Quote of the Day: James Toney Says "MMA Fighters Are Scared to Go Toe-to-Toe With a Boxer"

That’s all dementia pugilistica right there.

Over 99 of them are hilarious to me.

Can we also get past spelling the word “past” as “passed”?

I quipped about the fact that I can understand the man maybe 35% of the time. Punchy street slang rambling is not a dialect as much as its poor speech. I took your advice and enrolled in a linguistics class, actually no I didn’t….but im sure you’ll get over it….

a kimbo fight is terrible for MMA, because kimbo would get wrecked, and with all the bad mouthing big talk this guy is spewing in incoherent english, we need someone that will NOT stand and bang with the guy. he may be old and fat, but he throws bombs and he is a boxer. I want to see a real MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST in there with him to change levels, change angels, change attacks and be true to the sport. Kimbo lacks all of that ability. I want a statement made, and I want that blowhole’s mouth shut up.

I hate arrogance, I hate shitty, fat, over the hill boxers saying that MMA is a walk in the park and they will destroy any and all MMA fighters because its bullshit and deep inside they know it, even if they are so deluded that they pretend like they don’t. if he wants to come in at HW, give him gonzaga or kongo. kongo seems to have rekindled his wrestling and take downs. and gonzaga needs a guy that can only throw bombs to really utilize his skill set, and itll be a beatdown when the opponent has no wrestling, no TDD, no ground ability. gonzaga can use kicks to the legs and body, maybe a head kick here and there to work him a bit, then take him down and break his arm or punch his face out through the back of his fat head.

He’s a middling fighter with a 4-1 record and a TUF alum, which makes him just as qualified as any other middling heavyweight the UFC could put Toney in for his first fight. People need to get past the EliteXC fiasco and look at him as the fighter he is today – a guy with a fledgling pro record and a good training camp behind him.

People are getting so uptight about the things Toney says about MMA and I find it bizarre that anyone cares what a mealy mouthed, punch drunk 40-something heavyweight boxer says. Roy Mercer already proved that a formerly high level boxer can “still thump” (© Jens Pulver) when taken lightly, and Kimbo has proved that he is not reckless enough to wade into the fists/knees of someone with knockout power (that would be the Artist Formerly Known As Houston Alexander).

Put them on the undercard or a low-tier main card fight on a PPV and it’s a fight I’d be interested to watch. Toney wasn’t a terrible boxer and, in my mind, it’s a win/win situation. Either Kimbo looks stupid, Toney looks stupid or they both do. Neither man is relevant in the grand scheme of MMA and, hey, it’s not like the UFC is above putting together mismatched opponents these days (Cro Cop/Perosh, for instance).

Hah!!!!!! Oh god. Gotta go watch it again.

With four oz gloves? You can’t be serious.

Toney vs. Pudzianowski

Get Keith Jardine and keep Cecil Peoples away from that fight.

Not to give JT a solid wrestler out of the gate. Have a great or solid striker/ kickboxer that will be willing to exchange and able to defend himself. I’m gonna say, JT really needs to be careful what he wishes for. Just look at Vera and see the possibility for injury. I see what JT is trying to do here. He’s trying to crossover MMA fans to boxing, but, the UFC is trying to crossover boxing fans to MMA. This is an interesting sub plot and one that I haven’t seen mentioned. If JT gets hurt badly, it ruins his chance to be relevent in boxing again. A giant risk for a 41 y.o. boxer. I’ll watch him fight MMA but have no interest in watching him box.

The UFC gave Toney a 5 fight non exclusive contract. I agree with youre staement, but, think UFC gives him 2 fights. The first a semi safe opponent to help build both fighters profile, then, a legend like Randy to crush him. In the meantime UFC makes $$$$

I’ll add; He is selling himself well. I would bet that JT is gonna be cut into the PPV buys and because he is, it’s in his best interest to be in the news everyday.

JT’s not a heavy puncher. He wasn’t a heavy puncher at 160 as a boxer. He stopped an even more punch-drunk Holyfield a few years ago but that was a referee stoppage. He has terrible footwork and can’t hit at that weight. I don’t know how he wins.

if you want to see a competitive fight that puts two guys together that will test each others skills in a certain area, then yes, you are absolutely right. but this guy has such a big mouth that if he were to win his first fight? we’d never hear the end of his outrageous generalizations about how MMA is so easy, and its nothing compared to boxing, blah blah blah. his first fight should be jsut to shut up that big mouth of his, and then give him some real competitive stuff that suits his style after hes been “initiated” so to speak.

So that buentello get smoked standing? Toney is a ex world champion, don’t go thinking his boxing is anywhere near buentello’s level. We need a well rounded MMA fighter, not a great one, just someone knows his wrestling and his BJJ to make toney taste the real flavour of MMA.

You should change your name to Dr. Kevorkian with the way you’re trying to assist in Buentello’s death.

Oh ballsy.