James Toney to try his hand at MMA ?!

[JonnyFolds]

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.

[mattboxingfan]

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!

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

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.

[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

[Mattyhitman]

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.

[GAME]

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.

[nyc champ]

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

[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.

I don't think he was exactly shot. He's just that horrible. Mercer was about 45??

Sylvia had been on a huge downslide, ok he may be far from shot but the reason he was on the Adrenaline card is because he couldnt get a fight anywhere else, and he hardly looked in condition. After checking into this, it wasnt even an MMA match, it was a boxing match only. I didnt realise this at first. With that in mind, I'm not surprised Sylvia got beat, he would have got sparked in a boxing match against Mercer whilst he was still the UFC HW champion.

The level of boxing technique in MMA is a million miles away for the most part from professional boxing. Apart from fighters in MMA that have come from a boxing background initially, like Marcus Davis or KJ Noons for example, or, the naturally talented fighters like BJ Penn, then MMA fighters would get schooled in a pure boxing match against a decent professional boxer.

I'd even include Anderson Silva against Roy Jones Jnr in that statement.

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

Your right, that was my bad, I knew that as well, not sure what I was thinking when I wrote that to be honest. Please feel free to 'De-Rep' me for making such a schoolboy error.

[TitoFan]

Can't stand the fat tub of lard, but I still have one word of advice for him:

SUMO

[Wadeb_21]

Heres the interview I was telling you about that I read that Toney is in the works for a fight with Tarver at Heavy Weight

BOXINGTALK

[Gandalf]

Heres the interview I was telling you about that I read that Toney is in the works for a fight with Tarver at Heavy Weight

BOXINGTALK

I prefer that to the MMA thing, but I think Toney should be trying to make some noise with proper heavyweights. Tarver has looked somewhat shot recently and going up in weight isn't going to help him.

I think Toney beats up Tarver quite easily. Toney should be looking for a fight with someone like Arreola and then a shot against Haye. It just sounds like he's looking to finish with a few names on the way out with this.

[Dadi Astthorsson]

He's in shape right now and just isn't getting any fights. Whatever else you can say about Toney, he's a warrior. He just loves to fight and isn't afraid of ANYBODY. I don't want to see THIS however.

[Hulk]

I really wish James would stick to BOXING.

But if he insists then I say let him fight Kimbo Slice.

That'd be an easier fight for Toney than Adolpho Washington or Al Cole.

[Wadeb_21]

Heres the interview I was telling you about that I read that Toney is in the works for a fight with Tarver at Heavy Weight

BOXINGTALK

I prefer that to the MMA thing, but I think Toney should be trying to make some noise with proper heavyweights. Tarver has looked somewhat shot recently and going up in weight isn't going to help him.

I think Toney beats up Tarver quite easily. Toney should be looking for a fight with someone like Arreola and then a shot against Haye. It just sounds like he's looking to finish with a few names on the way out with this.

There was a another article on that site that said the winner of Tarver/Toney would possibly fight Haye now thats a fight I would like to see. If Toney has to get fight Tarver to get a shot at the hayemaker so be it.

But you could be right miles maybe he just wants a few more fights before you hangs them up. I love Toney one of my all time fav fighters him and sweetpea.

[boozeboxer]

Heres the interview I was telling you about that I read that Toney is in the works for a fight with Tarver at Heavy Weight

BOXINGTALK

I prefer that to the MMA thing, but I think Toney should be trying to make some noise with proper heavyweights. Tarver has looked somewhat shot recently and going up in weight isn't going to help him.

I think Toney beats up Tarver quite easily. Toney should be looking for a fight with someone like Arreola and then a shot against Haye. It just sounds like he's looking to finish with a few names on the way out with this.

I agree Miles but I think it is all rumour. Toney talks non-stop bullshit so this was probably a night out for him watching some man-on-man grindage and he just talked some shit.