Ray Mercer returns to MMA action at KOTC event on April 16
by James Kimball on Mar 12, 2010 2:53 PM EST
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Think James Toney is the only aging pugilist worthy of news in MMA circles? Don't forget about Ray Mercer.
MMA Fighting reports that "Merciless" is set to return to the cage for his sophomore effort against undefeated fighter Ron Sparks on April 16 at a King of the Cage event from Detroit, Michigan.
The card is expected to be headlined by a match up featuring Jeremy Horn and Jake Rosholt.
The 1988 gold medalist and owner of a 36-7 record as a heavyweight boxer, Mercer of course made his official mixed martial arts debut last summer at Adrenaline MMA 3 when he infamously knocked out former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in nine seconds.
Prior to his bout with "The Maniac," Ray faced off with none other than Kimbo Slice in an exhibition bout in 2007 in which the TUF 10 poster boy disposed of the 48 year-old via guillotine choke in 72 seconds.
Mercer's opponent, Ron "The Monster" Sparks, carries a 5-0 record while standing 6'5" and weighing in at 285 lbs.
Four of Sparks' five victories have ended via KO or TKO in 70 seconds or less. And with Mercer's well-known background in boxing, you can bet that this contest won't see much action on the ground.
The King of the Cage event will air live on HDNet on April 16 from Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
With "Lights Out" expected to make his Octagon debut sometime this summer and Mercer's scheduled bout in April, two over-the-hill, former boxers will be making MMA headlines in the near future whether we like it or not.
So with this influx of aging practitioners of the "sweet science," who's the next past-his-prime boxer to make the jump to the cage?
Any takers on Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton?
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i'll be 2nd row!
I get my ass kicked for money, all you gotta do is talk motherfucker.... Rampage Pride GP03
You Never Know.
he’s got his confidence back, you never know. although I think Tim would have beaten him 9/10 times. Still glad Tim Got Humiliated though, hahahah
Mercer will fight...
Ron “The Monster” Sparks
Height 6’5"
Weight 285lbs
by justbleed9999 on Mar 12, 2010 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
sparks is a big boy!
I get my ass kicked for money, all you gotta do is talk motherfucker.... Rampage Pride GP03
by DrewMoney$$$ on Mar 12, 2010 3:22 PM EST up reply actions
War Mercer!! His fight vs. Sylvia was 1 of the gr8st of all time =D
That fight can make me bust out laughing everytime I see it. The way Tim came in out of shape for this fight was classic also. I was hoping Tim was guna get KTFO becuz it was such a huge mismatch in my eyes. 40 sumthing old retired boxer =D
by d*locc on Mar 12, 2010 3:56 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Shame.
Dana needs to sign Mercer for a small contract to be Toney’s first test. I strongly believe this.
i just find it really funny that when mercer knocked out sylvia
“Look, he just got beat by a near 50 year old in under 10 [expletive] seconds, how do you expect to be taken seriously after that? he just made MMA look like a complete joke.”
so if toney ko’s his first opponent with one punch will that also make “mma look like a complete joke”?
mercer won a gold medal in boxing which is harder than winning a title in boxing….
mike tyson was the most feared hw of all time in his prime but he lost to tyrell biggs in the olympics and never won a gold
riddick bowe, former hw champion and one of the greats, lost in the olympics and didnt get a gold
holyfield lost in the olympics and never got gold..
and these guys all went on to win multiple titles in boxing…
so mercer winning a gold in the olympics and winning titles in boxing is a more impressive feat than just winning a boxing title…
dana says that a former olympic gold medal winner and former hw champion knocking out sylvia so quick makes mma look like a complete joke…
but i guess if toney does the same thing to a fighter in the ufc then that someone doesnt make mma look like a complete joke….i dont get it…
fucking hypocrite
my dream fight would have to be Brock Lesnar vs Jake Shields...and before the fight theres a video of jake slapping brock's wife...then id like to see shields try to gay porn a win over brock using his butt sex merry-go-round tactics...the massacre that would take place would be the greatest thing ever televised...every limb jake has would look like corey hill's leg...god i hate jake shields
i meant in the first sentence of my above post ....that dana was the one who said:
"Look, he just got beat by a near 50 year old in under 10 [expletive] seconds, how do you expect to be taken seriously after that? he just made MMA look like a complete joke."
sorry im on xanax and vodka
my dream fight would have to be Brock Lesnar vs Jake Shields...and before the fight theres a video of jake slapping brock's wife...then id like to see shields try to gay porn a win over brock using his butt sex merry-go-round tactics...the massacre that would take place would be the greatest thing ever televised...every limb jake has would look like corey hill's leg...god i hate jake shields
grey goose to be exact, fuck i love that shit...
anyone ever been on www.youporn.com?
that is a kickass site at 5 am in the morning…when no one else is awake, and your bootie call wont answer her fucking phone….goddamn slut…fuck her….i fucking spent 40 bucks on her at longhorn steakhouse the other night…and now she aint texting me back…yea its nearly 5 am but shit i know her shit aint on silent, cause she uses her phone as an alarm…
why bitches always acting shady..
im ready to see mir vs toney…..hopefully carwin destroys mir and we get to see carwin and brock like we were originally supposed to see…
and we get to first see toney vs some scrub that he can easily get a win over….and then we can see mir vs toney….
that would be HUGE money…the talk up for that fight would be HUGE HUGE HUGE and it would easily do bigger buys than ufc 100….
plus mir would slaughter that bastard…
youporn is a great site…and fuck that slut for not texting me back…bitch you only live a few miles a way, come over damn it…
my dream fight would have to be Brock Lesnar vs Jake Shields...and before the fight theres a video of jake slapping brock's wife...then id like to see shields try to gay porn a win over brock using his butt sex merry-go-round tactics...the massacre that would take place would be the greatest thing ever televised...every limb jake has would look like corey hill's leg...god i hate jake shields
ha Ha...funny shit
"Champions are not made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision." -Muhammad Ali
I have tears in my eyes. I have to meet this dude.
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