News - Hasim Rahman

Toney said the judge that had it 117-111 for Rahman was "medicated a little bit." He added, "You can't blame Don King for this one. A belt don't define James Toney. A belt defines Bob Arum fighters. If he (Arum) is a real promoter like he says he is, we can do it right away." When Maskaev's promoter Dennis Rappaport started to say something from the audience, Toney stated "Sit your a-- down. How much did you pay to get him ranked?" read more ...

WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman (41-5-2, 33 KOs) retained his title with a twelve round draw against James Toney (69-4-3, 43 KOs) on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was a fast-faced fight with both fighters landing a high volume of punches. Rock's punches were harder while Toney's were cleaner. Scores were 117-111, 114-114, 114-114. Rahman appeared to have a slight edge by outworking read more ...

WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman weighed in at a solid 238 lbs today in Altantic City. Challenger James Toney weighed in at a career high 237. They collide Saturday night in Atlantic City read more ...

Everyone who was anyone has since claimed a part of the richest prize in sport, though no one has won (or looked good) consistently. There have been partial title claimants, unified title claimants, former champions and a few John Ruiz comebacks. Regardless, the important fights haven't been made and the sport has been the worse for it. It's generally a poor state of affairs when a mainstream fan can not name the heavyweight boxing champion of the read more ...

How does this camp compare to some of your previous camps? Hasim Rahman: "Mentally I'm more into it. Physically I'm in superb shape. I always maintained that if I was a focused fighter or if I could have this drive and desire from day one I would be the undisputed heavyweight pound for pound king right now." read more ...

GL: A couple of the people in the Toney camp told me they were concerned you wouldn't show up on March 18 since you haven't signed a contract yet. What do you have to say about that? Hasim Rahman: "I can give you 100% assurance that I will be there on March 18. Top Rank and I are partners in this venture and that's just a mere formality. What other way can I get to punch James in the mouth without read more ...

WBC heavyweight champion Hasim "The Rock" Rahman and James "Lights Out" Toney met the press today at the Tavern on the Green in New York City to officially announce their March 18 heavyweight title fight on March 18 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. It was the first time they met since the full-fledged brawl they engaged in last month at the WBC "Crowning of the Champions" event in Cancun, Mexico. The face-off between the fighters was read more ...

A brawl broke out between Hasim Rahman and James Toney on Monday evening in Cancun, Mexico. Below is a first-person account provided to Don King Productions by World Boxing Council Executive Secretary Mauricio Sulaiman: read more ...

The World Boxing Council selected James Toney and Oleg Maskaev on Friday as official challengers to interim heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman, who was given the title after Vitali Klitschko retired due to injuries. The heavyweight division had its last obligatory challenge on June 21, 2003, between Lennox Lewis and Klitschko. Klitschko got the title after beating Corrie Sanders on April 24, 2004. read more ...

Sources close to the situation have informed Boxingtalk.com that IBF heavyweight champion Chris Byrd is now a promotional free agent. "Free as a Byrd," said our source. Byrd was unavailable for immediate comment. Last night Boxingtalk reported that WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman is a free agent as well, and Top Rank has made him a lucrative offer to fight Oleg Maskaev in early 2006 read more ...