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“Anderson really would love to fight Roy Jones, Jr. in a boxing match. It’s not just talk, we really would like to put that fight together…. We respect Jones’ boxing ability and think he’s one of the best … but we’re tired of different boxers saying that MMA fighters aren’t technical. Anderson would love to fight Roy Jones in a boxing match under boxing rules to prove that MMA fighters are technical, too.”
Ed Soares — the manager for UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva — confirms that his fighter is serious about putting his stand up skills to the test against a world champion boxer. “The Spider” mentioned his interest after he dispatched of Dan Henderson at UFC 82: “Pride of a Champion” on March 2. And there is perhaps no boxer who has accomplished more in the sport in the past decade and a half than Jones Jr., although he could be considered past his prime despite riding a three-fight win streak.
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Sorry spider but would be biting off a bit more than you can chew… would be an early KO.
i don’t like silva anymore but i’d still like to see him kick some boxers ass
Roy isn’t even in his prime anymore.
Have to agree. If it was pure boxing, you would have to give it to Jones even if he is past his prime. Silva would definately have a punchers chance in the early rounds, but fighting 5 rounds in the Octagan and boxing 12 rounds in the ring (not that it would last 12 rounds) is a whole different ball game. In the Octogan Jones would not get past the first round.
Roy isn’t even one of the boxers that talks shit…he has stated numerous times that he likes mma and respects it…I like both guys, and I definately think Anderson can hang with most boxers his weight…i dont think it will ever happen though
silva is getting a big head, i thought he was a little direspectful towards dan in there fight and had not seen that side of him before.i would love for him to try and box with roy jones it might give him humble him a bit.
Im sure Jones is still a very tough guy, but he isn’t a contender anymore. And I don’t mean that as a slam either.
I saw him compete on some realty tv show that was barely
holding my attention where he was fighting normal guys.
He was so badly gassed for the amount of effort he put down.
Anderson would beat him if the fight happend tomorrow.
Can’t imagine this fight would ever happen in the UFC
Wouldn’t Jones Jr want like 50 million to fight?
That is in direct conflict with the current UFC “pay our fighters enough to not have them leave” business model.
Good for Anderson speaking up against boxing.
But if he wins… That would be huge! I would still rather see him go up in weight and fight Rampage. But if he is bored…why not?
I would watch it, but I don’t want it to happen. All it would do for MMA is put a hold on the title just like the TUF show does.
I don’t know. Jones is (well) past his prime. A couple of the first few skills to deminish with age is hand speed and reaction time – both of which would be necessary to hang with Anderson Silva. Back in the day (Roy in his prime), in a boxing match I would take Roy Jones Jr all day long. Anderson Silva uses a lot more than just punches when he uses his striking. Knees, elbows, kicks… Anderson has hurt a few fighters with his punches alone so he would definitely have a chance against Roy Jones Jr. Call me crazy, but with the proper specialized training, I think that Anderson could pull it off. The bigger obstacles would be getting used to the larger gloves which would take away from his greatest strength – pin point accuaracy. Also, Anderson doesn’t necessarily posses the greatest one punch KO power, he is more of a stun you and throw a wicked combination at you for the finish.
It would be an interesting fight to see for sure.
Roy: Don’t do it.
Anderson Silva is as technical as they come in the fight game Standing or on the deck.. Sh#@%t if Mayweather can bulk up a bit..I would mind seeing his ego get caught up in the spiders web. ( or any top tier in their prime no excuses type boxer. )
[quote comment="358475"]Roy: Don’t do it.
Anderson Silva is as technical as they come in the fight game Standing or on the deck.. Sh#@%t if Mayweather can bulk up a bit..I would mind seeing his ego get caught up in the spiders web. ( or any top tier in their prime no excuses type boxer. )[/quote]
I would love to see Mayweather get throttled by Anderson. Then again I would love to see him get throttled by anyone lol.
I’m have to be bias on this and will go with Roy Jones Jr. I think Jones has a lot more power punch than Silva. When we talk about speed, I think with the combinations of power and speed, Jones takes this one. I would love to see this fight happen nonetheless.
Jone’s pure boxing technique – even with the slightly slowed reaction time/speed due to age – will completely dominate the spider in a boxing match in a ring with boxing rules..
It would be kinda like how Bernard Hopkins (45yo at the time) beat down Winky wright – except waay worse.
Silva what are you doing? LOL! Jones is past his prime but he’s a bigger stronger guy who’s just as accurate as the Spider with a lot more power. DO NOT do this, dammit can’t have who many consider the baddest MMA champion getting knocked the hell out by an aging boxer. Well no need to worry because Dana would never go for this unless it was in the octagon under the UFC’s watch.
sorry spider??? r u guys retarted… the spider would tear up jones jr
I think it would be a good match that boxing fans could appreciate. If Jones is slightly past his prime, then it makes for a good case, since MMA fighters supposedly suck at boxing. From their perspective, Jones should KO Silva fairly easily. On the MMA side of the equation, it’s a good match for Silva because he’s not going up against the currently-regarded #1 boxing personality (Mayweather).
The boxing world would never allow this to happen. They have too much to lose if Roy falls.
I LIKE ANDERSON BUT HE DOSN’T HAVE A SPIDEY’S CHANCE IN 12 ROUNDS OF BOXING
Yeah this fight isn’t going to happen.
i might say joes would win he is used to the bigger gloves and how heavier they are i know anderson traines with them but still its not the same as fighting 12 rounds with them on
I think we now have a new puppet on our hands. Dana White is now talking for spider.
[quote comment="358500"]I LIKE ANDERSON BUT HE DOSN’T HAVE A SPIDEY’S CHANCE IN 12 ROUNDS OF BOXING[/quote]
Silva made his professional boxing debut on August 6, 2005 at the Antonio Balbino Gymnasyum in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He knocked out his opponent, Julio Cesar De Jesus, in the second round.
Your most likely right he would not go 12 rounds in boxing fight..his opponent would get Ko’d within the first 3 rounds.
Chuck Liddell wants to fight Nogueira for the Heavyweight title!
