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

Originally Posted by
JonnyFolds

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.
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.
Last edited by Jimmy G-Force; 12-19-2009 at 01:27 PM.
Some people say boxing is a matter of life or death, it's not, it's far more important than that.
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