lmao about time

No chance of this happening, but would be great to see.

I hope the Spider destroys him.

no it wouldnt roy is a boxer and would win easily unless he gets caught by a surprise shot. And I am a big silva fan.

Dana White will cock-block this because he does not want to co-promote..

Period.

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Mar 24th, 2008 at 3:26 pm Quote this comment
Looks like Anderson Silva vs. Roy Jones might happen after all!

I read the story too.

Hope the UFC allow Silva to do it. Don’t think its a problem from Jones’ end.

Difficult fight to call

Automation: Please read this, you will appreciate it.
“UFC’s Silva Wants Roy Jones in Boxing Match!”
http://www.ringtalk.com/

Thanks for the link.

Pedro must be a big MMA fan lol.

I still think it is a hard fight to call.

Silva is such a prolific fighter with excellent striking. However, I feel his striking is so good because he either follows up or sets up punches with kicks.

Roy Jones, I used to be and still am a great fan of his. I used to love his fighting because of his style. Some successful british fighters have copied his style a la “Prince Naseem’. Pedro refers to his glass chin but his record says it all. He is good at avoiding punches which was due to his style.

Under boxing rules, I think Silva could struggle with just punching whereas this is Jones’ forte. Then there is the weight factor…..Silva being the bigger man has got to carry more weight behind the punch.

As I said, I’m on the fence, really don’t know which way it is going.

If I was a betting man, I would have to say Jones (only under boxing rules)

Whats your thoughts John??

I like SILVA!

Start at the beginning of this thread and scroll down and read a couple of my posts. It gives you incite from one of the most prominent boxing journalists in teh history of boxing, who predict Silva over Jones and he explains why.

Some of your posts came after I made my posts, I assume because of your moderation lol.

I have read all of it now, I assume you agree with all of it?

Pedro has great “Boxing’ credentials but MMA fighter vs Boxer under boxing rules is “Virgin’ ground.

As a avid MMA follower, you must have varying opinion

what is imao and i dont think dana is up for it

Lmao : laughing my a$$ off

I love the spider but no chance against Roy in a boxing only match. Roy is an old dude now but it’s like riding a bike when you’re that good and facing an amateur. I saw him on Pros vs Joes a while back and he keeps himself in OK shape.

Standing only (kicks, Muay Thai, etc.) spider would beat him and bad but not boxing rules. Obviously if grappling/JJ were allowed Spider would win as well.

If Anderson fights and loses I can see alot of tools that don’t know anything, running their mouths about boxers being the better fighters.

I figured this is more relevant here.

I think it is definatly a lose lose situation. Who cares anyways. I don’t want to watch boxing even if it is Anderson boxing. Not to mention how long it would hold up his next title defense. I would much rather watch him kill Okami than this bs.

I know how the fight would go anyways. They start off throwing some jabs and dancing around. After RJJ connects with one Anderson throws a kick out of instinct and it lands right on the button. RJJ is out cold. Anderson is disqualified so RJJ wins. RJJ wins the boxing match but we all know MMA is better. LOL!

*Veteran Boxing Writer —”Anderson Silva Would Outbox Roy Jones.”*
For the past 23 years, Pedro Fernandez has hosted a Boxing radio show and is also the owner/editor/head-writer for ringtalk.com . Pedro also covers MMA.
Pedro Fernandez is a 4 time Golden Gloves champion.

“For Roy (Jones) to take this fight in my mind would be virtual suicide. (Anderson) Silva is bigger, stronger, knows how to put leverage on his punches, and would be willing to fight Roy at or around 180 lbs. Were he to connect on Jones’ fragile chin, it would be “lights out” for Mr. Jones. As the above subtitle says, “Betcha’ Roy won’t answer the phone!”
-Pedro Fernandez, ringtalk.com, 03/19/2008.

[quote post=”5466″]Would UFC President Dana White green light this spectacle? I tend to think not, personally. [/quote]

If Dana allows this fight to happen, I would be absolutely baffled and irritated. To not allow Fedor vs. Randy and then allow this would get me firmly on the Dana haters bandwagon. MMA will not gain anything from this fight. RJJ is working on 40 and past his prime. Bring on Floyd Jr., but don’t put MMA’s best against a 40 something.

There’s going to be a lot of money on the table, which might make this fight irrisistable for Dana.