I guess a 3rd fight against Rampage doesnt sound all that appealing to chuck anymore!
[quote comment="358485"]Jone’s pure boxing technique – even with the slightly slowed reaction time/speed due to age – will completely dominate the spider in a boxing match in a ring with boxing rules..
It would be kinda like how Bernard Hopkins (45yo at the time) beat down Winky wright – except waay worse.[/quote]
Totally disagree. Anderson Silva is the best at P per P fighter in the world man..I’m a huge Anderson fan..and abit bias towards my brazilian brother..Silva is Killa..if puts on those boxing gloves..boxing will have a problem.
[quote comment="358513"]Chuck Liddell wants to fight Nogueira for the Heavyweight title!
I guess a 3rd fight against Rampage doesnt sound all that appealing to chuck anymore![/quote]
Yep I heard.. If the UFC would offer him the fight..he rather fight Page again..which makes no sense..but I’m with seeing the Iceman go from his LHW six pack to HW Keg..my money on Nog..but I would just over look Chuck either..let us not forget Couture fighting Tim..MMA anything goes..VAle Tudo!!
The only reason why anderson silva wants this to happen is because of all the trashing talking Boxers do against MMA…. i saw it at the oscar dela hoa match against may weather(sorry for the mis-spelling of there names) the comentator was trashing MMA saying that “what you (as the fans) just witness is something you will never witness in Mix martial arts” in the sence of the technicality that they put in there punching….. And I love how Anderson silva is defending MMA and is Defending every guy in MMA and saying there is more to this sport that what just meets the eye… fight will never happen but its good that he’s speaking his mind and defending other MMA fighters out there…
Maybe silva could challenge Floyd ‘Money” Mayweather. i mean the dude is going to be fighting “wink, wink” for Wrestlemania. I think Silva mayweather makes a better match
i’d rather see chuck fight a boxer since he’s mostly a puncher anyway. but while we’re on the topic of spider, I hope Roy Jones KOs him. Win Lose or Draw, this will only elevate Silva’s striking skillset even more.
this is a very risky gamble, Silva gains nothing in beating Roy. If he wins all the boxing aficionados would just go on a rampage on how Jones is not top competition no more, etc…
And he has all to loose, if Silva gets stopped all hell would break out and mma would be made fun of, not that mma fans care what boxing fans think but anywho.
Overall Anderson is lethal in using all his 8 points of death. but just using 2 mmmm not sure if he would win that easily.
i would pay to see that fight, im sure it would be pretty entertaining.some one would get KOed in the first 5rds.im not sure who gets KOed cause i dont know how effective Andersons punches would be with pillows on his hands.16oz. gloves are to big.
As long as Silva is under contract with the UFC, it wont happen.
I think Roy would knock him out early.
[quote comment="358455"]Roy isn’t even one of the boxers that talks shit…he has stated numerous times that he likes mma and respects it…I like both guys, and I definately think Anderson can hang with most boxers his weight…i dont think it will ever happen though[/quote]
i agree w/this statement. rj,oscar and lennox have all been very respectful towards mma, plus roy is way past his prime so why not cll out the badmouthers like floyd or benard hopkins. hopkins is closer to silvas weight than floyd. even w/roys diminished skills icant see silva beating him in a straight up boxing match, unless he lands a lucky over the top bomb like tarver did. i’ll bet this is just about the money or will probably be just hype like floyd’s serious negotiations w/ cuban to fight in mma.
[quote comment="358526"]The only reason why anderson silva wants this to happen is because of all the trashing talking Boxers do against MMA…. i saw it at the oscar dela hoa match against may weather(sorry for the mis-spelling of there names) the comentator was trashing MMA saying that “what you (as the fans) just witness is something you will never witness in Mix martial arts” in the sence of the technicality that they put in there punching….. And I love how Anderson silva is defending MMA and is Defending every guy in MMA and saying there is more to this sport that what just meets the eye… fight will never happen but its good that he’s speaking his mind and defending other MMA fighters out there…[/quote]
I agree! It is good to hear because I am getting sick of all the mma bashing by idiots who decide that a fight should be fought with big ass Klown gloves and limit the fight to just punching.
I would respect a boxer more if they boxed with the UFC gloves instead of those huge hand pillows!
those huge hand pillows your referring to are actually padded weapons…
consider this…you call boxers p***ies cuz they use large gloves
but there have been numerous boxers who have died in the ring from head trauma and other brain injuries because of the fact that such a huge amount of weight is being used to pound your face
how many MMA fighters have died??!! none…yea…thats right…ZERO! why cuz o idk…4 oz gloves dont do much damage!
a boxer’s left hook is considered the deadliest strike a human being is capable of…even stronger than someone’s kick…
so spare me this crap about using ‘hand pillows’…it just makes you look ridiculous
[quote comment="358522"][quote comment="358513"]Chuck Liddell wants to fight Nogueira for the Heavyweight title!
I guess a 3rd fight against Rampage doesnt sound all that appealing to chuck anymore![/quote]
Yep I heard.. If the UFC would offer him the fight..he rather fight Page again..which makes no sense..but I’m with seeing the Iceman go from his LHW six pack to HW Keg..my money on Nog..but I would just over look Chuck either..let us not forget Couture fighting Tim..MMA anything goes..VAle Tudo!![/quote]
I dont see chuck ever being able to beat Nogueira, not now, not in his prime, not EVER! Nogueira has never been Ko’ed and he has been hit harder than what chuck could hit him with.
Regardless of weather he could beat Nogueira or not, I wouldnt mind seeing Chuck move up to heavyweight towards the end of his career. Brandon Verra called him out a while back, so a match up between Chuck vs. verra at Heavyweight would be very interesting. Chuck also recently was quoted as saying he would like to fiht Fedor and that he thinks he could KO Fedor…. now thats a stretch, but if the UFC signs Fedor, I wouldnt object to letting Fedor G n P the hell out of Chuck!
Anderson is, without a doubt… the top mma guy right now. What makes him so dangerous is how well rounded he is… Killer knees, wicked elbows, great sprawl… amazing Thai clinch, great hands etc, etc… if you take away everything except his hands… wrap them in 12 oz. gloves… put him in against a boxer like Roy Jones… Silva gets demolished. Boxing and mma are two different sports… let’s keep it that way.
