After losing his mixed-martial-arts debut against Randy Couture on Saturday night at UFC 118, boxing champion James Toney (0-1) say’s he plans to continue competing in the sport as well as boxing.
Toney spoke to FightHype.com saying he’d welcome any mma fighters into the ring for a boxing match with him, how great the fans were, and who he’ll box next.
Here’s a quote from that interview.
Man, that’s the main reason I came to MMA. At least MMA guys got guts and they will get in a cage with me. The boxing guys are all talk and no walk. My thing is, all of these bums, David Gaye and Bucktooth Bernard Hopkins, talk all that shit; come and see me! They were quiet as mice until they saw I was signed to fight in the UFC and then they all had an opinion. I’m doing both and I ain’t going nowhere. I’m in it for the long run baby. I’m the only two sport athlete out there and I’m doing the 2 most dangerous sports in the world. No other man will try to do that.
Man, the fans in MMA are great. These motherfucking fans are…they fanatics man. It’s great. I love the atmosphere that they bring. It reminded me of the old days of boxing; the 70’s, 80’s and early 90’s. Boxin gfans used to be like that and we need to bring that back. The MMA scene is so crazy and it’s great.