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Hey, did you hear Tim Sylvia is boxing in a cage this Saturday?
By Zach Arnold | June 11, 2009
Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva? Marcus Davis vs. Dan Hardy? Whatever, get your tickets now for Tim Sylvia vs. 48-year old Ray Mercer in a boxing match inside of a cage! Let’s hear comments from Jens Pulver:
“I don’t know what the goal is. I do know that I don’t care how old Ray Mercer is, you don’t win a world title unless you can thump, especially in boxing. He just knocked out like the number four guy or something, one of the ranked guy. He’s still… he’s not to be messed with. And, uh, we’ll have to see what Tim can do with that because having had five pro bouts in boxing, it’s a whole different world. People talk about it and I tell them, ‘Do not confuse the two. Boxing and MMA are two different worlds, and I mean two different worlds. You look at someone like a Mayweather or a Pacquiao that can do that with just hands, they’re incredible. And, no, you’re not going to find a trainer partner in MMA that can do that to you. If you want to go pro in boxing, go pro in boxing and find out. They can do some amazing things. So, Tim’s going to find out real quick. But as for my relationship with Tim, I love him. I think Tim’s a great guy. He’s also the Godfather to my son. I love him on a personal scale. Professionally, sometimes you have to step back and go, ‘Damn, Tim, what are you doing?”
Update: The infamous Greg Sirb of Pennsylvania told Monte Cox that he had to make the fight back into MMA instead of boxing. For online reports about Sirb’s boxing background, check out the series Charles Jay wrote about him a few years ago. Those of you in Pennsylvania might want to read it, especially.
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What’s the goal of doing it in a cage? Are they not using Boxing gloves? If they aren’t Tim Sylvia is going to die. It’s going to be Mercer vs. Tommy Morrison all over again.
If he’s serious about being taken seriously in boxing, he needs to be in a ring and doing it legit. Not to mention he’s going to get all sorts of flack for fighting a very over the hill Ray Mercer but in reality I don’t think Timbo knows what he got himself into if he has to stand up and trade, especially if he’s forced to use MMA gloves.
Rp
Are Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey diversifying?
I keep hearing about it, and then I keep forgetting about just as quickly.
Its like its just not sticking.
The Sylvia/Mercer boxing match is taking place inside a cage because every other bout on the card is an MMA fight. Therefore, boxing in a cage.
They couldn’t float Mercer a couple extra G’s to do it MMA style? He fought Kimbo MMA didn’t he?
They’ve changed it to an MMA fight. The boxing match wasn’t regulated by an AC, so they had to change it. There’s probably a gentleman’s agreement to keep it a boxing match in all but name.
This thing is poorly thought out and is an abomination.
Fluyid cannot endorse this event. Two thumbs down.
Mercer-Sylvia fighting “Strikebox” rules (e.g. 4oz mma gloves, all stand-up) spells a lot of trouble for Timmy. I guess he could always go the James Thompson route if the going gets tough…
I predict Sylvia wraps him up and they snuggle most of the fight.