[quote comment=”386355″]I figured this is more relevant here.

I think it is definatly a lose lose situation. Who cares anyways. I don’t want to watch boxing even if it is Anderson boxing. Not to mention how long it would hold up his next title defense. I would much rather watch him kill Okami than this bs.

I know how the fight would go anyways. They start off throwing some jabs and dancing around. After RJJ connects with one Anderson throws a kick out of instinct and it lands right on the button. RJJ is out cold. Anderson is disqualified so RJJ wins. RJJ wins the boxing match but we all know MMA is better. LOL![/quote]

me too bnf.

I posted my reply on the other thread and copied it here because it is more relevant.

But its being moderated lol

I hate boxing, but Roy would knock him into the second row.

[quote comment=”386360″]*Veteran Boxing Writer —”Anderson Silva Would Outbox Roy Jones.”*
For the past 23 years, Pedro Fernandez has hosted a Boxing radio show and is also the owner/editor/head-writer for ringtalk.com . Pedro also covers MMA.
Pedro Fernandez is a 4 time Golden Gloves champion.

“For Roy (Jones) to take this fight in my mind would be virtual suicide. (Anderson) Silva is bigger, stronger, knows how to put leverage on his punches, and would be willing to fight Roy at or around 180 lbs. Were he to connect on Jones’ fragile chin, it would be “lights out” for Mr. Jones. As the above subtitle says, “Betcha’ Roy won’t answer the phone!”
-Pedro Fernandez, ringtalk.com, 03/19/2008.[/quote]

Pedro Fernandez’s credentials:
4 time Golden Gloves Champion.
Winner of a State title and a US PAL title.
Former San Francisco Police Officer.
HBO’s Emmanuel Steward: “Pedro could fight. An amateur champion many times over.”
HBO’s Harold Lederman: Pedro is “the straightest Boxing writer in history.”
HBO’s Larry Merchant: “Nobody does it quite like Pedro.”
George Foreman: “I’ve known Pedro for better than 30 years. He was at Newman’s Gym training before I turned professional. He’s been around and knows Boxing.”
Angelo Dundee (Boxing Coach of Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard): “Nobody knows Boxing like Pedro.”

[quote comment=”386362″][quote comment=”386355″]I figured this is more relevant here.

I think it is definatly a lose lose situation. Who cares anyways. I don’t want to watch boxing even if it is Anderson boxing. Not to mention how long it would hold up his next title defense. I would much rather watch him kill Okami than this bs.

I know how the fight would go anyways. They start off throwing some jabs and dancing around. After RJJ connects with one Anderson throws a kick out of instinct and it lands right on the button. RJJ is out cold. Anderson is disqualified so RJJ wins. RJJ wins the boxing match but we all know MMA is better. LOL![/quote]

me too bnf.

I posted my reply on the other thread and copied it here because it is more relevant.

But its being moderated lol[/quote]

I would prefer seeing Silva destroying fighters in mma. Then again, seeing Silva beat a boxing Legend at his own game would be priceless….shutting up all the mma bashing bolxers and the rest of the mma critics who claim that there is no skill involved in mma and that it is basically, “Human Cock Fighting”.

roy jones would win in boxing. its a nobrainer.

i’d watch it.i think silva would have a good chance to win, and if he did it would maybe end the debate of “who is the better fighter”.

Dana White will NOT allow this fight to happen under boxing rules, in a boxing rules, being promoted by HBO. This fight would HAVE to take place during a UFC broadcast for Dana to sign off. Can you REALLY picture Don King and Dana White working together????????

a total waste of time. dont be suprised if b.j. calls out a. silva after he smashes through sherk.

[quote comment=”386379″]a total waste of time. dont be suprised if b.j. calls out a. silva after he smashes through sherk.[/quote]

I think BJ wants to whoop on GSP first. But I would love to see him fight Silva at 170.

[quote comment=”386378″]Dana White will NOT allow this fight to happen under boxing rules, in a boxing rules, being promoted by HBO. This fight would HAVE to take place during a UFC broadcast for Dana to sign off. Can you REALLY picture Don King and Dana White working together????????[/quote]

Did Jones not get sacked from HBO for his commentary job??