Roy looked pretty good against Trinidad in his last fight so with out the submission or the clinch I don’t see silva beating Roy Jones at his own sport even though I would really like to see Anderson win I don’t think he can pull this off. I guess this is his way of testing hiself because no one in the MW division can do it. But I’m with some of you guys, Anderson Vs. Rampage would be much more interesting than Anderson Vs Roy Jones Jr.
I would love to see this fight. I think Silva can hang because of his reach, but I think even at this age, Roy has the advantage in hand speed and accuracy. Roy Jones can get knocked out by a huge punch, but I’ve yet to see that kind of heavy-handed KO power from Anderson. Roy Jones ain’t no Chris Leben lol.
It’s pretty shocking to see the number of people that think Anderson Silva would win this. They’re talking about a boxing match. No knees. No elbows. No clinch. No grappling. Roy Jones Jr. is one of the greatest boxers that has ever lived. He’s about 6-7 removed from his prime, but he would still wipe the floor with Silva in a boxing match. He has three straight wins since he hit the wall against Tarver and Glen Johnson, including a dominant performance against Tito Trinidad.
I am an MMA fan, much moreso than boxing, but Silva would just get embarrassed against Roy at Roy’s game.
I still cant believe that nobody heard that the Undertaker finished his fight last night on RAW with a version of a gogo plata which the commentators called a triangle choke!
Undertaker doing ju jitsu…..what has the world come to?
*6-7 years removed from his prime.
[quote comment="358576"]I still cant believe that nobody heard that the Undertaker finished his fight last night on RAW with a version of a gogo plata which the commentators called a triangle choke!
Undertaker doing ju jitsu…..what has the world come to?[/quote]
John..you put me on that. I would like to see him try a helicopter arm bar : 0
rawbert,jimmy dean,pat and popetastic i think summed it up best
TUF Season 8 tryouts next month April 10th in boston..location still not disclosed. For who ever may be intrested.
There are some people on here that are completely wacked out of their mind!
Let me put it this way… Can Roy beat AS in a MMA match? HELL NO
Why? Because its what AS trains everyday, its what he lives for, he has spent YEARS training in the sport. He is a very well rounded fighter. Good hand speed, great stand up, good ground game. But mind you, we see all those skills against fighters that also train in MMA. NOT AGAINST BOXERS LIKE RJJ.
Roy on the other hand has BOXED the best of the best, and for the longest time was considered the baddest man on the planet, the #1 P4P boxer in the world. Even at 36, he is a top 10 LHWT. Just whooped Felix T. It wasnt even close.
But this is what RJJ lives for, its what he trains everyday.
This fight isnt even close. 2nd round KO… AS goes to sleep and the MMA world comes to the realization that MMA fighters can not hang with boxers in their world, just as they can not hang in the MMA world.
Its like asking a hockey player to play football. The sports have some similarities, but enough differences to make the difference.
[quote comment="358593"][quote comment="358576"]I still cant believe that nobody heard that the Undertaker finished his fight last night on RAW with a version of a gogo plata which the commentators called a triangle choke!
Undertaker doing ju jitsu…..what has the world come to?[/quote]
John..you put me on that. I would like to see him try a helicopter arm bar : 0[/quote]
Imagine how surprised I was. This was the 1st fake wrestling match I watched in years. I flicked it on during a commercial because I was trying to see the whole mayweather Fiasco and I see that the undertaker is fighting in a coffin match, so I’m like cool, I’ll check it out. the fightw as winding down and I was waiting for a tombstone but instead I see him whip out a gogo plata, and Mark Henry was tapping….I was like what the hell is going on here? Then during the replay the commentators were like look at this beautiful Triangle choke by the undertaker….I was blown away, I just couldnt believe what I was seeing.
Brock Lesnar gets into the UFC, a couple wrestlers go watch him fight, and now I see the undertaker trying to do gogo Plata’s and the announcers talking about Triangle chokes….What the hell is going on?
damn there is a lot of silva hate on here. he just wants to prove he is the best in the world. is that to much to ask??
[quote comment="358576"]I still cant believe that nobody heard that the Undertaker finished his fight last night on RAW with a version of a gogo plata which the commentators called a triangle choke!
Undertaker doing ju jitsu…..what has the world come to?[/quote]
i watched that fight, at first he was going for an armbar, then he switched it up into a nice triangle choke, but at the last second moved his ankle underneath the chin and pulled down on the guys head. i was in shock honestly. the commentators called it a triangle style choke, not a triangle choke. they made it sound like they had no clue what it was.
what can i say, i’ve been a fan of wrestling a bit longer than i have been of MMA, but only because when iw as a kid, UFC VHS tapes were hard to come by and our cable company didn’t offer any sort of PPV at all.
[quote comment="358576"]I still cant believe that nobody heard that the Undertaker finished his fight last night on RAW with a version of a gogo plata which the commentators called a triangle choke!
Undertaker doing ju jitsu…..what has the world come to?[/quote]
Many years ago Kurt Angle was fighting Undertaker and Angle had him in a triangle choke, and they called it that. Then Undertaker powerbomed Angle and pinned him and Undertaker tapped out at the same time the ref counted to 3. Cool ending.
[quote comment="358615"]damn there is a lot of silva hate on here. he just wants to prove he is the best in the world. is that to much to ask??[/quote]
Then he should just continue to do that in the Octagon. He has no business in a boxing ring. All he’s going to prove is that he’s nowhere near Roy’s league when it comes to boxing.
I would love to see this match. Roy Jones Jr. has always been my favorite boxer. Anderson Silva has great stand up, but that also includes knees, kicks, elbows, and tia clinch. If you take that away in a straight up boxing match with Jones, The Spider would be in HUGE trouble.
