And the NEW Heavyweight Champion... In a Division of Chumpions...

...well, it was as expected...a rather uneventful heavyweight title bout for the WBA at Madison Square...but in the end, reigning 'chump' John Ruiz was pathetic, pitiful, and at best desultory enough for James Toney's occasional connections of overhand and straight rights and a single knockdown to crown Toney as new champ... When going the distance, there's usually a necessity for a strongly definitive performance by the challenger to take the title, but Toney, being as venerable as he is in the sport did just enough. With that, we usher in a new month... my April gains made up for the lousy March, so I begin anew in May, where I expect flowers of triumph or flowers at my burial... We're going to the first street fair of the street fair season along Broadway...