Ann
Arbor Tourney Starts Friday The James “Lights Out” Toney 1st Annual Invitational Tournament starts Friday and ends with championship competition on Sunday. The state’s newest amateur boxing tournament is hosted by Ann Arbor’s A-Square Fight Club, which has held several big venue club shows in the few years since its inception including a well attended show at the field house at nearby Eastern Michigan University. The tournament is named for Michigan native James “Lights Out” Toney, former 3x champion whose life was peripherally depicted in the 2004 movie “Against the Ropes” loosely based on the life of Toney’s one-time manager Jackie Kallen, also of Michigan. A-Square trainer/owner Eric McGuire reports that Toney will attend the three-day tournament that is open to any open class boxer in all weight classes and divisions. McGuire reported recently that response from clubs in several states as well as Canada has been good and he expects a good experience for boxers. The
event will be held at the hockey rink located at Veterans Memorial
Park, 2150 Jackson Road in Ann Arbor. For more information, call
(734) 686-0298.
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