Quoteworthy: Anderson Silva Intends To Box Roy Jones Jr.
by Kelvin Hunt on Mar 25, 2009 3:42 PM EDT
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Anderson Silva speaks on his plans after his UFC contract is up:
After my contract with the UFC ends and end my career in MMA, I intend to have a boxing match with Roy Jones. That’s something that’s already been arranged, it’s all practically a done deal. Now I just have to wait and see.
So I guess it's also a done deal that Anderson Silva is steadfast in his desire to box Roy Jones Jr.
MMA4Real reader 3PA made a good suggestion the other day in regards to who Anderson Silva should fight after Thales Leites. He named 3 fighters he would like to see Anderson Silva fight with those being:
Demian Maia, GSP, and Rampage Jackson
I don't know how many fights he has left on his UFC contract, but those are definitely three fights I wouldn't mind seeing for sure. I didn't get a chance to see RJJ in his boxing match this past weekend. Obviously, he still has skills since he stopped the guy in like the 5th round I think it was. Silva would enjoy a significant reach advantage in that matchup. Do you think it would be competitive? Would an athletic commission sanction this fight?
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’Twas me who suggested that line-up!!
And personally, even though I think Anderson’s striking is top-notch (in an MMA setting), I don’t think he will be able to hang with Jones.
Bloody hell.
by 3PA on Mar 25, 2009 4:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
:)
Noted! See, I do read what yall type as well :)
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by Kelvin Hunt on Mar 25, 2009 4:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
See now you’ve avoided a lawsuit :)
Bloody hell.
by 3PA on Mar 25, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We’ve heard this kind of talk before.. I’ll believe it when I see it. I think Silva has a job with the UFC for as long as he wants, and he’s making pretty good bank doing it. I don’t know how well he’d do against a legit boxer though; it’s a little bit of a different game. I wouldn’t mind seeing him get disoriented by a shot or something and throw a high kick in a boxing match!
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by -Neil- on Mar 25, 2009 5:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
it’s alot of back and forth with silva. he’s gonna retire after this year, he’s not going to retire, he’s going to box, he’s not going to box. like 3pa mentioned, their are alot of good challenges left for the spider. gsp, maia, page, hell anyone in the top 5 lhw division is a good fight for him. i know he wont fight machida, but rampage,rashad, forrest, even chuck or jardine could make for interesting fights. none of those dudes are gonna go down as easy as irvin did. hell throw in randy couture for good measure. who wouldn’t want to see that fight at 205.
by bdw on Mar 26, 2009 12:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, and to be honest all of it is getting a little irritating. He seems to be dead set on retiring in a bit, but when you talk to Ed Soares he’ll tell you that it will be much longer. I’m not that big on bouncing around divisions, but Silva is enough of a bad-ass that he could do it, and fights frequently enough that I don’t mind.
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by -Neil- on Mar 26, 2009 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A lot of people didn’t want to see Silva/Couture when I wrote about it last year :(
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by Kelvin Hunt on Mar 26, 2009 3:33 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Time changes things.. that, or maybe bdw’s comments are more compelling than your articles ;)
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by -Neil- on Mar 26, 2009 10:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think it’s just I was ahead of my time with the article :)
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by Kelvin Hunt on Mar 26, 2009 11:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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