McCall agrees to pay a fine of $250,000

Oliver McCall has agreed to pay a $250,000 fine for crying andrefusing to fight during his heavyweight title bout with LennoxLewis. But the fine is on hold while the battle over the Chicagofighter's $3 million purse continues.

Nevada boxing officials on Friday delayed accepting a proposedsettlement with McCall for his bizarre actions during the Feb. 8fight, saying they would meet again in June to consider the offer.

Fight promoter Main Events Inc. asked for the delay while itasks a federal court to rule that McCall should not get his purse forthe fight because he didn't fulfill his contract.Main Events and HBO hold a letter of credit for the $3 millionpurse, and …