By Leo Kapakos: Here we go again? Current UFC fighter Vitor Belfort wants to fight James Toney in a boxing match. In a twitter message to UFC President Dana White, Belfort tweets “Dana let me fight James Tony on 6 round boxe Mach I think I can catch him with my speed.” “Dana will be the 1 boxing match in Ufc I promise he will feel my power and we will show the world the a Ufc fighter can do better.” Toney’s response to the challenge, Tell Vitor Belfort let’s make it happen. I like that because he ain’t no scared little bitch. He wants to come to my world and I’m more than willing to welcome him to my world.

While Toney hopes to save face after a humiliating loss to Randy Coture there are a number of reasons why this fight in all likelihood will never happen. Belfort is under contract with UFC and President Dana White commented after UFC 118 that he’s through with the Boxer vs. MMA matches. Moreover, White is hardly going to let one of his fighters potentially get hurt in the ring and in the process embarrass the UFC. Above all, there is no cash in it for Dana and Zuffa, and they have shown no interest in ever cross-promoting an event let alone a boxing event. It’s too bad though, this fight would have more interesting then the Coture fight. Belfort is probably one of the best boxers in the UFC and known for his quick hands and power. That said however, the ring is Toney’s home and he’s been hit by bigger, faster, and stronger fighters throughout his career- the likes of Holyfield, Rahman, Peters, Jirov. So I’d have to make James Toney the heavy favorite in a fight that is probably never going to happen. Too bad- would have liked to have seen that one.