If it is true, don’t think Jones would want it under HBO promotion.

i dont want to speculate, i cant imagine Dana letting this happen. i wouldnt mind fighters going up or down in weight class to defend although it wastes time for other fighters who are waiting, but now we guy fighters going to other sports to do this, i probably wouldnt care if he had the belft

[quote comment=”386378″]Dana White will NOT allow this fight to happen under boxing rules, in a boxing rules, being promoted by HBO. This fight would HAVE to take place during a UFC broadcast for Dana to sign off. Can you REALLY picture Don King and Dana White working together????????[/quote]

There would probably be a better chance of Hitler and Martin Luther King Jr.working together, than Dana and Don King! lol

ViolentMIke:
Rampage is a minus 275 pt favorite to forrest! Cha Ching! Big Pay day on the Horizon for me!

bad idea IMO Silva is taking a big risk contemplating this fight but imagine if he wins boxing would want to throw Jermaine Taylor or Kelly Pavlik at Silva just to defend/even the scores

Come on Mania…why is my post moderated

People will scroll past it by the time its moderated lol

I said this on a previous thread and I’ll say it again. People calling the spider crazy for this just overlooks his heart as he is trying to prove something to himself and foremost, his fans. I’ll be behind him on this 100%

EliteXC/STrikeforce ODDS:

Nick Diaz is a 550 pt favorite
Korean Dude is a plus 350 pt underdog

Gilbert Melendez is a 650 pt favorite
Lemley is a plus 450 underdog

Jake Sheilds is a 500 pt favorite
Drew Ficket is a plus 300 underdog

Frank Shamrock is a minus 220 pt favorite
Cung Le is a plus 180 pt underdog

interestingly:
The Florian and Lauzon fights have the same exact odds (for now)

Rampage on Fox Sports Net show “Sports Science”
Anyone see the show tonight? They compared punching power between a hard hitting hockey player, a heavyweight boxing champion and Rampage Jackson. They all punched a heavy bag that had electronics in it measuring punching power. The other 2 guys punched at 1,300 pounds of force each while Rampage’s punch measured 1,900 pounds of force!

[quote comment=”386417″]EliteXC/STrikeforce ODDS:

Nick Diaz is a 550 pt favorite
Korean Dude is a plus 350 pt underdog

Gilbert Melendez is a 650 pt favorite
Lemley is a plus 450 underdog

Jake Sheilds is a 500 pt favorite
Drew Ficket is a plus 300 underdog

Frank Shamrock is a minus 220 pt favorite
Cung Le is a plus 180 pt underdog

interestingly:
The Florian and Lauzon fights have the same exact odds (for now)[/quote]

Jake Sheilds all day. borrow from your 401k for this one.

[quote comment=”386419″]Rampage on Fox Sports Net show “Sports Science”
Anyone see the show tonight? They compared punching power between a hard hitting hockey player, a heavyweight boxing champion and Rampage Jackson. They all punched a heavy bag that had electronics in it measuring punching power. The other 2 guys punched at 1,300 pounds of force each while Rampage’s punch measured 1,900 pounds of force![/quote]

I cant wait to see how Forrest blocks a Rampage punch containing 1,900 pounds of force with his face.

My Prediction: Forrest goes Splat, all over the Canvas!

[quote comment=”386419″]Rampage on Fox Sports Net show “Sports Science”
Anyone see the show tonight? They compared punching power between a hard hitting hockey player, a heavyweight boxing champion and Rampage Jackson. They all punched a heavy bag that had electronics in it measuring punching power. The other 2 guys punched at 1,300 pounds of force each while Rampage’s punch measured 1,900 pounds of force![/quote]

I saw that a couple weeks ago. He summons all his power from his ass…lol

[quote comment=”386397″]
ViolentMIke:
Rampage is a minus 275 pt favorite to forrest! Cha Ching! Big Pay day on the Horizon for me![/quote]

? You’re betting on Forrest?

[quote comment=”386361″][quote post=”5466″]Would UFC President Dana White green light this spectacle? I tend to think not, personally. [/quote]

If Dana allows this fight to happen, I would be absolutely baffled and irritated. To not allow Fedor vs. Randy and then allow this would get me firmly on the Dana haters bandwagon. MMA will not gain anything from this fight. RJJ is working on 40 and past his prime. Bring on Floyd Jr., but don’t put MMA’s best against a 40 something.

