James Toney Set for the Big Stage

James Toney, the national middleweight boxing champion would soon embark or a training tour that would put him on the big stage to enable him to achieve his world championship ambition within the shortest possible time.

Mr Anthony Kermah, manager of the boxer said he has begun consultations with some top boxing managers overseas to have Toney in their gym and polish him up to challenge the big names in the division.

Toney is now rated fourth by the Commonwealth Boxing Commission and remains undefeated after 13 fights since turning professional about 19 months ago. He was an African champion and a commonwealth bronze medallist in his amateur days.

Mr Kermah said his boxer's major attributes are his courage and strength which are the vital elements that every potential world champion should have, adding that James had proved that by fighting 13 times in 19 months and all he needs now is some more experience to cap his valour and announce his arrival at the world stage."

He said his plan is to make sure that Toney gets rated among the first 10 by the major boxing controlling bodies within the next 16 months "and then, we would map out our strategy to wrestle a world belt and put Ghana back on the world boxing map."

"At 13-0 with 12 knockouts and with Zankot Khalid, the current African super welterweight champion as one of his knockout victims, my boy has concluded the first stage of his career with distinction and nobody can take the credit away from him.

"He is going to the big stage with a bang and Ghana boxing would be the winner when we attain our objective," he said.