If Silva boxes Roy Jones Jr, it would kind of tarnish MMA , because in a way he would be representing the UFC, and he would get KTFO in the first round. You can be just good in boxing and all other techniques and be a legend in MMA, but Roy Jones Jr is more than good at boxing, he is more than a professional. He is one of the best in the world. Silva is an idiot if he wants to actually do this.
this is crazy! ive been day dreaming about silva going into pro boxing – IMO if he got into it properly, he would be a champ and never be beat.
id rather see silva man up and fight at his natural weight of LHW – so many hot match ups there – i dont see GSP moving up a weight, he cant even be consistent at WW never mind MW
[quote comment="358645"][quote comment="358576"]I still cant believe that nobody heard that the Undertaker finished his fight last night on RAW with a version of a gogo plata which the commentators called a triangle choke!
Undertaker doing ju jitsu…..what has the world come to?[/quote]
Many years ago Kurt Angle was fighting Undertaker and Angle had him in a triangle choke, and they called it that. Then Undertaker powerbomed Angle and pinned him and Undertaker tapped out at the same time the ref counted to 3. Cool ending.[/quote]
WHO GIVES A HOOT ABOUT WWE, THIS IS MMAMANIA NOT WWEMANIA!!!!!
BTW Wouldn’t it be cool to see a sort of “skills competition” between UFC fighters? You can have boxing, Muay Thai, wrestling, and BJJ matches between the fighters. That would be sweet.
[quote comment="358576"]I still cant believe that nobody heard that the Undertaker finished his fight last night on RAW with a version of a gogo plata which the commentators called a triangle choke!
Undertaker doing ju jitsu…..what has the world come to?[/quote]
Apparently he’s been training in BJJ. Even the fake fighters know where to be. Then you have Mayweather, taking a step back to the fake-ness. lol
[quote comment="358458"]Im sure Jones is still a very tough guy, but he isn’t a contender anymore. And I don’t mean that as a slam either.
I saw him compete on some realty tv show that was barely
holding my attention where he was fighting normal guys.
He was so badly gassed for the amount of effort he put down.
Anderson would beat him if the fight happend tomorrow.
Can’t imagine this fight would ever happen in the UFC
Wouldn’t Jones Jr want like 50 million to fight?
That is in direct conflict with the current UFC “pay our fighters enough to not have them leave” business model.
Good for Anderson speaking up against boxing.[/quote]
This is what pisses me off about some mma fans the constant comparisons of boxing and mma its apples to oranges they are two different sports not related at all, with completely different past, so for you to say “Good for Anderson speaking up AGAINST boxing ” is just ignorant . Is Roy past his prime? Yes. Could he beat any top 10 mma fighter(in his weight class)in a boxing match? Without a doubt. If you can not wrap your brain around that then you are not a fan off mma or boxing,your just a troll. Lets stop comparing the two..
Long live boxing and looking forward to the extending growth of mma I see many great things to come.
[quote comment="358679"]BTW Wouldn’t it be cool to see a sort of “skills competition” between UFC fighters? You can have boxing, Muay Thai, wrestling, and BJJ matches between the fighters. That would be sweet.[/quote]
I thought that’s what the UFC used to be when it started.
I have never seen Roy box, but I know Anderson is very technical and i also know that he has boxed at least once. (he knocked this opponent out. I don’t know how many boxing matches he actually had tho) Boxing gloves are a lot thicker than 4 oz mma gloves. He might not be as devastating a striker and would have to adjust. I’d pay to see him box anyone.
[quote comment="358487"]sorry spider??? r u guys retarted… the spider would tear up jones jr[/quote]
You can’t be serious? We are talking about a boxing match here, Silva wouldn’t stand a chance. Everyone is getting out of control with Silva’s ability.
Silva is perfectly made for MMA, he can do everything great for a MMA fighter, but please, he would get destroyed in a boxing match, at least that is what I would expect to happen.
I could see Anderson getting rocked and then just reverting to the muy thai clinch and destroy Roy Jones nose.
[quote comment="358424"]Sorry spider but would be biting off a bit more than you can chew… would be an early KO.[/quote]
Roy Jones isn’t a knockout guy. Silva is used to taking punches from guys that hit very hard without the larger size boxing gloves. Roy Jones is a shell of the boxer he used to be. I would give it to Silva with a decision based on ring generalship. Roy would stick to his defensive style and back pedal most of the fight.
LOL you guys are funny thinking that a guy like Roy with decades of in ring training and Ring Generalship would be beaten by Silva… Funny comical stuff man. Even when Silva says this, its tongue in cheek and not to be taken serious.
Thats like saying that Vitor in his prime was a good enough boxer in his prime to beat Lennox Lewis or would have beaten James Toney.. LMAO thats laughable and to even suggest that is an insult to both MMA fans and boxing fans alike.
These sports are like apples and oranges they are about as similar as cricket and hockey.
Dont think Silva would win, but I’d like to see it and know for a fact that he couldn’t. Even if he goes in there and makes it a nice fight I think that would go a LOOONNNGGG way for MMA.
Would be a great fight
Roy jones jr. out of his prime,is better than most boxers in their prim.
Roy can knock you out with a left hook.Iam not even talking a 123 combo or 12 rounds later.Iam talking the bell rings,he throws one left hook ko power.
lets talk the spider,he comes out hits you w/a 123 combo,throw in 4 or 5 knees,2 elbows,throws you arround like a three year old.Totaly kicks your ass (BAD)But fails to knock you out(sleepy sleep).
SO NOW TELL ME, HOW THE SPIDER WINS!
JONES BY LEFT HOOK!
[quote comment="358621"][quote comment="358576"]I still cant believe that nobody heard that the Undertaker finished his fight last night on RAW with a version of a gogo plata which the commentators called a triangle choke!
Undertaker doing ju jitsu…..what has the world come to?[/quote]
i watched that fight, at first he was going for an armbar, then he switched it up into a nice triangle choke, but at the last second moved his ankle underneath the chin and pulled down on the guys head. i was in shock honestly. the commentators called it a triangle style choke, not a triangle choke. they made it sound like they had no clue what it was.
what can i say, i’ve been a fan of wrestling a bit longer than i have been of MMA, but only because when iw as a kid, UFC VHS tapes were hard to come by and our cable company didn’t offer any sort of PPV at all.[/quote]
I am happy to hear that someone else caught it. I found it weird that the 1st time in years that I caught a wrestling match it ended in a version of a gogo plata. You are right, they may have called it a triangle style choke.[quote comment="358645"][quote comment="358576"]I still cant believe that nobody heard that the Undertaker finished his fight last night on RAW with a version of a gogo plata which the commentators called a triangle choke!
