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James Toney accepts Vitor Belfort�s challenge to a boxing match

Drock — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:10:58 GMT

"Tell Vitor Belfort let�s make it happen. I like that because he ain�t no scared little b*tch. He wants to come to my world and I�m more than willing to welcome him into my world."

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http://www.bloodyelbow.com/

Vitor Belfort calls for fight with James Toney... under boxing rules

Drock — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:58:22 GMT

Vitor Belfort has called for UFC president Dana White to allow him to fight James Toney - under boxing rules. Apparently Belfort also wants the UFC to stage the boxing match itself, presumably having the fight in the Octagon but under boxing rules.

�Dana let me fight James Toney on 6 round box[ing] match I think I can catch him with my speed,� he wrote on his Twitter account.

�Dana [it] will be the 1 boxing match in UFC I promise he will fell my power and we will show the world [that] a UFC fighter can do better.�

There is more chance of White�s boxing match with Tito Ortiz finally happening than the UFC making a fight between Toney and Belfort under boxing rules. Not only is it a pointless risk, White has said that the UFC is done with Toney following his three-minute loss to Randy Couture at UFC 118.

Toney is moving on to defend his IBA heavyweight belt in November while Belfort has a meeting with Yushin Okami at UFC 122. If he is successful there he will likely move on to get the middleweight title shot he would have had at UFC 112 had he not needed shoulder surgery.

story at
http://www.fightersonlymagazine.co.u...le.php?id=5219

Aleksander Emelianenko falls short at Sambo competition

Drock — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:31:19 GMT

Russian heavyweight Aleksander Emelianenko suffered an unexpected loss at the Combat Sports Accord Games 2010 in China this weekend.

The games have been ongoing for several days but the Sambo final only took place today and Aleksander - who is considered by many to be a better Sambo stylist than his brother Fedor - was beaten by a 29-year-old German standout.

Neither fighter scored a single point in the final but German player Stefan Janosch had Aleksander on the back foot for most of the match and was handed the win by the judges. Janosch had stormed through his opposition prior to the final as had Aleksander, although his performance in the final fell short of the standard he set in the qualifying bouts.

Janosch came second at the Sambo World Championships in 2008 and following his win this weekend announced that he will be pursuing a career in mixed martial arts, where he will most likely compete in the heavyweight division.

With Aleksander in second place, the bronze went to Lithuanian competitor Tadas Rimkevicius, a former Olympic wrestler for his country who has also competed in MMA. Tadas was defeated by Janosch earlier in the tournament but came back to take third place.

story at
http://www.fightersonlymagazine.co.u...le.php?id=5215

Floyd Mayweather's Racist Rant Caught On Tape

Drock — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:05:31 GMT

Trainer says James Toney back to MMA after IBA title defense, with or without UFC

Drock — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:24:08 GMT

James Toney is set to defend his IBA heavyweight title on Nov. 5 in New Orleans, but he's not done with MMA.

Toney made that decision in the locker room of Boston's TD Garden moments after UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture tapped him out with an arm-triangle choke three minutes into his first real taste of the sport at UFC 118.

"They might have won the battle, but the war ain't over yet," recalled John "Pops" Arthur, Toney's trainer of 12 years, of the boxing champion's words after the fight.

Of course, a lot of MMA fans breathed a sigh of relief.

The bout drew a tremendous amount of interest based on its "boxing vs. MMA" angle, though observers from both sides of the aisle gave Toney little chance of succeeding. Instead, most in the know saw it as a payday for an aging boxing champion with few available opportunities.

Still, the matchup held its intrigue based on a simple question: If Toney had the chance to land one, clean punch before Couture closed the distance, would boxing show-up MMA?

That question was answered pretty quickly. Toney (0-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) didn't even get one punch off before Couture (19-10 MMA, 16-7 UFC) felled him with a low single-leg takedown and secured the choke after a few minutes of struggle on the mat.

Of course, Arthur is quick to defend his longtime associate and contends that in the nine months prior to the fight, Toney trained almost exclusively on "groundwork and kicks." He doesn't fault the trainers he assembled to usher the boxer into MMA � including Trever Sherman, an unheralded coach who replaced the more well-known trainer Juanito Ibarra.

"If a fighter doesn't respond � not just James, but anybody � to his coaches, what can you say?" Arthur on Thursday told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

The trainer contends Toney simply wasn't capable of listening because of something that happened backstage just prior to showtime. He won't say what it was � only that it altered the course of the night.

"James was so upset," the trainer said. "He was so mad, he just wanted to hit [Randy]. He wanted to get close enough to hit him one time because of so many things that happened that night that were going against us.

"There were some things happened that he wasn't happy with. It's personal. It drove him to a whole different level."

Arthur watched in dismay as the boxer's gameplan got thrown out the window. After all that preparation, Toney was gambling that Couture would run straight into his fists.

