Now that James Toney has tried and miserably failed in his attempt to win a MMA match against 47-year-old Randy Couture in UFC 118, Toney would like for Couture to give him a chance to return the favor by taking him on in the boxing ring rather than another MMA match. In an interview at Fightfan.com, the 42-year-old Toney said this: “We’ll pay Randy Couture more money than he made Saturday night to face me in the boxing ring.” In theory, this sounds like an appealing fight because there would be some fans that would be willing to pay to see it. However, there probably isn’t enough boxing fans familiar with Couture to make it happen. Also, Toney has been struggling in the past five years in the boxing ring and he’s not a big attraction in the sport right now. There probably wouldn’t be a lot of interest in seeing the 42-year-old Toney boxing a guy as old as the 47-year-old Couture, who has zero boxing experience. Toney may want to avenge his defeat to Couture but the sad fact is he’s just going to have to forget about it. Read more: http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/08/toney-wants-to-fight-couture-in-boxing-match/
Couture has already declined. He has no interest. It was Toney who thought he could be an MMA fighter, not Couture thinking he was a boxer.
What a waste of Space Toney is...does he seriously believe anyone would have wanted to see his Fat Burger Eating Ass in the ring again...please go away James!
no need for Couture to accept the challenge. It was Toney thinking he was all that. Couture proved him wrong. I have never read anywhere, where Couture considered himself a serious boxer.
This only highlights the fact that MMA fighters have more fighting skillz than Boxers and that a cross over leaves the vast majority open to getting hurt!
