5 Months Ago, TheScore.com says (in Tim Sylvia: Still Embarrassing) Former UFC Heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia has seen his career take an awful turn ever since Randy Couture came out of retirement to wrestle the championship belt back into the hands of someone whose main skill isn’t simply laying on top of somebody. After bouncing out of the UFC, into Afflict...

And Press of Atlantic City says (in Mercer earns 9-second KO) New Jersey Athletic Control Board commissioner Aaron Davis was right. He refused to sanction a fight between Tim Sylvia and Ray Mercer that was scheduled to be held in Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort last month.

7 Months Ago, Bloody Elbow says (in Fights of Fancy: May 2009) Hiroyuki Takaya. Adrenaline MMA III: Tim Sylvia vs. Ray Mercer This is actually for those who like freakshow fights and train wrecks. Former UFC Heavyweight Champion will fight Former Boxing champ Ray Mercer, under boxing rules and inside a cage. ...

8 Months Ago, Impact Wrestling says (in Shamrock Ripped Hard, Alves Can't Wait to KO GSP, More) The upcoming Tim Sylvia vs. Ray Mercer boxing match will be held in an MMA cage. Adrenaline MMA CEO Monte Cox confirmed the news on Thursday. The bout will headline the June 13th Adrenaline III show in Birmingham, AL. "It just makes sense on so many ...

And MMAjunkie.com says (in Adrenaline MMA III: Sylvia vs. Mercer boxing match to be held in ...) The same city hosts the June 13 Adrenaline MMA event, which features a headline six-round boxing match between Sylvia, a former longtime UFC champ, and Mercer, an Olympic gold medalist and WBO heavyweight boxing champion. The night's undercard will ...

And MMAjunkie.com says (in Adrenaline MMA III set for June 13 in Alabama, Sylvia still to box ...)  OH
by John Morgan on Mar 31, 2009 at 8:20 pm ET After the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board refused to sanction a boxing match between former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia (24-5 MMA) and 47-year-old former boxing champion Ray Mercer (36-7-1 ...

And MMAFighting.com says (in Adrenaline 3, Tim Sylvia-Ray Mercer moved to June 13)  IL
Mercer, a former WBO heavyweight boxing champ, is 0-1 in MMA, though the fight was classified as an exhibition. Mercer lost to Kimbo Slice via guillotine choke at Cage Fury Fighting Championship 5 in June 2007.
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And MaineToday.com says (in Sports Digest)  ME
SYLVIA TO FACE MERCER: Tim Sylvia, an Ellsworth native and former mixed martial arts heavyweight champion, will make his professional boxing debut in a six-round heavyweight fight against former world champion Ray Mercer on June 13 in Birmingham, Ala.

And MMAFighting.com says (in Tim Sylvia, Andrei Arlovski boxing debuts postponed) Former UFC heavyweight champions Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski will have to make their boxing debuts at a later date than planned. Sylvia was slated to take on former WBO heavyweight boxing champ Ray Mercer in the main event of the "Adrenaline 3" MMA ...

And SI.com says (in Sylvia's boxing debut nixed) A boxing "superfight" of sorts between former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia and former WBO heavyweight boxing champion Ray Mercer has been struck from Adrenaline III on May 30 at the Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, N.J.

And Yahoo! Sports says (in Sylvia-Mercer Nixed By New Jersey Commission) A boxing “superfight” of sorts between former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia and former WBO...

And BoxingScene.com says (in Mercer vs. Sylvia is Denied By The New Jersey Commission) The fight would have seen former WBO heavyweight champion/Olympic gold medal winner Ray Mercer take on former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in a boxing match. The original plan was to have the two of them meet under MMA-rules, but the event ...

And EastsideBoxing.com says (in Ray Mercer - "It's Gonna Take A Lot Of Power To Get Tim Sylvia Out ...) Exclusive interview by James Slater - Warrior Ray Mercer, the former Olympic gold medallist and former WBO heavyweight champion, takes part in a most fascinating fight this coming May 30th in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Facing "Merciless" will be MMA ...

9 Months Ago, MMATorch says (in WILLIAMS' NEWS BLOG: World Champion Switch: Sylvia to Box; Rahman ...)  MN
Former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia is set to box 47-year old former heavyweight boxing contender and alphabet title holder Ray Mercer (36-7-1, 26 KOs). The bout will take place May 30 at the Trum Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, ...