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20050316

Since the NHL cancelled, fans need action

SPORTS: Reseda-based Goossen Tutor Promotions promotes fighters, Riddick Bowe and James Toney among them. Toney signed for a title bout. Daily News' Robert Morales writes that after a news conference Toney stood with the troubled ex-champ -- a title re-contender himself:

While he and Bowe posed for pictures, Toney did not take kindly to Bowe's remark that he was "just a fat middleweight.'

The two had to be separated. Toney screamed at Bowe, "I'm going to knock you out.'


The Bowe is set to fight in a few weeks , but... (from the top in that story):
Riddick Bowe, former two-time heavyweight champion, is scheduled to face Billy Zumbrun on April 7 in his second fight since coming back from an eight-year retirement.

Bowe, 37, first must pass a series of neurological tests from the California State Athletic Commission before facing Zumbrun (18-5-1, 10 KOs). Before retiring in 1996, Bowe was involved in several vicious fights that left his speech impaired. He has been granted licenses in three states since coming back last year.

"I'll tell you what, I'll take any medical test you want me to take and then some,' said Bowe, who recently did 17 months in federal prison for kidnapping his family in 1998. "I passed all my medicals in three states, so to me, that is not a problem.'

Bowe spoke clearly during an interview session at Sisly Italian Kitchen in Sherman Oaks.

Do "medicals" include psychologicals? or not?

Promoters also handle a Gold Medal winner from the National Jr. Olympics