Undertaker doing ju jitsu…..what has the world come to?[/quote]
Many years ago Kurt Angle was fighting Undertaker and Angle had him in a triangle choke, and they called it that. Then Undertaker powerbomed Angle and pinned him and Undertaker tapped out at the same time the ref counted to 3. Cool ending.[/quote]
That is a cool ending. I am even more shocked to here that the WWE was incorporating ju jitsu into their fake matches years ago.
I think they should put Silva vs Mayweather……nah on second thought I would hate to watch Silva get schooled in the world of boxing. Silva should stick to MMA since he’s the best in the world and just leave the boxing to the boxers.
I wonder how Anderson Silva would do in K-1? It would be really fun too see!
[quote comment="358761"][quote comment="358424"]Sorry spider but would be biting off a bit more than you can chew… would be an early KO.[/quote]
Roy Jones isn’t a knockout guy. Silva is used to taking punches from guys that hit very hard without the larger size boxing gloves. Roy Jones is a shell of the boxer he used to be. I would give it to Silva with a decision based on ring generalship. Roy would stick to his defensive style and back pedal most of the fight.[/quote]
It would take a hell of a lot of punches with big ass boxing gloves to KO Anderson Silva who has never been KO’d fighting against 5 oz mma gloves.
[quote comment="358878"]I think they should put Silva vs Mayweather……nah on second thought I would hate to watch Silva get schooled in the world of boxing. Silva should stick to MMA since he’s the best in the world and just leave the boxing to the boxers.[/quote]
Yeah Sure.
[quote comment="358901"][quote comment="358761"][quote comment="358424"]Sorry spider but would be biting off a bit more than you can chew… would be an early KO.[/quote]
Roy Jones isn’t a knockout guy. Silva is used to taking punches from guys that hit very hard without the larger size boxing gloves. Roy Jones is a shell of the boxer he used to be. I would give it to Silva with a decision based on ring generalship. Roy would stick to his defensive style and back pedal most of the fight.[/quote]
It would take a hell of a lot of punches with big ass boxing gloves to KO Anderson Silva who has never been KO’d fighting against 5 oz mma gloves.[/quote]
Damn Right! Its scary when fighters so talented like Silva, Rampage, Henderson, Nogueira also have such great chins. I guess its tough to be one of the best with a Kendall-Grove-Like glass Jaw!
[quote post="5288"]Jone’s pure boxing technique – even with the slightly slowed reaction time/speed due to age – will completely dominate the spider in a boxing match in a ring with boxing rules..
It would be kinda like how Bernard Hopkins (45yo at the time) beat down Winky wright – except waay worse.
Totally disagree. Anderson Silva is the best at P per P fighter in the world man..I’m a huge Anderson fan..and abit bias towards my brazilian brother..Silva is Killa..if puts on those boxing gloves..boxing will have a problem. [/quote]
Biased? Ahh I never would have noticed, so you not only think he would KO Jones Jr. with ease but take over the boxing world LOL! C’mon man, he’s a great fighter but it’s more then straight boxing skills that make him a killer. Sure he’s accurate with sick combos and could be a good boxer if he focused solely on it but he doesn’t have the power to KO Jones who was once the Heavyweight champ. Let me repeat HEAVYWEIGHT!!
boxin’s a bore – stick with the ufc move up or down a weight and become the GREATEST OF ALL TIMES!!
anderson is a decent kickboxer but he’s neither a world class boxer or kickboxer (despite what joe rogan says). So the premier boxers would KO him e.g. most recently david haye
Jones would own him! Sure Silvas a excellent striker with deadly accuracy, but theres a lot more to it than that! His defense would be nowhere near jones’s, same for footwork. Even if he fought Mayweather he would not be able to hit him, although i wouldnt see Mayweather knocking Silva out. Any other style of fighting Anderson would dominate easily but choosing Jones jr in a boxing match he would lose badly!
[quote post="5288"]It would take a hell of a lot of punches with big ass boxing gloves to KO Anderson Silva who has never been KO’d fighting against 5 oz mma gloves. [/quote]
I wouldnt say any mma fighters that Silva has fought, have the knockout power of the boxers he would have to fight.
[quote comment="358647"][quote comment="358615"]damn there is a lot of silva hate on here. he just wants to prove he is the best in the world. is that to much to ask??[/quote]
Then he should just continue to do that in the Octagon. He has no business in a boxing ring. All he’s going to prove is that he’s nowhere near Roy’s league when it comes to boxing.[/quote]
i dont think u have any business deciding how he should live his life and fight
[quote comment="358495"]The boxing world would never allow this to happen. They have too much to lose if Roy falls.[/quote]
LOL the boxing world will let anything happen that makes money(ie BUTTER BEAN, ALI/Frazier 4, Ali vs that wrestler he took on in the 70s) Like mayweather say if it makes dollars it makes sense. That being said there is no way UFC puts up Roy type money. Silva is actually bigger then Roy, Roy fought his last fight at 170 and started out as a junior middle weight(154lbs). He is like 40 years old and has had some devestating knock out loses. I still think roy would make him look bad with his foot and head movement though. I think a better harder opponent would be someone like Bernard Hopkins ( know he is old but damn he’s good). Kelly Pavlik or jermain taylor. Even they are a little small for him and forget mayweather he is way too small I mean the guy is a natural 130 pounder. Actually there are really no boxers that would make a good marqueee match up other then Jones right now, its too bad he isnt closeer to his prime. interested food for thought though
[quote comment="358542"]i would pay to see that fight, im sure it would be pretty entertaining.some one would get KOed in the first 5rds.im not sure who gets KOed cause i dont know how effective Andersons punches would be with pillows on his hands.16oz. gloves are to big.[/quote]
Dude the only time 16 ounce gloves are used is when kids spar together the gloves are 8 ounces.
