James Toney has been officially stripped of his title and John Ruiz is once again the WBA heavyweight champion of the world.  Toney captured the title from Ruiz on April 30 by winning a unanimous decision, but post-fight drug tests revealed that Toney had performance-enhancing drugs in his system. Toney and Ruiz received copies of a letter addressed from WBA attorney Robert Mack to Toney stating, "based on the actions of the New York State Athletic Commission and the test results on which the commission relied, the WBA must vacate your championship ranking and reinstate John Ruiz as the champion."  Boxingtalk will also acknowledge Toney's positive test results by restoring Ruiz and Toney to their pre-fight positions in the Boxingtalk ratings.  Ruiz will be returned to the #3 position and Toney to #4 so that Toney's rating does not benefit from the illegal drugs in his system. Ruiz's lawyer, Anthony Cardinale used the WBA announcement as an opportunity to call for the institution of increased testing to prevent repeat occurrences.  "John and [trainer Norm] Stone and I are going to make it our campaign that testing must be done on a random basis. (12:32 PM ET)