Roy Jones Jr. vs. Anderson "The Spider" Silva
Pro boxer Roy Jones Jr. will take on UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, when Silva is through with his contract with the UFC. Silva only has a couple of more fights left on his contract. After his contract with the UFC expires, he will fight Roy Jones Jr. in a boxing match. No ground game, no kicks, no muay thai clinch, no submissions, just straight up boxing.
Fans of MMA know how lethal Silva can be in his stand-up, but will he be a match for Roy Jones Jr. Fight fans want this fight, but Dana White does not want this match, because he believes its a lose-lose situation for Silva.
If Silva beats Roy Jones Jr. then he will be credited as beating a has-been. If Jones beat Silva then people will say well Silva lost because he is not a boxer.
Who do you think will win against a match of Jones and Silva? I figure it will settle the debate of MMA vs. Boxing.
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Jones would annihalate Silva with speed and punching power alone in a boxing match. From what I've seen Roy is most dangerous when he is confident and ahead in the fight.
Then there's his experience, skills and technique etc. Jones has probably lost a step or two but he is probably light years ahead of Silva in the boxing ring.
IMHO, the boxing match would embarrass Silva and his fans. I would love to see Roy fight box again though.
I think Silva should stick to MMA. He has 10 fights left and he's close to 40 years old. I would like to see what he could do at 205. Lots of good match ups for him there.
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Jones would annihalate Silva with speed and punching power alone in a boxing match. From what I've seen Roy is most dangerous when he is confident and ahead in the fight.
Then there's his experience, skills and technique etc. Jones has probably lost a step or two but he is probably light years ahead of Silva in the boxing ring.
IMHO, the boxing match would embarrass Silva and his fans. I would love to see Roy fight box again though.
I think Silva should stick to MMA. He has 10 fights left and he's close to 40 years old. I would like to see what he could do at 205. Lots of good match ups for him there.
I agree. Now that Silva lost the belt, he should try LHW. Although I think that there is going to be a rematch with Silva and Weidman. I would have like to see Jones Jr and Silva participate in a boxing match. It would have been entertaining even though I think Silva would probably lose.
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You're right, of course, guys. It's two different sports completely. Jones destroys Silva in a ring, and I mean "badly", even today's Jones. But in an octogon, it's the exact opposite.
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If the boxing Silva vs. Jones boxing match does happen. I think it would be a really light-hearted fight with both guys whiffing punches while wearing full headgear.
Here's an exhibition between fedor and aoki with Russian Sambo rules (I assume).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLz4bF3-jsU
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Silva ducked it and is fighting shot Rampage Jackson instead.
Jones would have knocked him out btw even though jones is about 0.1% of what he was in his prime
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Jackson is fighting Tito in Bellator. It's going to be a sloppy fight.
There was a rumor floating around about Rampage fight Roy Jones but that didn't pan out obviously. Jones would wreck him because he's waayyy too slow.
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The Rampage and Tito is a fight that I won't pay for. Bellator has to be out of their mind to put a card on PPV. Their numbers on free tv are okay not great, so do they honestly think anyone who is going to buy a PPV with two aging MMA stars who haven't had a win in a while.
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The Rampage and Tito is a fight that I won't pay for. Bellator has to be out of their mind to put a card on PPV. Their numbers on free tv are okay not great, so do they honestly think anyone who is going to buy a PPV with two aging MMA stars who haven't had a win in a while.
Yeah i hear you. The whole thing seems a bit desperate. If they keep producing crap cards like this I think Bellator will eventually be bought up by Zuffa. That's unfortunate for the fighters though.