It's confirmed and all over the websites, James Toney will finally return against Damon Reed on February 24th. Provided that he comes in at a decent weight and gets a ko win, I can see him getting higher profile match ups against Tarver or his new empire stablemate Rahman next.
Toney should fight Tarver, and if he wins, will probably get to cash in one more time against one of the title holders. After that hopefully the legend Toney will finally head into the sunset.
Toney is done but he'll still beat Reed. Guys like Toney, Rahman, Tarver, Holyfield, Briggs, etc should look to fight each other if they want to keep boxing. They are all on a similar level and could make a little money as well and I wouldn't be surprised to see a winner of one of these match ups get a title shot somewhere. Toney was a threat at heavyweight 5 years ago but his window has pretty much closed.
Nobody wants to see a 240 lbs Toney again. In case Toney doesn't come in halfway decent shape, he should hang them up...
Really? "The former middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion will be defending his IBA Heavyweight Championship against Topeka, Kansas, veteran "Dangerous" Damon Reed (45-14, 32 KOs) in the Fox Sports televised 12-round main event." After reading that in Esb, I tought it would be live. Showing the fight two weeks after it really sucks. Why not show it in same weekend or something
Agree with Antsu, I was thinking when they said Fox sports it would be live. No way can i wait weeks to see it, I will wanna see the news on it. Go Lights Out ! Folks, it's gonna be CIGAR time again !
"We are not averse to working with other promoters because we are looking to make this series a real success," said Cohen, who hopes to develop fighters who can move on to the HBO and Showtime level of fights. "We want to make competitive fights. We are looking to build a brand. It's good for the sport. The more televised boxing, the better it is for the sport." Cohen said the first few shows probably will air on a tape-delayed basis within a week or two of taking place and run for one hour. However, he said once college basketball season concludes the series will move to a live, two-hour format with Barry Tompkins and Benny Ricardo calling the action. Cohen said his company secured sponsors to underwrite the cost of the show as opposed to FSN paying a license fee. "We're starting as a monthly show and we hope to grow to be bigger than monthly. Twice a month would be the goal," Cohen said. "If we will deliver on our end and Fox delivers on its end, this will be a great partnership. We are taking care of the production, but Fox made a very favorable deal with us on the sponsors we brought the to table. It's a nice situation for both parties."
