| 24 August 2010
There's a pretty high profile boxing-versus-MMA bout coming up this weekend that you may have heard something about. In fact, if you've been anywhere within earshot of James Toney within the past month or so, it's a guarantee you've heard about it.
But Strikeforce's K.J. Noons is interested in going the opposite direction. The 27-year old recently told MMAJunkie.com that he'd be interested in fighting a boxing champion in a boxing match while representing Strikeforce and MMA in general.
To be fair, Noons wouldn't exactly be the anti-Toney because he has a boxing background. Fighting mostly as a middleweight or super middleweight, Noons has an 11-2 record as a pro boxer, winning five bouts by KO and suffering both of his losses by decision.
It'd be interesting to see if a boxing promoter would consider putting one of their guys in against Noons just for the extra hype the match would receive from the segment of the population that is obsessed with the whole "boxing vs. MMA" angle, though it would be a lot better if K.J. was a UFC fighter. Since he's not, I'm not sure he'd sell that many more tickets.
Meanwhile, here's a good look at how boxers have done competing against fighters from other combat disciplines over the years by Dave Meltzer of Yahoo! Sports.
