James Toney: I’ll come to England and knock Tyson Fury out!

Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor

‘Lights out’ wants London opportunity

Multi-weight world champion James Toney has issued a challenge to undefeated former British and Irish heavyweight title holder Tyson Fury as the veteran American eyes a first trip to the United Kingdom.

Toney, who at 43 is now passed his best, stopped bareknuckle champion Bobby Gunn over five rounds in his last fight to pick up the obscure IBU title and has now set his sights on Fury, who is on the look-out for some bigger challenges.

"I would love to fight Tyson Fury. I would travel to England and knock him out,” Toney told AP.

"I have five years left. I'm in the best shape I have been in ten years; passed every medical. Look at my record – beaten ten world champions. Vinny Maddalone was a C-class fighter. Let’s get it on.

“We can have a world championship, Olympics style. We can have it in a great city like London. All throw our belts in and see who is best.

"Then after I win I can treat myself to a suit from (an English tailor on) Savile Row."

6ft 9ins Fury, 24, has a perfect 19-fight record so far with 14 stoppages and has put himself forward for future fights with heavyweight contenders David Haye and Tomasz Adamek.

A fight with a big-name like Toney could be a stop-gap measure for the highly-ranked heavyweight before he looks to gain some top ten scalps on his way to challenging one of the title-holding Klitschko brothers.

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