Toney

disgusting really when you got so many young fighters grafting away for nothing.

id rather have seen another good mma fighter than watch a bum get smashed.

Also Toney didnt need to be payed that much,he wanted to fight and prove boxers are better than mma fighters,not gona chase dana around demanding to fight in the ufc and then when Dana agree's turns round and say's "im not fighting for that amount" he should have got the same as Randy at most,dont wana see that c0ck in ufc again,he had his chance and produced one of the most pathetic performances ive ever seen,i would have done just as good and i wouldnt have verbally submitted and then changed my mind when the ref didnt hear,pathetic.

to early 350,000 more

Are you seriously suggesting the UFC just gave the money away?  Do you honestly think Toney did it just to show boxing was better than  MMA?  It's market forces dictating the pay and where someone fights.

Oh, and I'm sure Couture still gets a % of PPV so he would have been paid more than Toney.

as a fight it wasn't value for money, but maybe dana thinks long term it will boost the sport, he can brag about toney getting took apart and he can try and goad other boxers into taking part.

also you dont know how many people bought the ppv just to see toney

it got a lot of publicity whatever you may think of the pay off

I don't think the UFC are in the habit of throwing money away.  The added PPV buys, increased media attention and an MMA fighter dismantling a boxer probably means Toney wasn't paid nearly enough.

i didn't look it at from a strategical marketing point of view, i'm sure there's a higher purpose to it all, i just meant it can't possibly do much for the motivation of the lesser priviledged but talented fighters making

dana may have the immediate interest in increasing the popularity of mma through riding the whole "who's better, mma or boxing" saga, but truthfully, @mehmet j mook said we really don't want to encourage any of these boxers to make the crossover. Randy said himself, "i wanted to make a statement in there."

pay boxers less, don't make it as attractive. if he wanted the bout that badly, let him work for it. which he didn't come close to. didn't even look like he got up to much preparation for the fight. big country has a purpose for that belly of his. what was toney's excuse?

James Toney Says He’s Getting Ready To Defend His IBA Heavyweight Title In January, Also Says His MMA Days Are Not Over!

By James Slater - James “Lights Out” Toney has not been seen near a ring since his humbling August debut defeat in MMA. Stopped in the 1st-round by Randy Couture, Toney has given the odd interview since, but he has not kept what you could call a high profile. However, in a recent interview with The MMA Hour, the 42-year-old proved he has lost none of his bluster and ability to talk the talk.

Toney insisted the loss to “The Natural” was “a fluke,” and that “it will never happen again..”

Toney insists distractions he was bothered with when members of the IRS approached him shortly before the Couture fight played a big part in his loss. Toney, who told the MMA radio show that he “never received a penny” for the Couture fight because of the IRS’ actions, says he is now training for a Jan 27th defence of his IBA heavyweight title, but that after that he is “available” for an MMA fight with Quentin “Rampage” Jackson.

Jackson, the fighter-turned actor, has apparently said he will fight Toney in a boxing style, and that he will not look to score the quick takedown Couture did. Upon hearing this, the always quick-tongued Toney said Jackson “ wants to commit suicide.”

So, it seems, if a suitable MMA promoter can be found - one who is willing to risk putting on a mismatch the likes of which we saw in August in Boston - we will see Toney Vs. Jackson some time in 2011.

Toney’s boxing career appears pretty much close to finished, despite his claims that after his January fight (against an opponent he could not name on the radio show, due, he said, to all the pullouts guys who said they’d fight him have made) he will “look to unify the heavyweight titles.” And after he’s done with the Jan. 27th fight (no venue known at this stage either), Toney may look to prove a point in MMA.

“Lights Out” told the call-in show that he wants to make amends for what happened on August 28th, and that a fight with “Rampage” will do it. Toney also launched a tirade against WBA heavyweight champ David Haye (“David Gaye” as Toney refers to the Londoner), saying the Brit will lose as soon as he comes to the U.S and faces “a real fighter like myself.”

“I’ll try and unify the heavyweight title and then get back in the cage,” Toney said. “My goal is to become the greatest full-contact athlete ever. Period!”




It seems we have by no means seen the last of the former middleweight, super-middleweight and cruiserweight champion - in either the ring or in the cage. Whether or not this is good news is up to you!