IT’S hard to imagine the kind of person who looked forward to, much less enjoyed, the sight of James Toney and Donovan ‘Razor’ Ruddock sharing a boxing ring in 2023, but they must exist. After all, there can be no other reason why the fight, which took place on Saturday in Jamaica, would happen, what with Toney now 55 years of age and Ruddock even older at 59. Ignore the fact both men are desperate, which is a given, the only real reason a fight like this would ever become a reality is because there is a market, albeit niche and perverted, for it to be made.
That’s not to, we would soon enough see that these fights make even less sense than they already do. For once there is no money to be made from them, what, then, is the point of their existence at all?