I agree that the gloves change the dynamic. Anderson would do better with smaller gloves, where his accuracy leads him to put people to sleep. With the larger gloves, I think his punches would be much less devastating, giving Roy Jones an advantage in boxing. However, I can’t say that Roy Jones would beat Anderson in MMA as long as it stayed on the feet, because that is where Anderson destroys people, even without the clinch. I think it would be a good boxing match- I think some people on here are underestimating Silva as a boxer and others are underestimating how different boxing is from MMA. Silva knows how to strike, and he would not get destroyed by RJ jr. However, Jones will be better at using the larger gloves to defend himself, will be more adapted to bobbing his head, picking his shots, and, yes, he would have more power. I’d give the advantage to Roy Jones, but Anderson is saying all of this for a reason; he knows that striking is his world; he knows all about moving in and out, finding new angles, and he is a very accurate striker. It would be a good, close fight.
he’s going to far. it would be funny tho to see silva accidently throw a head kick & ktfo roy. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
if anderson could beat roy in a boxing match, it would just show how much more technical and difficult mma is. boxing is the past, mma is the future
[quote post="5288"]he’s going to far. it would be funny tho to see silva accidently throw a head kick & ktfo roy. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! [/quote]
That’s pretty funny…if he kicked yushin okami in the face while grounded, it wouldn’t suprise me… Lol
Noting: kicking yushin okame in the face while grounded isn’t anywhere close to being the mistake of kicking in a boxing match. But, still funny!
[quote comment="358761"][quote comment="358424"]Sorry spider but would be biting off a bit more than you can chew… would be an early KO.[/quote]
Roy Jones isn’t a knockout guy. Silva is used to taking punches from guys that hit very hard without the larger size boxing gloves. Roy Jones is a shell of the boxer he used to be. I would give it to Silva with a decision based on ring generalship. Roy would stick to his defensive style and back pedal most of the fight.[/quote]
38 knockouts… not a knockout guy?
[quote comment="359036"]he’s going to far. it would be funny tho to see silva accidently throw a head kick & ktfo roy. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!![/quote]
That would be the most interesting part. I couldn’t imagine how hard it would be to not knee or kick when that is what you’ve trained you’re whole life.
[quote comment="358871"][quote comment="358621"][quote comment="358576"]I still cant believe that nobody heard that the Undertaker finished his fight last night on RAW with a version of a gogo plata which the commentators called a triangle choke!
Undertaker doing ju jitsu…..what has the world come to?[/quote]
i watched that fight, at first he was going for an armbar, then he switched it up into a nice triangle choke, but at the last second moved his ankle underneath the chin and pulled down on the guys head. i was in shock honestly. the commentators called it a triangle style choke, not a triangle choke. they made it sound like they had no clue what it was.
what can i say, i’ve been a fan of wrestling a bit longer than i have been of MMA, but only because when iw as a kid, UFC VHS tapes were hard to come by and our cable company didn’t offer any sort of PPV at all.[/quote]
I am happy to hear that someone else caught it. I found it weird that the 1st time in years that I caught a wrestling match it ended in a version of a gogo plata. You are right, they may have called it a triangle style choke.[quote comment="358645"][quote comment="358576"]I still cant believe that nobody heard that the Undertaker finished his fight last night on RAW with a version of a gogo plata which the commentators called a triangle choke!
Undertaker doing ju jitsu…..what has the world come to?[/quote]
Many years ago Kurt Angle was fighting Undertaker and Angle had him in a triangle choke, and they called it that. Then Undertaker powerbomed Angle and pinned him and Undertaker tapped out at the same time the ref counted to 3. Cool ending.[/quote]
That is a cool ending. I am even more shocked to here that the WWE was incorporating ju jitsu into their fake matches years ago.[/quote]
its funny to see how many wwe fans we have here
its mayweather we need to attack
anderson vs iceman dec 2008. 205 lbs
[quote comment="358967"][quote comment="358647"][quote comment="358615"]damn there is a lot of silva hate on here. he just wants to prove he is the best in the world. is that to much to ask??[/quote]
Then he should just continue to do that in the Octagon. He has no business in a boxing ring. All he’s going to prove is that he’s nowhere near Roy’s league when it comes to boxing.[/quote]
i dont think u have any business deciding how he should live his life and fight[/quote]
You’re certainly taking this personally. It isn’t Silva hate by any means, and I’m not deciding anything. I’m not Silva’s manager, I’m just a fan with opinions. Is this not a forum for the expression of opinions? Lighten up, dude.
Would it be worth a boxer’s time? MMA doesn’t pay on the same level like boxing does. For the most part.
I would also rather see him go against Mayweather, Roy Jones is getting old and if silva loses they would laugh saying that he got beat by an old dude, if he won, that he beat an old dude. It’s a lose/lose situation with Roy, but regardless if the fight happens I’d watch it.
As for him boxing, I’d love to see him fight elite boxers, it wouldn’t matter if he lost he would gain even more respect from me regardless (and there isn’t much more respect left for me to give him, he is on top of his game).
[quote comment="359273"]Would it be worth a boxer’s time? MMA doesn’t pay on the same level like boxing does. For the most part.[/quote]
you know, it just hit me. maybe silva is trying to get some of that cheddar boxers get, I don’t know, just an opinion. For sure if they fought it wouldn’t be in the UFC, it would be in a ring and done by a boxing promotion.
[quote comment="358475"]Roy: Don’t do it.
Anderson Silva is as technical as they come in the fight game Standing or on the deck.. Sh#@%t if Mayweather can bulk up a bit..I would mind seeing his ego get caught up in the spiders web. ( or any top tier in their prime no excuses type boxer. )[/quote]
I agree…nothing good can come from this from Jones’ perspective.
I am suprised how many think Anderson wouldn’t do well in boxing. I think he would do just fine, his hands have magic power to put you to sleep, with every punch in a combo landing exactly where planned, I think he would smash Roy Jones and it wouldnt even be very hard.
[quote comment="358475"]Roy: Don’t do it.
