The Tae Bo guru, Billy Blanks, trained the former middleweight champion and current heavyweight contender, James “Lights Out” Toney, for his fight with the Nigerian, Sam Peter, on Jan. 6, 2007.
Billy Blanks stated to the press: "I have somebody cooking for him and he eats five meals a day, drinking a lot of water, which he has never done as much as he is doing now," said Blanks. "He is cleaning his body out. James can outbox (most) at the weight he was.
"But now, he is going to be able to identify boxing with his body and be able to make them all come together and become a total weapon."
According to sources at the camp, James Toney surrendered himself completely to Billy Blanks and was subjected to the harshest of martial arts training.
Training such as sparring blindfolded without a jockstrap, the full body nude grease down, not showering for three days in a row, and being suspended in mid-air with ropes tied to his legs in order to force him to do a split.
A fitness assistant at the camp that prefers to remain anonymous said the following: “At first he did really bad with the blind sparring, but now he’s getting better.
"Last week, he only got knocked out once. If you’ve ever sparred blindfolded, you know what I mean. His kicking ability is also improving.”
James Toney went on to lose a disputed decision but was still impressive, considering the evasiveness and agility he displayed in spite of his size disadvantage against the naturally larger Sam Peter.
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