Toney focused on making Tarver fight

When he’s not pursuing UFC President Dana White veteran slugger James Toney now boxes for anomalous titles in California.

Having exhausted the sports fortunes in his twenty-two year career the former multiple division champion recently turned his attention to the UFC and made his case for inclusion to Dana White in a Las Vegas meeting after UFC 108 on January 2.

“There has been some preliminary talks, however nothing concrete has been made yet,” Toney’s agent Marc Combetto told me.

“James is focusing on a potential fight Antonio Tarver for the summer.”

A potential clash with the ‘Magic Man’ has now become Toney’s priority, a move which looks like curtailing his Octagon ambitions.

“I love the fight; I think it's a great fight. He's going to try and talk trash, but he's a solid fighter and I get up for fights like this,” said the IBA and NABO heavyweight champion.