Boxing Weigh-in: James Toney – Sam Peter

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James “Lights Out” Toney weighed 233 pounds, and Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter tipped scales at 257 at Thursday’s weigh-in at STAPLES Center. Afterward, the boxers exchanged words and had to be separated. Toney and Peter collide in Saturday’s main event at STAPLES on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). In the excellent SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING co-feature, Eric “Mighty Mouse” Aiken defends his IBF featherweight title against Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero.