UFC 118: James Toney weighs in at 237, could make $1 million
by Scott Christ on Aug 27, 2010 7:53 PM EDT
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Is James Toney motivated? Is he actually taking UFC 118 seriously? Or is he just cashing a check and hoping for the best?
Today's weigh-in in Boston for the MMA event on Saturday night argues for the latter. At 237 pounds on the scales, Toney has tied his fighting career-high weight, matching the 237 at which he tipped the scales back in 2006 for his first fight with Hasim Rahman. That performance was maybe the most panned of Toney's entire career, as he was clearly out of shape and struggled badly to meet his own standards.
Toney's opponent, Randy Couture, weighed in at 220 pounds.
Also worth noting is that Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports says Toney will make an estimated $750,000 to $1 million for this fight with Couture. So those wondering why he's doing this, there's your answer. In his own words, Toney "can't get no fights" in boxing. He claims it's fear. Those who have followed his boxing career know better. As a stunt in UFC, he'll get handsomely paid.
At the end of the day, James Toney wins, whether he loses or not.
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im one of those people who wants tony to win
not for some mma vs boxing thing… but just cuz it would be such a story.. NOBODY is giving him a chance at all… and we’ve seen some crazy upsets in mma in the last year.. do i think he will? no… but i do want him to
"After this, I'm gonna kick Bob Arum's ass."
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I would love to see Toney win
Just to shut people up on the MMA vs. boxing bullshit. 99.9% of the time, it’s the MMA people who bring it up, not the boxing people, so maybe they’ll just shut up about it if the boxers keep winning.
Then again, I would also love to see Toney lose so maybe he finally retires his fat ass.
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In my experience, it’s the boxing guys that bring it up.
Not trying to start an argument, just giving my perspective.
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