James Toney: “I’m going to destroy these dudes!”
On how the UFC contract came about… “It’s actually been going down for the last couple of months. At first,…
On how the UFC contract came about…
“It’s actually been going down for the last couple of months. At first, negotiations was tough, but we got it down yesterday. I will be fighting in the UFC, but I can still box and I’m still the IBA world heavyweight champion. They fail to realize that I do have a world title.”
“The thing is I’m going to do both at the same time, but I said whoever comes with the most money, you know what I’m saying? Dan came back…they was bullshitting me at first and the UFC was bullshitting me at the negotiation table and then me and Dana got together, money was right and the timing was right, so me and Dana White are on good terms right now.”
“Dana is a business man and he’s done a great job with the UFC and he brought it back to the top of the game. Now he has the top dog in boxing in his organization and it’s going to flourish even more now. Like I said, I’m already a heavyweight boxing champion and now I’m coming to the UFC. I’m bringing everything: excitement, charisma and pizzazz. They gonna love it and they gonna need more, you know what I’m saying?”
After being told that Randy Couture is hoping to be his first opponent…
“Damn…oh really? That’s what I’m talking about. That’s right up my alley. Oh, hell yeah!”
“Let me tell you something, I came to the UFC to do one thing and that’s to fight the best out there. If it’s Couture, so be it. If it’s somebody else, so be it. Let’s get it on and popping. When Dana White said MMA fighters are better than boxers, come on now, you know better than that.”
On fighting in the UFC…
“The fights start standing and that’s my comfort zone all day, you heard me. If they think they going to rush me to the ground and think it’s going to be easy and I don’t know what I’m doing, come on man. I’m a very strong man. I know what I have to do and if they shoot in on me, they getting launched into outer space like a satellite.”
“I’m going to destroy these dudes. If Randy Couture put on his Twitter page that he wants to see me, tell him it ain’t shit. Let’s make it happen. If not in June, he can be the one after that.”
“You can see me in a ring and a cage. You might see me in the ring in April and come back and see me in a cage in June. Who knows?”