James Toney spoke with Fighthype after the submission loss in UFC 118:
“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. Boxing fans used to be like that and we need to bring that back. The MMA scene is so crazy and it’s great. The fans stand in the hotel lobby from early in the morning until late at night. They are there when you wake up in the morning and they are there when you go to bed and that’s fucking crazy. I love that shit. It was crazy man.”
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Boxing fans is in a different class from MMA fans. They don’t have to wait for long line just to watch because they have the money to pay. From there you see the difference. Boxing has been there for almost a century with known legends from Marciano to Ali and it will always be there.
I’m a fan of both sports and to say boxing fans are in a different class is just ignorant. It seems that the ignorant ones are a fraction (not all, as some boxing fans have knowledge) of the boxing fans. It’s not hard to see that they are two different sports. Just because it involves striking doesn’t make it the same. Kickboxing and boxing involve striking but are night in day besides that, different rules and options. There’s a long line because people are lined up to watch the event, to meet the fighters and participate in the whole experience. That’s what boxing has been missing for a long time. I miss those days when there was always a good boxing match on, now we have fighters ducking each other and having press conference wars instead of getting in the ring!
James, KJ Noons has both a sizeable pro boxing and MMA record.