"I said, 'Whatever you do, don't stand in front of the kid because the kid's going to try and take you down,'" Arthur recalls. "[He's] going to take that lead leg. That's what he did.

"I told him he's got to move. I said, 'You've got to get out there and use your boxing skills.'"

Worse, the ankle supports that Toney sported only served to hasten his fall.

"He had those damn cufflinks on his feet; those damn things that keep you from sliding, and that's another bad thing," Arthur said. "He gave [Couture] something to grab onto."

The trainer said Toney did not attend the post-event press conference because he had difficulty producing a urine sample for the drug test mandated by the Massaschusetts State Athletic Commission. By the time he did, the press conference was over.

However, another source close to the event said that Toney stormed off after he unsuccessfully attempted to get some face time with UFC president Dana White prior to the presser.

White told reporters that he felt no need to put Toney in the octagon ever again after this past Saturday.

"I thought we answered this question in 1993, but James came out and he picked a fight," White said. "We answered the question again in 2010. I don't think it needs to be answered again. I don't care if it's (Floyd) Mayweather or anybody else."

That was news to Arthur.

"Well, then Dana needs to send me some release papers," he said. "If we don't plan on fighting in the UFC, send me the release paper and we'll take it to the next level. I know the UFC is the No. 1 [promotion] in mixed martial arts, but if Dana voiced that we don't fight for him anymore, send me the release papers. I don't have any problem with that.

"Once that happens, then I'll start working on stuff. But right now, we're focused on him defending his IBA heavyweight championship."

There are three opponents under consideration for Toney's Nov. 5 title defense, though Arthur did not have the names at his disposal when he spoke to MMAjunkie.com.

Toney is taking the rest of the week to relax but plans on working both his MMA and boxing skills when he returns to the gym.

"He's going to be doing groundwork and boxing," Arthur said. "He's going to be a two-sport athlete. The reality is that he wants to do it, and he will do it again. I think the next time I match him up, I'll make sure I'll matchup at least 50-50 equal. The cards were stacked against him."

But "Pops" is not giving up on his friend.

"I'm going to roll with him � good, bad, and ugly," Arthur said. "The first day I see James getting beat up or hurt, that's the first day he's going to stop fighting."

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http://mmajunkie.com/news/20521/trai...ithout-ufc.mma

Manny Pacquiao Reveals Interest in Fighting MMA

Discipline — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:21:28 GMT

Quote:

From BoxingScene.com (HT MMA.tv):

During a recent press conference, BoxingScene.com's Bill Emes and Michael Marley cornered Manny Pacquiao on the subject of Mixed Martial Arts. Pacquiao said he watched MMA and UFC, but said it was "too brutal" when asked for his thoughts on the sport.

When asked if he would ever consider trying his hand at Mixed Martial Arts, Pacquiao replied to BoxingScene - "I want to, but they [promters and management] don't want me to fight."

He said if promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank and adviser Michael Koncz said it was okay, he would consider entering the cage. Michael Koncz cut in at that point and told Pacquiao - "you know that you could do what you want."

I'm sure that Pacquiao's promoters would never let him near a UFC cage except for one thing -- there really aren't many big money pay days left for Pacquiao in boxing. Floyd Mayweather seems bent on ducking him and blowing the biggest boxing bout of the young century. Manny is already reduced to fighting Antonio Margarito, a man who has been caught loading his gloves -- the most dangerous cheat in boxing.

In three to five years if Mayweather still hasn't been convinced to get into the ring with Pacquiao -- or if he does and is beaten by Pac -- I wouldn't think it completely outside the realm of possibility that he does an MMA fight. If the UFC wanted to really break some PPV records or make a big splash in the Philippines, booking a Pacquiao MMA fight would be a sure fire ticket.

If I were Pac and his handlers, I'd want at least 18 months to train for MMA and a couple of build up fights against guys with limited grappling abilities before facing anyone really formidable. But even in the best case scenario, I don't see Pac ever being an MMA champ in a major promotion and any losses he took in the cage would inevitably damage his brand value and that of boxing as a whole.

But if boxing can't provide the epic matchups worthy of such a great and popular fighter, maybe its time as the pre-eminent world wide combat sport are drawing to a close.

link: http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/9/3/...ant-to-try-mma

The son of legendary boxing promoter Bob Arum is missing.

Misfit — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:28:03 GMT

On Tuesday, Arum left a planned three-city promotional tour for Manny Pacquiao's Nov. 13 fight with Antonio Margarito when he received word that his 49-year-old son John was missing, according to reports.
John Arum was mountain hiking in the Seattle area Sunday, Bob Arum told the Los Angeles Times.
Arum, who was on his way to Seattle, told the Times, �They've got search parties looking for him right now."

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