James Toney won't go away
by who me on Dec 6, 2010 7:58 PM EST
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Professional Boxer James Toney is lobbying to get a fight with Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Recently, Toney had some harsh words aimed towards Jackson in an interview with FightHype.
"The only thing that the Fake Mr. T has to do is sign the contract. Rampage is a decent club fighter and if he thinks his club fighting style can match my skills, then he is crazy as hell."
And then there is this little gem:
"Is he mad because I called him an Uncle Tom or because I said Detroit wouldn't accept him?" laughed Toney. "My boy said Rampage stayed in his room and they were in Auburn Hills. They knew better than to go to the D where I'm from. I will go on record and say he is not dumb enough to stand and trade with me."
"Machida almost knocked him out, so what do you think I would do to him? Rampage is a black redneck. I ain't hard to find, sign the contract."
I can't imagine that Dana White wants to go down this road again but MMA's boxing stalker doesn't seem to want to go away quietly. As for Rampage, well of course he wants the fight. Apparently MMA fans were naughty for Christmas because instead of toys Santa stuck James Toney in our stockings.
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Dana only signed Toney vs Couture to assuage the ego of insecure MMA fans so they could say "MMA > boxing"
as well as stroke his own ego. No one believed for a second that Randy would even stand with Toney and that’s why it didn’t draw. We knew Couture wouldn’t throw a punch and would just take him down. That’s why boxing fans didn’t buy it. That’s why hardcores didn’t really buy it. If that had been setup for Rampage vs Toney, that would’ve been a much more marketable fight. Rampage uses his standup and people would believe that he would actually stand with Toney, thus giving Toney a chance.
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by Scott C. Broussard on Dec 6, 2010 8:56 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Comparisons.
How the fuck do they work?
by Brandon Starr on Dec 6, 2010 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
I understand that and YOU understand that
But a lot of MMA fans….don’t understand that.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Dec 6, 2010 10:57 PM EST up reply actions
LOL @ the green
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by S.C. Michaelson on Dec 7, 2010 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
This is before you even get into the question of James Toney's ability to make weight
Because after last time, I can see the UFC having the upper hand in wanting Toney to have to drop to 205 before even considering this.
Agree about Toney's weight issues
Maybe I’m crazy, but he would have a shot vs Page.
Toney’s only chance would be that Jackson decides to only use part of his weapons and fight Toney’s fight because if he wanted to just slam him to hell or take him down and beat him up then Toney couldn’t do much about it(ok maybe not slam his bulk). If Rampage decided to just box with him then yea Toney would be in there.
Did anyone else
laugh at the black redneck line?
by Mandmeisterx on Dec 6, 2010 11:08 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Toney would be a fool not to fish around for another half-a-mill payday.
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by Monday Morning Martial Artist on Dec 7, 2010 12:26 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
I hope he keeps calling people out
There’s no way he gets another fight, and these insane sound bites are hilarious.
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Toney calling Rampage a black redneck???
James Toney makes Rampage look like Bryant Gumbel.
by Rob Young on Dec 7, 2010 3:51 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
And conversely
Quinton makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcom X.
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by ElliotMatheny on Dec 7, 2010 4:51 AM EST up reply actions
Toney's calling out the wrong guy.
He should call out Baroni. That’d at least be competitive.
Koscheck eats it.
Dana had been planning for Couture vs. Toney for years now. It was originally supposed to be Couture’s comeback fight from retirement. I doubt he lets James back in. He got what he wanted from him.
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by ImmortalTechnique92 on Dec 7, 2010 4:27 PM EST reply actions
It seems that Toney blew all his UFC 118 money away.
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He never got the chance to spend it
The IRS put on lien on his check the day before the fight b/c of back taxes. He never saw a dollar of that six figure purse.
Poetic justice was served.
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by slapjaw ackrite on Dec 7, 2010 8:46 PM EST up reply actions
Guys I would like to see James Toney fight (mma rules)
Ken Shamrock
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Tank Abott
Kimbo SLICE
Super Pudz
HMC
Ray Mercer
Tim Slyvia
H. Walker
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