Anderson Silva is as technical as they come in the fight game Standing or on the deck.. Sh#@%t if Mayweather can bulk up a bit..I would mind seeing his ego get caught up in the spiders web. ( or any top tier in their prime no excuses type boxer. )[/quote]
NO way!! anyone in their right mind wouldnt take fight like that!!…..mayweather fight at 153 most of the time….de la hoya had to cut weight to fight him!….basically your asking mayweather to go up to whole weight classes to man that considers going up to 205!! on another note i think it would be a fun fight o watch i dont think the fight will be finished though it will 12 rounds and the spyder lose to a decision from payed off judges or super boxing biased judges! and larry merchant will get clinched for talking s*** so much about mma! and on the silva somewhat down talkinf henderson….well henderson did alot of trash talking himself! it would anger anyone!
[quote comment="358794"]LOL you guys are funny thinking that a guy like Roy with decades of in ring training and Ring Generalship would be beaten by Silva… Funny comical stuff man. Even when Silva says this, its tongue in cheek and not to be taken serious.
Thats like saying that Vitor in his prime was a good enough boxer in his prime to beat Lennox Lewis or would have beaten James Toney.. LMAO thats laughable and to even suggest that is an insult to both MMA fans and boxing fans alike.
These sports are like apples and oranges they are about as similar as cricket and hockey.[/quote]
Hockey players would kick cricket players asses!!!
Some of these comments are unbeleivable!
Former middleweight, former super middleweight, former light heavyweight and former heavyweight champion of the world.
Former pound for pound best fighter in the world! Fighter of the decade 1990-2000.
Still the top ten contender and still the fastest hands in boxing.
People we are not talking about some bum here, we are talking about RJJ. It is ludacris that some people are even thinking that Silva has a chance.
Put your MMA pride aside and look at the situation realisticly!
[quote comment="358487"]sorry spider??? r u guys retarted… the spider would tear up jones jr[/quote]
Idiot.
With boxing gloves on, no clinch, no knees or kicks Silva would get badly exposed.
Jones would cover up and jab Silva to death.
I would be very interested to see this. I argue with my friends all the time on boxing vs mma. They say “a boxer would win a boxing match”. Of course, ” but a boxer wouldn’t win a fight” is my reply. When was the last time anyone got in a bar scrap and put on huge ass gloves and doinked each other in the head for 30 minutes. There’s a difference they just don’t get. Don’t know my own point. Maybe i need smarter friends.
[quote comment="359299"]I would also rather see him go against Mayweather, Roy Jones is getting old and if silva loses they would laugh saying that he got beat by an old dude, if he won, that he beat an old dude. It’s a lose/lose situation with Roy, but regardless if the fight happens I’d watch it.
As for him boxing, I’d love to see him fight elite boxers, it wouldn’t matter if he lost he would gain even more respect from me regardless (and there isn’t much more respect left for me to give him, he is on top of his game).[/quote]
Didn’t Dana get sick of Mayweather talking smack and offer for him to fight Sherk at one time?
[quote comment="358456"]silva is getting a big head, i thought he was a little direspectful towards dan in there fight and had not seen that side of him before.i would love for him to try and box with roy jones it might give him humble him a bit.[/quote]
Yeh i thought that..He looked like he didn’t Like Dan to me…probably felt dis-respected in the build up to the fight..
[quote comment="358456"]silva is getting a big head, i thought he was a little direspectful towards dan in there fight and had not seen that side of him before.i would love for him to try and box with roy jones it might give him humble him a bit.[/quote]
At what point was he disrespectful towards Dan, after he bowed to him from his knees at the end of the fight or after he hugged him the 3rfd time?
I think Silva would hang fine with Jones. Remember as good as Jones was he never fought a rally great fighter or top 5 fighter like Silva
has.
There is nobody in Jone’s resume that even teeters at top 10 fighter. With that in mind Silva is as natural as a stiker as they come.
id love to see this fight
silva would get a massive pay day to fight a boxer
id love to see him face PBF and get several million as his ufc paydays are pretty low
honestly anderson silva is the best pound for pound fighter in mixed martial arts , but not boxing they are to completely diff sports and will always remain that way, jones even in his age would beat silva, the rules alone silva will struggle with let alone when jones cuts his angles in the ring it, anderson silva is a great fighter but a complete cement head for the statement he made
Wow. It seems to be a pretty common opinion on this post that Roy Jones Jr. would knock out Anderson Silva early if they fought. Let’s be honest. Can anyone knock out Anderson Silva with a 16 oz. glove on…. No way. I don’t doubt that Jones could win a decision,but thats definitely not guaranteed either. Anderson Silva is the pound for pound best fighter in the world and the best striker in MMA. He would be a tough match-up for any boxer, especially one thats past his prime like Jones.
[quote comment="359299"]I would also rather see him go against Mayweather, Roy Jones is getting old and if silva loses they would laugh saying that he got beat by an old dude, if he won, that he beat an old dude. It’s a lose/lose situation with Roy, but regardless if the fight happens I’d watch it.
As for him boxing, I’d love to see him fight elite boxers, it wouldn’t matter if he lost he would gain even more respect from me regardless (and there isn’t much more respect left for me to give him, he is on top of his game).[/quote]
Floyd Mayweather is like 5′7″ and weighs 145 lbs. A fight against Anderson Silva that is like 6′2″ and walks around at over 200 lbs.
NEVER MIND FIGHTING JONES JR OR EVEN MAYWEATHER!! ANDERSON SILVA SHOULD MOVE UP TO 205 AND SCRAP WHOEVER WINS DA RAMPAGE VS GRIFFIN FIGHT OR EVEN SCRAP GSP THAT WOULD BE A GOOD SCRAP OR LIKE JOE ROGAN SAID HOW ABOUT BJ PENN
cant ever see griffen beating jackson, so after chuck beats evans, and silva fights and beats okami, it should be chuck vs silva for nr1 contention. now that would rock
[quote comment="359233"][quote comment="358967"][quote comment="358647"][quote comment="358615"]damn there is a lot of silva hate on here. he just wants to prove he is the best in the world. is that to much to ask??[/quote]
Then he should just continue to do that in the Octagon. He has no business in a boxing ring. All he’s going to prove is that he’s nowhere near Roy’s league when it comes to boxing.[/quote]
i dont think u have any business deciding how he should live his life and fight[/quote]
You’re certainly taking this personally. It isn’t Silva hate by any means, and I’m not deciding anything. I’m not Silva’s manager, I’m just a fan with opinions. Is this not a forum for the expression of opinions? Lighten up, dude.[/quote]
taking it personally? i wrote a one sentence reply
Fair enough. But it came across as needlessly contentious. Nowhere in my post did I decide “how he should live his life and fight.”