There’s going to be a lot of money on the table, which might make this fight irrisistable for Dana.[/quote]

get off the dana bandwagon buddy, dana threw all the money that he could to sign fedor. fedor decided not to sign with the UFC because of their demands (which I agree with him). fedor is not running away from competition, as the HW division in the UFC is not really great. randy left the UFC because he is a scared old little man with a 16-8 record and doesn’t want to face big nog. randy doesn’t want to fight fedor, he knows that what he is doing is delaying an idea that will never ever, ever happen. he is trying to get out of a 4 fight contract by fighting twice and using fedor as an excuse to not fight again. “oh, the only fight that makes sense for me right now is fedor” cry me a f****** river. this soap operah is done with, ppl keep talking about it in different threads that has nothing to do with it and it’s a has been story. randy is a coward, otherwise he’d man up and take care of his contract and fight big nog. end of story…

[quote comment=”386419″]Rampage on Fox Sports Net show “Sports Science”
Anyone see the show tonight? They compared punching power between a hard hitting hockey player, a heavyweight boxing champion and Rampage Jackson. They all punched a heavy bag that had electronics in it measuring punching power. The other 2 guys punched at 1,300 pounds of force each while Rampage’s punch measured 1,900 pounds of force![/quote]

I heard Rampage on a local radio show where I live talking about this show after he did it. He said they didn’t really explain what he was supposed to do. The point is he said he didn’t even punch the bag as hard as he could.

I sure hope my boy Forrest is bobbing and weaving!

Anderson silva is an A class *STRIKER* but just because the man is a muay thai machine doesnt translate directly to boxing. Everything is different stance, movement ,and training in general . kickboxing focuses a lot on using your punches to set up kicks or move in for elbows/knees not saying they kickboxing doesnt focus a lot on punching but muay thai is meant to be really devistating so like i said punches and used a lot to set up more damamaging strikes. look at boxing you can slip punches without having to worry about getting knee’d in the head or kick all a boxer trains his whole career is throwing punches dodging punches hes never training for the ground\kicks,elbows,knees think of all the extra time a boxer spends in his career with punching
as much as i love anderson silva he could never beat a good professional boxer whose on top of his game, if RJJ cames ready to box i dont think he can lose.

[quote comment=”386361″][quote post=”5466″]Would UFC President Dana White green light this spectacle? I tend to think not, personally. [/quote]

If Dana allows this fight to happen, I would be absolutely baffled and irritated. To not allow Fedor vs. Randy and then allow this would get me firmly on the Dana haters bandwagon. MMA will not gain anything from this fight. RJJ is working on 40 and past his prime. Bring on Floyd Jr., but don’t put MMA’s best against a 40 something.

There’s going to be a lot of money on the table, which might make this fight irrisistable for Dana.[/quote]
Dana White should really look into allowing this.

1. It would show that he is not opposed to other types of combat cross promotion for the UFC. That Couture n’ Fedor is a different circumstance.

2. It could brighten the spotlight of the UFC onto the mainstream.

3. The more fights surrounding MMA fighters the better. Even this, who cares who wins?

if silva wants to fight a boxer and dana says no all he needs to do is see out his ufc contract then take the fight

the money he would get paid would be more than enough to retire on and i cant see the ufc snubbing him coming back win or lose

its a fight id love to see AS easily has the 1 punch KO in him and i think hed fare well in a clinch

this has the potential to be as big a money spinning fight as PBF as a whole heap of mma fans will pay to see it

[quote comment=”386379″]a total waste of time. dont be suprised if b.j. calls out a. silva after he smashes through sherk.[/quote]
Silva would destroy penn. Fighters dont beat silva these days they just try to survive and not get their face mashed like a potato.
He will lose eventually, but not for a long time and certainly not to bj penn.

[quote comment=”386397″][quote comment=”386378″]Dana White will NOT allow this fight to happen under boxing rules, in a boxing rules, being promoted by HBO. This fight would HAVE to take place during a UFC broadcast for Dana to sign off. Can you REALLY picture Don King and Dana White working together????????[/quote]

There would probably be a better chance of Hitler and Martin Luther King Jr.working together, than Dana and Don King! lol

ViolentMIke:
Rampage is a minus 275 pt favorite to forrest! Cha Ching! Big Pay day on the Horizon for me![/quote]
Hope u dont like money cause forrest is gonna get burned to the ground. No way does he even make past the second round. Page by knockout.

i hope this happens but im sure dana will F it up again like usual

The chances of this fight actually happeneing are slim to none. The chances of Anderson pulling off the win, even slimmer. Thats like putting John Mayer in a piano competition against Beethoven. If the payouts for Jones are minus 300 or better, I’m going to put my house up on the line.

