Ricardo Lois
4/12/2007
A few days ago James “Lights Out” Toney appeared on Boxing Confidential Radio. For those of you who might not have been able to access the audio, here are some of the highlights from Toney’s appearance.
You can always listen to the interview with James Toney by clicking here.
On UFC…
“UFC is not ready for someone like me. I am too violent.”
“If they want to make it boxer vs. UFC, if Dana White has the balls, like he does on TV, he can call Dan Goossen and we can make it happen. I will fight Randy Couture or Chuck Lindell.”
“99 percent of boxers who would go in UFC would probably get their ass whooped. But I am one percent, I never got my ass whooped.”
On His Physical Condition…
“Since the second Sam Peter fight, I took one week off and have been in the gym ever since then, everyday…I am ready to fight whenever.”
On His Return to the Ring…
“You the reporters keep talking that bullshit. I am a legend, when I return, I am the one everyone wants to see…What makes me different from De La Hoya, I am not Hispanic?”
On De La Hoya…
“If De La Hoya fought in Detroit, you would have three or four thousand people in the seats, because nobody would want to see him!”
“Me I am a real person. If you meet me in public, I will talk to you anywhere, anyhow. With Oscar, you go to get through three or four people just to speak to him and when you do speak to him he is going to be half-ass.”
On Detroit Boxing…
“We started boxing…Joe Louis, Ray Robinson, Tommy Hearns, James Toney, the list goes on. If me and Chris Byrd fought in Forbes Field, we would put alteast 60 to 70,000 people in there.”
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