BOXING NOTEBOOK: DETOUR LEADS TONEY TO HOLYFIELD.Byline: Michael Rosenthal Assistant Sports Editor Noun 1. sports editor - the newspaper editor responsible for sports news newspaper editor - the editor of a newspaper James Toney James "Lights-Out" Toney (born August 24, 1968) is a professional boxer from Detroit, Michigan and is a Huron High School alumnus where he was a football quarterback. Since his career debut in 1988, he has held world titles at middleweight, super middleweight and cruiserweight. couldn't make a fight with Bernard Hopkins  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. so he went the other direction. Toney, the cruiserweight cruis·er·weight n. In both senses also called junior heavyweight. 1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 190 pounds (85.5 kilograms), between light heavyweight and heavyweight. 2. champion, will face 41-year-old former heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield in a 10-round heavyweight bout on Oct. 4 on pay-per-view television. The site has not been determined. Toney had been near a deal to face middleweight titleholder ti·tle·hold·er n. 1. One, especially a champion, who holds a title. 2. One that holds legal title to something, such as a motor vehicle. Hopkins at the cruiserweight limit of 190. Meanwhile, Holyfield had been negotiating to fight Roy Jones Jr. ``We are both great fighters, we are both great warriors,'' said Toney, a Sherman Oaks resident. ``We don't run from nobody. We're not going to sit there and hug and cry and kiss like you all saw last Saturday (when Lennox Lewis fought Vitali Klitschko). ``Come Oct. 4, I will be ready.'' Holyfield, coming off a lopsided loss to Chris Byrd in December, reiterated that his goal is to regain the undisputed heavyweight championship. --Lewis-Klitschko: Klitschko's handlers believe the cut above his left eye will heal sufficiently for him to fight again in six months. He hopes his opponent will be Lewis, the WBC WBC white blood cell; see leukocyte. WBC abbr. white blood cell WBC, n stands for white blood cell. titleholder. Ron di Nicola, Klitschko's lawyer, said he is considering two options: ask the WBC to order an immediate rematch because of the controversial ending or ask California officials to determine whether the decision to stop the fight was appropriate. Klitschko insisted again Tuesday that he could see well at the time the fight at Staples Center was stopped after six rounds. Michael Rosenthal, (818) 713-3618 michael.rosenthal(at)dailynews.com |
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