Anderson Silva Will Not Box Roy Jones Jr.
Recently, there has been a lot of chatter from both Anderson Silva and Roy Jones Jr. about making a boxing match between the two a reality. However it now appears that the rumored bout will never happen, so long as UFC President Dana White has anything to do with it. News of White prohibiting Silva to compete against Jones Jr. first broke via the printed version of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, which Sam Caplan later elaborated on for us:
“UFC president Dana White confirmed to Dave Meltzer that Anderson Silva will not be permitted to fight Roy Jones Jr. in a boxing match. According to Meltzer, the UFC told Silva’s camp there is no sense for them to sell the match to the public because they won’t sign off on it and in the end it will look like Jones is backing out. The report goes on to say that that Silva’s camp responded that the speculation started due to an off-hand remark made to a reporter. Meltzer goes on to add though that while he was not the reporter who asked the initial question, when talking to Silva’s camp about a next opponent that Silva’s camp told him Silva wanted Jones.”
Well I think we all kind of saw this coming. Anderson Silva boxing Roy Jones Jr. would definitely have been a huge spectacle, but there is a laundry list of reasons (mostly from the UFC’s side) which obviously prevent such a bout from happening. Though I would have loved to watch Silva and Jones touch gloves, I think the UFC made the right decision here. If I’m Dana White, I do not let my golden goose wander too far from the farm, where he could potentially look foolish outside of his own element. It’s just too risky.
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glad this isn’t happening, it doesn’t make any sense. Bisping is GAY!!!
LOL @ Kelvin. I take it you don’t like Bisping much.
Too bad this match didn’t happen. ‘Ol well.
I want RJ Jr in MMA…..about ten years ago. Not right now. He’s 38. It’s kinda late in the game for him to join the MMA ranks.
Silva would whoop Hulk Hogan in a wrestling match, Muhammad Ali in a boxing match, and Jean Claude Van Damme in a kickboxing match, all beacause they’re ridiculously old. Silva could beat the holy hell out of Chuck Norris too. Dana should tap into this logic of mine…
GOOOD!!!!I’m glad.It would probably be boring as hell any way!Hey Roy Jones let’s see how bad ass you really are why don’t you get into the OCTAGON!PUNKASS!!!!!!
I dont see Silva winning a boxing match again Jones, but I have never seen Silva box with boxing gloves on either. Maybe he has some skill.
Im not even going to tell Jones to get into the octagon. He would get hurt as would any boxer. I dont even want to go down that road because it leads to supidsville.
this is awful, allowing Silva to fight RJJ is necessary, there is no one left for Anderson to fight, he is going to destroy Okami if that is his next fight, and talk about numbers. if the UFC sponsored the fight they would be rolling in cash 10 times as much as an Okami fight, but more importantly it would help solidify the notion that mma fighters are the most technical in the world. it would only do great things for the sport. and while we are at it. sign fedor. i want to see unification of MMA so we stop getting **** fights and starts seeing the best against the best.
No way should Silva fight RJJ….I would watch it if it happened, but no way! Dont get it twisted, boxers CAN box. Just because Silva is a beast in MMA doesnt make him a world class boxer. The skillsets dont match up well. I all but gurantee if the fight did happen, Anderson would break the rules buy using an illegal strike, choke, armbar, whatever.
There is no doubt what would happen if they met in a dark alley and I mean no disrespect to Silva, but he isnt a boxer. Let the boxing fans continue believing that boxers would woop MMA. These same people were never informed there is no Santa, why ruin it for them now?
As for Fedor, Russia can keep em. He will only get the $2 mil he wants by fighting a midget rugby team or some other kind of promotable freak show. No reputable fight organization has that kind of money nor would it draw that kinda crowd.
Beat Randy….then talk about a mil.
I’d really like to see Anderson Silva fight Cung Le. That would be an awesome fight! But that probably won’t happen any time soon.
C’mon…..GUYS GUYS GUYS!!!! A few of you thrashing boxing on behalf of your love for mma is not the right way to go about. Boxing and MMA are apples and oranges. Both combat sports with an entirely different set of rules and styles. There is no arguing MMA is more exciting. There is no arguing people from the world of boxing promoters, boxers and boxing fans are jealous of the rise of MMA. These same people do not understand the sport and consistantly sound stupid with remarks that have no frame of reference.
I agree KOuch.
On top of that, I would hate to breath life back into boxing. It would do our sport a disservice. MMA fans would watch boxing (at least for the fight) and assuming Silva lost, boxing fans everyone would feel justified in never watching MMA.
Entertainment wise, I think I would rather watch cardboard boxes be assembled than a fight under boxing rules. They should wear clown shoes to match the clown gloves.