UFC 118 pitches former UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture against boxing legend, James Toney, at TD Garden in Boston, Mass. Aug. 28
…UFC 118 pitches former UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture against boxing legend, James Toney, at TD Garden in Boston, Mass. Aug. 28. in an effort to answer the burning question of whether mixed martial arts is superior to boxing or vice versa.
“It’s already known that boxing is better than MMA but I’ll prove that and that James Toney is the best fighter no matter if it’s boxing or MMA,” said Toney during a live chat on Heavy.com last month.
Naturally, Couture will have the home turf advantage since the fight will take place inside the UFC octagon rather than a boxing ring. But Toney’s flights of fancy apparently have him believe that he is the un-crowned UFC Heavyweight champion who will enjoy Couture as appetizer before his main course, reigning UFC Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar.
“The person I wanted to fight right off the bat was Brock Lesnar,” said Toney. “He’s a champion, I’m a champion and I wanted to do it. But they said I couldn’t do that. Then they said, “How about Kimbo?” But I said,…
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