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Former UFC Champ Tim Sylvia might switch to pro boxing for good

June 2, 2009 By NB News Leave a Comment

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Tim Sylvia could be done with mixed martial arts if the right fights do not appear for him, despite not wanting to leave the sport.

The former heavyweight champion – who makes his professional boxing debut against Ray Mercer next month – spoke to Fighters Only recently and said that professional boxing is becoming more and more attractive to him.

“I’ve done amateur boxing but never professional boxing,” he explained when asked about the Mercer fight. “Its a test, its a fight. I didn’t know when I was gonna fight [MMA] again and this kind of came around and presented itself to me so I said ‘Yeah’, you know?…Full Story(fightersonlymagazine)

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