[quote comment="360353"][quote comment="359299"]I would also rather see him go against Mayweather, Roy Jones is getting old and if silva loses they would laugh saying that he got beat by an old dude, if he won, that he beat an old dude. It’s a lose/lose situation with Roy, but regardless if the fight happens I’d watch it.
As for him boxing, I’d love to see him fight elite boxers, it wouldn’t matter if he lost he would gain even more respect from me regardless (and there isn’t much more respect left for me to give him, he is on top of his game).[/quote]
Floyd Mayweather is like 5′7″ and weighs 145 lbs. A fight against Anderson Silva that is like 6′2″ and walks around at over 200 lbs.[/quote]
i’d like to see Faber put Mayweather in his place.
[quote comment="358871"][quote comment="358621"][quote comment="358576"]I still cant believe that nobody heard that the Undertaker finished his fight last night on RAW with a version of a gogo plata which the commentators called a triangle choke!
Undertaker doing ju jitsu…..what has the world come to?[/quote]
i watched that fight, at first he was going for an armbar, then he switched it up into a nice triangle choke, but at the last second moved his ankle underneath the chin and pulled down on the guys head. i was in shock honestly. the commentators called it a triangle style choke, not a triangle choke. they made it sound like they had no clue what it was.
what can i say, i’ve been a fan of wrestling a bit longer than i have been of MMA, but only because when iw as a kid, UFC VHS tapes were hard to come by and our cable company didn’t offer any sort of PPV at all.[/quote]
I am happy to hear that someone else caught it. I found it weird that the 1st time in years that I caught a wrestling match it ended in a version of a gogo plata. You are right, they may have called it a triangle style choke.[quote comment="358645"][quote comment="358576"]I still cant believe that nobody heard that the Undertaker finished his fight last night on RAW with a version of a gogo plata which the commentators called a triangle choke!
Undertaker doing ju jitsu…..what has the world come to?[/quote]
Many years ago Kurt Angle was fighting Undertaker and Angle had him in a triangle choke, and they called it that. Then Undertaker powerbomed Angle and pinned him and Undertaker tapped out at the same time the ref counted to 3. Cool ending.[/quote]
That is a cool ending. I am even more shocked to here that the WWE was incorporating ju jitsu into their fake matches years ago.[/quote]
On ECW Tazz is an announcer and always says that CM Punk is well versed in BJJ and martial arts. He also does the wrist thing that vanderlei does.
[quote comment="360012"]I would be very interested to see this. I argue with my friends all the time on boxing vs mma. They say “a boxer would win a boxing match”. Of course, ” but a boxer wouldn’t win a fight” is my reply. When was the last time anyone got in a bar scrap and put on huge ass gloves and doinked each other in the head for 30 minutes. There’s a difference they just don’t get. Don’t know my own point. Maybe i need smarter friends.[/quote]
When was the last time anyone got in a bar scrap (or at any other public venue for that matter) and was given ample time and space to roll around on the floor uninterrupted until someone tapped out?
The last time I saw two people fight “mano y mano” was in high school which is laughable when you think about it. I have yet to see a “fair fight” between two equally sized, unarmed people in public. More often than not someone gets sucker punched, jumped, stabbed or shot and it never takes place in a dark alley with no one around. In virtually every instance, the fight takes place in a crowded place where people are practically shoulder-to-shoulder.
The point I’m trying to make here, and as my name indicates, is that it’s all about **context**. All sports/martial arts are designed to operate within a certain context and MMA is no exception to this rule. The rules and regulations of a particular sport define the context and identify the athletic skills and abilities necessary to succeed in that sport. While those skills and abilities may translate and serve as a foundation for other sports they don’t guarantee success in other sports.
The problem is that far too many athletes, either ignorantly or arrogantly, assume that this doesn’t apply to them or their sport of choice. This is especially the case within the martial arts community and even more so with members of the MMA community and their fans. Studying MMA or any other MA doesn’t make you invincible and you can get ****ed up just like anyone else.
Kobe Bryant may be 6′6″ with great leaping ability but that doesn’t mean he’d make a great wide receiver. Devon Hester may run a 4.35 in the 40 yd. dash but I don’t see him smoking Maurice Greene. Anderson Silva may be a great MMA fighter but I don’t see him outclassing any elite pro boxers. All are great athletes who excel at their respective sports and it should be left at that.
quote from ROy Jones Jr.
“The trip was great. The fans over there seemed highly interested in having me go over there to showcase my talents and put on a show with him. They know if I’m there it’s guaranteed to be a good show. Right now I’m also hearing that this guy Silva is really talking about fighting me in a boxing match and I think that’s bigger than Beyer. If he comes up again, I mean he got on his website that he wants Roy Jones Jr, if he’s serious that might mean more to me than going to Germany and fighting Beyer. In Germany I know I’m going to knock Beyer out because that’s the way I have to win over there. But with Silva, I know I can outbox him and be good. It would be smarter for me to fight I don’t know his first name, but Silva first and then Beyer or the winner of Bernard and Calzaghe.”
i want to see Anderson and Buakaw fight in K-1. Buakaw would destroy him
anderson silva would kill roy i dont think roy would take the fight if i where him i would say fuck no
GRRRRRRRRR…GET REAL!!! Silva would NOT win! Just as Jones JR would get his ass kicked in the Octogan! Dont believe hype just coz you luv the sport! B real! Jon…MMA/Boxin fan kid!!
And stop being so bitchy!!! We R ALL Fan’z!!!