According to multi-division champion James "Lights Out" Toney, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko reneged on an agreement to face the future Hall-of-Fame. A heated James Toney contacted FightHype.com to inform us that his promoter, Dan Goossen, and Klitschko's adviser, Shelly Finkel, had agreed nearly three weeks ago to a potential May 29 showdown if a bout between Klitschko and former champion Nikolai Valuev could not be finalized. When it became clear that Valuev would not come to terms with the money being offered, Toney naturally assumed that he'd finally get the opportunity to step inside the ring with Klitschko. Evidently, Team Klitschko has had a change of heart.
"Klitschko made a partial agreement with Dan Goosen and Shelly Finkel's ho ass said if the fight with Valuev fell through, then we were going to be in line for the fight. Now they trying to renege and fight Alexander Povetkin on some bullshit," Toney stated. "They are cowards man. Here I am, the IBA heavyweight champion, one of the champions out there, and the only belt they ain't got, they scared to come get. They don't want to fight me because they know that I'm the only one that can whoop their ass; him and his sister."
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