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JAMES TONEY SOUNDS OFF ON MAYWEATHER VS. MCGREGOR; EXPLAINS WHY MCGREGOR HAS "NO CHANCE" AND IS GETTING KNOCKED OUT IN 3

By Percy Crawford | July 24, 2017
JAMES TONEY SOUNDS OFF ON MAYWEATHER VS. MCGREGOR; EXPLAINS WHY MCGREGOR HAS

Being the first pro boxer to try his hand on the biggest stage of mixed martial arts [The UFC], future boxing Hall of Famer James Toney provided his take on the upcoming Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor clash, set to take place on August 26th  in Las Vegas, Nevada. After heavy pursuit of UFC President Dana White, a deal was reached and Toney stepped inside of the Octagon against UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture on August 28th, 2010, nearly 7 years prior to McGregor’s attempt to accomplish the same brave feat of competing in a sport where he has no experience and dethroning one of the best to ever do it. Toney didn’t fair so well, tapping out to an arm-triangle choke at the 3:19 mark of round one. Although that was Toney’s lone fight in the UFC, and in mixed martial arts as a whole, he offered some advice for the brash Irishman in his attempt to take over boxing. 

“I would have told him not to do it. Don’t do it because he don’t have a chance in hell. If it was an MMA fight, it would be the other way around, but in boxing, Conor is getting knocked out. I would have definitely advised him not to do it,” Toney explained during a recent conversation with FightHype. Not only does Toney give McGregor no chance against Floyd, he doesn’t  see it lasting very long. “I give him 3 rounds and that’s it. The 10 oz. gloves will help him because when he gets hit, it won’t hurt that much. I know people think he has a power advantage, but trust me, he don’t want to fight Floyd in nothing less than 10 oz. Gloves,” he continued. 

Despite Toney giving McGregor no chance in August, he did praise McGregor’s bravery while taking a shot as his former Octagon foe. “We were supposed to do a boxing match after that fight I had in the UFC, but chicken shit [Randy Couture] pulled out. That’s why I still don’t respect MMA. If they can’t grab you and hold, they don’t want to fight and that’s some coward shit. That’s the only reason I respect Conor because he is boxing, a real man’s sport,” Toney added. It should be noted that in a recent conversation with FightHype, Randy Couture refuted Toney's statement that there were ever talks of facing him in a boxing ring following their MMA match.



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