmakers had Toney a 2–1 on favourite to win the bout.

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Unbeaten middleweights, Janibek Alimkhanuly (14-0) & Vincenzo Gualtieri (21-0-1), go head-to-head for the unified WBO & IBF Middleweight championship of the world.

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🫱🏾‍🫲🏻Junior Witter CHALLENGES Ricky Hatton back in 2000

When Junior Witter challenged Ricky Hatton following his memorable fight Jon Thaxton back in 2000.

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🤬”He’s the BIGGEST BLOWHARD‼️” | Paulie Malignaggi RAW on Max Kellerman

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