In the event that James Toney is trying in order to persuade individuals which his signing with the Ufc isn't a sideshow, his most recent interview might not really do him any favours.
Toney, the previous heavyweight champion on the planet of boxing, had some choice words on that he would like to face in his octagon introduction, that he shared using the crew from HDNet's Inside Mma.
"I would like Brock Lesnar. I'm the heavyweight champion of the globe versus the Ufc champ. That'd end up being a hell of the match," stated Toney.
"Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, or whatever their name is actually. This doesn't matter. I'm not really a sideshow. This particular is the real deal here," he added.
At 41-years-old, Toney offers accumulated the boxing record of 72-6-3 with two no contests, but hasn't contended for a name since 2006. He now turns their concentrate to mixed martial arts where he or she seems to be enjoying his latest challenge.
"The training is actually difficult, I love it," explained Toney. "I get away on hard things like which, the harder the actual better for me."
In spite of their new found desire to compete within the Ufc, Toney still feels passionately about boxing as well as is actually adamant which he deserves respect with regard to almost all he has accomplished during his job in the ring.
"I'm the big fan of Mixed martial arts, don't get me wrong, I've never said nothing less concerning the activity. But whenever you arrive disrespect the man who's 20 years deep as well as offers won 12 globe titles in 6 different pounds divisions and say the Mma activity is better compared to boxing, you got in order to end up being kidding me."
While his signing using the Ufc has been officially announced, there is actually absolutely no date or opponent within place yet for Toney.
