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KJ Noons: Boxing is next…
Published 8/19/2008 by Jim Murphy at MMA Blog - TheSavageScience.com
... “Krazy Horse” Bennett. Bennett, a wild swinging, hard hitting brawler who makes Kimbo Slice look like Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, spends as much time incarcerated as he does in training. KJ tries to make himself out to be somewhat humble with an audience of “smarks” but his premise that there’s no competition for him in MMA–particularly with the “screwjob finish” of his win over Diaz–is absurd. Vince McMahon couldn’t do a better job of making Noons a “heel” and turning Diaz “babyface”. Noons says ‘boxing is next if nothing good comes up’ @ FightHype For the Nick Diaz side of the ...

Jake Shields was right - Noons vs. Diaz probably won’t happen
Published 8/20/2008 by Zach Arnold at FightOpinion.com
... if you haven’t done so, yet. In the interview, Jake predicted that KJ Noons would not fight Nick Diaz and gave several reasons as to why he feels that EXC squashed the momentum of what was building up to be a hot program between the two fighters. Well, now it appears that there may be good reason for EXC not pushing the Noons/Diaz 2 fight. Fight Hype has an interview online with KJ Noons . In the interview, Noons is quoted as saying, “Boxing is next unless something good comes up.” Remember, Noons is/was under a two-sport contract with Gary Shaw to do both boxing and MMA. ...

Nick Diaz vs. K.J. Noons rematch in jeopardy?
Published 8/20/2008 by Adam Morgan at Five Ounces of Pain
... “(Noons’ management) won’t even return our calls. “I don’t understand it. This fight on CBS is maximum exposure and the opportunity for maximum sponsorship dollars, way more than he could make on Showtime. At this point, I question his management.” Take into consideration that Noon’s management is none other than Mark Dion, a guy who was fired by Brandon Vera after Dion was instrumental in Vera’s near year long absence from the UFC. Also, according to a recent interview with Fight Hype , it looks like Noons is wanting to get back into the boxing ring before he steps back ...