[b]Toney has offers to fight three heavyweight champions
http://www.secondsout.com/USA/news.cfm?ccs=229&cs=19607
By Ant Evans: There was a time not so long ago when James Toney would go from internet site to internet site, using his gift for talking smack to colourfully ‘call out’ various heavyweight champions. Not long back from the wilderness which was his career from 1995-2003, Toney was still considered merely an overweight curiosity at heavyweight and he literally needed to talk his way into getting a world title fight.
Now, the champions are calling him. Or, more specially, representatives of three of the four recognised champs are calling his promoter, Dan Goossen.
“We’re got offers to fight three world champions,” Goossen told SecondsOut. "We’ve got the ruling from the WBC that the Hasim Rahman v Oleg Maskaev winner must fight James immediately afterwards. We’ve also got a good offer for James to fight Wladimir Klitschko for the IBF title and Don (King, who has one more co-promotional option on Toney) has made us an other to fight (WBO champ) Serguei Lyakhovich.
“I’m going to talk with James and then decide what we are going to do.”
Goossen says he favours a rematch with Rahman, who an out of shape Toney held to a 12 round draw in March. The Goossen-Tudor boss said: “That’s the fight which already had the interest, because the first fight was so good and we have to resolve this issue.”
However, the feeling was that Toney was perhaps a little fortunate to get a draw against a Rahman who came in prime condition and with a sound strategy. Goossen admits: "Listen, I know people maybe this James isn’t what he was because he wasn’t at his absolute best. I know that’s the only reason Klitschko, who you know I call Chicken Kiev (Klitschko hails from the Ukrainian capital), is even mentioning James’s name.
“If they want to think that, fine, but I know and James knows what he still beat Rahman even though he couldn’t get any air because he’d been smoking too many cigars before March. Whatever the reason for us suddenly being in demand, I’m happy, because I know I’ve got the No.1 fighter in the division in James Toney.”
Goossen added that and Toney will make up their minds over the weekend.
Meanwhile, Irish journeyman Kevin McBride, who hasn’t done much since getting the better of Mike Tyson a year ago, is also in the frame to fight Lyakhovich.[/b]
Disgusting. I hope he fights Wlad & get’s his ass handed to him in supreme fashion.
