By Philip Green: When James ‘Lights Out’ Toney steps into the Octagon on August 28th to make his MMA debut, he will be facing one of the most difficult challenges of his career. His opponent, 47 year old Randy ‘The Natural’ Couture, is a former two-weight World Champion and veteran of a record 15 title fights, to put it briefly an MMA legend.
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James Toney signs with UFC!
by Daniel Ciminera: News this evening, in a move which may not be much of a shock to some people, 41 year old James “Lights Out” Toney (72/6/3), has signed a “multi-fight” contract with the UFC.
Toney, who won world titles at 5 different weights in the boxing ring and has been revered as a technically brilliant, future hall of fame boxer for many years, has been looking for a couple of years to get into mixed martial arts and had previously had talks with “Strikeforce”, a competitor of UFC. However, Toney went to UFC president Dana White insisting that the fights being offered to him were beneath him, telling White, “I have a lot of pride and I’d never do anything to embarrass myself. I’m a fighter. I want to fight. Don’t ever underestimate me.”
Toney talks Tarver, Arreola, Hopkins and Kevin Johnson
By Eric Thomas: In an interview with Boxing Talk, 41-year-old James Toney (72-6-3, 44 KO’s) mentioned that he’s interested in fighting Antonio Taver after finding out that Tarver himself is interested in fighting him. When told that Tarver wanted to fight him, Toney said in an interview with Greg Leon, “Really? We can do this.” Toney then off the beaten track and started talking about the Klitschko brothers, David Haye, and Chris Arreola.
Why Won’t the Klitschko Brothers Put Toney Out of His Misery?
By Dave Lahr: For the past years, James Toney has been dying to get a shot at fighting one of the Klitschko brothers. Now 41, ranked #11 in the World Boxing Council, Toney is ranked high enough Vitali or his younger brother Wladimir Klitschko, to fight Toney without taking a lot of heat from boxing fans.
News – Tua Puts Sparring Partner in Hospital; Toney Says Klitschko Brothers Need to Fight him
By William Mackay: Former heavyweight contender David Tua (49-3-1, 42 KO’s) has reportedly put his sparring partner Israel Garcia in the hospital after a tough sparring session on Tuesday for Tua’s preparation for his October 3rd bout against Shane Cameron for the WBO Asia Pacific and WBO Oriental heavyweight titles at the Mystery Creek Events Centre, in Hamilton, New Zealand.
Toney defeats Greer, Doesn’t Look Ready for Klitschko
By Dave Lahr: Heavyweight James Toney (71-6, 44 KO’s) kept himself in the heavyweight picture with an impressive 2nd round knockout win over journeyman Matthew Greer (12-6, 11 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Pechange Resort & Casino, in Temecula, California. With Toney pounding away at Greer with body shots and short chopping punches to the head, the referee stepped in and stopped the bout in the 2nd round. The fight was mostly one-sided with Toney landing pile driving body shots again and again to the midsection of Greer.
Ward Stops Pudwill, Toney crushes Greer – Boxing Results
By Jason Kim: Super middleweight contender Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO), as expected, made short work of Shelby Pudwill (22-4-1, 9 KO) tonight, stopping him in the 3rd round of a stay busy fight at the at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, CA. Also on the card, former super middleweight champion James “Lights Out” Toney (72-6-3, 44 KO) destroyed Matthew Greer (12-6, 11 KO) in the 2nd round of a scheduled 10-round bout.
Toney weighs 217.5 for bout tonight against Greer
By Jason Kim: Heavyweight James Toney (71-6-3, 43 KO’s) appears to be very serious about wanting to look good an impress tonight against heavyweight Matthew Greer (12-5, 11 KO’s) in a 10 round bout at the Pechange Resort & Casino, in Temecula, California. The 41-year-old Toney weighed in yesterday at 217.5, the lowest weight he’s been since he weighed 217 on the dot for a 9th round stoppage win over Evander Holyfield six long years ago in October 2003.
Toney vs. Greer this Saturday
By Dave Lahr: On Saturday night, boxing great James Toney (71-6-3, 43 KOs) will be fighting Matthew Greer (12-5, 11 KOs) in a 10-round bout at the Pechange Resort & Casino, in Temecula, California. Toney, 41, really needs a victory a here so that he can stay in title contention for a possible shot against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in 2009.
Toney wants to fight the Arreola-Klitschko Winner – News
By Dave Lahr: 41-year-old James Toney (71-6-3, 43 KO’s) is still interested in fighting one or both of the Klitschko brothers, and is hoping that he can get the winner of the September 26th fight between Chris Arreola vs. Vitali Klitschko. According to news reports, Toney is hoping he can fight Vitali Klitschko next.