On August 28th two ageing, but extraordinarily talented fighters are being pitted against one another in what UFC President Dana White envisions as ‘UFC vs Boxing’. This kind of all encompassing title threatens to damage the reputation of one of these subsequent sports when the winner is decided at the TD Garden in Boston. But let us not fool ourselves here, even the most obsessive MMA and Boxing fanatics have come to concede the individual merit that both these disciplines deserve. In saying this, as a writer for a boxing news website I must defend the sport I cherish the most, and argue the case for why a dinky, rotund and punch drunk boxer of 42 years of age will defeat a legend at his own game. James Toney is a man that divides opinion, he is either alluded to in the manner I have previously mentioned, or he is labelled as one of the most talented boxers that ever lived. I believe he is all these things, and this contributes to why predicting the outcome of Saturday night is more difficult than initially thought. Now the general consensus is, is that Randy Couture with his infinite mastery of Greco-Roman wrestling, will simply prance about outside of Toney’s striking distance until he spots an opportunity to take his opponent to the ground and submit him. Without beating around the bush, this will almost certainly occur. However let me imbue you boxing faithfulls with a little bit of hope, because I will proclaim the reasons why James Toney might win this seemingly impossible contest. + James Toney is younger than Randy Couture. Read more: http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/08/james-toney-vs-randy-couture-legends-of-different-disciplines/
