Thread: James Toney to try his hand at MMA ?!

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Boxing legend James Toney Looking to try out MMA





"Chuck Liddell seemed uneasy with me being at UFC 107. I met up with Dana. He was cool and said we could do business. We exchanged numbers and I texted him all night, but I was sitting behind Chuck Liddell and I could tell he was uncomfortable with my presence." We haven't seen James Toney for alittle while, he hasn't fought in boxing in over 6 months. Well now we find out he is trying his hand out on MMA and might try a run at UFC.

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So we have another boxer intersted in making it in the ranks of MMA, any thoughts on this, how he would do etc.

I suppose if he can keep it stand up then no reason he couldnt do damage to some out there, guess he would be looking at LHW division, possibly matching against Chuck as he loves the stand-up, or possibly even Kevin Ferguson AKA Kimbo Slice

If he's a big tubbo still, no way. One thing about MMA, you have to be up on your cardio. Grinding on another man tends to take a lot out of you.

not really at HW, hello Tim Sylvia was UFC HW champion twice, the same fat bum that was KO'd by Ray Mercer

Frank Mir is a jiggly fucker as well, who usually has stamina issues, and yet he's a multiple time HW UFC champ as well

that being said, apparently Toney is hard for cash, and is trying to make a buck off of his name

Tim Sylvia was as good as done when he fought Mercer, but there is no excuse for him not winning that fight. I mean seriously, how hard can it be for an ex UFC champ to take down an aged boxer at will ?

As for Toney, the same should happen to him if he's paired up against any decent MMA fighter worth his salt. You certainly wouldnt be looking to trade hands with him, you would be taking his fat ass down and dishing out some serious G&P as soon as possible.

I personally hate all the talk of boxers fighting in MMA, they are completely seperate sports, and as much I love MMA and boxing, I resent the thought of both disciplines mixing it up. I remember all the talk of RJJ fighting Anderson Silva, it's ridiculous in my opinion. These boxers could get seriously hurt.

Wonder if he has sparred anyone or its just talk so far,easy to find out if his mind is adaptable;
stick him in with a leg kicker smotherer type and they'll soon find out if he can think on two levels.

Originally Posted by Jimmy G-Force

Tim Sylvia was as good as done when he fought Mercer, but there is no excuse for him not winning that fight. I mean seriously, how hard can it be for an ex UFC champ to take down an aged boxer at will ?

As for Toney, the same should happen to him if he's paired up against any decent MMA fighter worth his salt. You certainly wouldnt be looking to trade hands with him, you would be taking his fat ass down and dishing out some serious G&P as soon as possible.

I personally hate all the talk of boxers fighting in MMA, they are completely seperate sports, and as much I love MMA and boxing, I resent the thought of both disciplines mixing it up. I remember all the talk of RJJ fighting Anderson Silva, it's ridiculous in my opinion. These boxers could get seriously hurt.

Tim Sylvia was probably 2 years past being the "heavyweight champ", and still under 40 I'm pretty sure.. I don't think he was exactly shot. He's just that horrible. Mercer was about 45??

Anderson Sylva was talking about BOXING RJJ... not the other way around EVER.

Chuck wouldnt fight him he's doing tuf 11 then fighting Tito in the final. If he did Toney hasnt got a chance with chuck!

It's a wired one. I wouldn't mind watching someone like Anderson Silva box (although, he would be letting go of a lot of his skills). But i dread the though of a boxer trying MMA. Unfortunately Boxing as a skill to far too lineal in comparison.

Complex in it's own right, but still lineal in comparison.

As highly skilled as James Toney is, he'd be so outclassed in MMA, it would be sad to watch.

That's wierd I read on another site him and Tarver are in the works for a fight at HW with the winner possibily fighting Haye

Originally Posted by Wadeb_21

That's wierd I read on another site him and Tarver are in the works for a fight at HW with the winner possibily fighting Haye

Chances are it probs aload of bullpoop, a chance to get his name in the media again, who knows Im afraid if he did fancy having a pop at Haye he would be delusional to think he could anything productive imo.

Toney is the last guy I thought would try to go into MMA. I thought he was 1 of the last remaining old skool boxers with natural talent and now he is willing to ruin his rep by getting tapped out in a round by some unknown street fighter. Shameful.

If he cant dedicate himself to getting in shape then I cant see him having the discipline to learn several new combat sports. He will need to master alot of of new things before they throw him to the wolves.

He should fight Hopkins then be done.

im more of a boxing fan then a mma but he would get demolished in the mma, reasons you gota have ground game, submission game etc toney dosent have none of that besides stand up

his stand up too isnt quite right for the ufc... i havent really seen anyone be succesful in mma by being slick and elusive

Didnt he train alongside Arlovski at the wildcard?

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