I don’t think Silva is unbeatable, and his head is getting to be the size of Texas.

[quote comment=”386355″]I figured this is more relevant here.

I think it is definatly a lose lose situation. Who cares anyways. I don’t want to watch boxing even if it is Anderson boxing. Not to mention how long it would hold up his next title defense. I would much rather watch him kill Okami than this bs.

I know how the fight would go anyways. They start off throwing some jabs and dancing around. After RJJ connects with one Anderson throws a kick out of instinct and it lands right on the button. RJJ is out cold. Anderson is disqualified so RJJ wins. RJJ wins the boxing match but we all know MMA is better. LOL![/quote]

I also tend to think of it in terms of a no-win situation. Sure, MMA gets some more mainstream exposure through this, and Anderson sets himself up for a nice payday, but if Silva wins, boxing pundits can easily defend the loss by saying Jones is a fighter past his prime, whereas if Silva loses, expect to hear the chorus of ‘Boxing is better than MMA’ louder than ever. Not to mention like already stated, that it would hold up the MW division with their champ preparing for a fight outside their sport…

[quote comment=”386431″][quote comment=”386397″]
ViolentMIke:
Rampage is a minus 275 pt favorite to forrest! Cha Ching! Big Pay day on the Horizon for me![/quote]

? You’re betting on Forrest?[/quote]

Hell No! Rampage is an easy pick. Rampage is going to show Forrest why he is on a complete other level.

I think the new and improved Rampage will prove to be just as dominant in his division as Anderson Silva is at middleweight![quote comment=”386487″][quote comment=”386397″][quote comment=”386378″]Dana White will NOT allow this fight to happen under boxing rules, in a boxing rules, being promoted by HBO. This fight would HAVE to take place during a UFC broadcast for Dana to sign off. Can you REALLY picture Don King and Dana White working together????????[/quote]

There would probably be a better chance of Hitler and Martin Luther King Jr.working together, than Dana and Don King! lol

ViolentMIke:
Rampage is a minus 275 pt favorite to forrest! Cha Ching! Big Pay day on the Horizon for me![/quote]
Hope u dont like money cause forrest is gonna get burned to the ground. No way does he even make past the second round. Page by knockout.[/quote]

Are u retarded or something! I am betting Rampage all the way. By 2009 all the fans will realize that Rampage is as dominant in his division as Anderson Silva is at middleweight!

[quote comment=”386478″]if silva wants to fight a boxer and dana says no all he needs to do is see out his ufc contract then take the fight

the money he would get paid would be more than enough to retire on and i cant see the ufc snubbing him coming back win or lose

its a fight id love to see AS easily has the 1 punch KO in him and i think hed fare well in a clinch

this has the potential to be as big a money spinning fight as PBF as a whole heap of mma fans will pay to see it[/quote]

Could Anderson Silva whip out a spinning back fist in a boxing fight? Or a superman punch?

NO WAY! I don’t want to see an mma fighter agree to fight under those rules. How does this make sense to anybody?

How about two fights, One under Boxing rules and one under MMA rules. At least this way we would get a fair representation of how a quality pro boxer would handle an mma fighter.

Boxing fight: Jones wins, maybe by decision. Either way Silva makes a good showing.

MMA Fight: Silva wins, Jones his hurt, no wait he’s hurt real bad!

[quote post=”5466″]Not to mention like already stated, that it would hold up the MW division with their champ preparing for a fight outside their sport…[/quote]

Who cares, it’s not like there’s a clear number 1 contender right now. We can have these MW fights in the meantime:

Hendo vs. Franklin
Cote vs. Okami

Why wouldn’t Dana White allow this to happen? He’s mentioned having Sean Sherk fight Mayweather Jr. before. This would be huge for the UFC if it happened because they have nothing to lose. If Silva loses, he wasn’t supposed to win because he’s not a pro boxer. On the other hand, if Silva wins, he puts MMA on the level of Boxing in the public arena where people will realize that this isn’t human cockfighting. It’s actually a skill. At that point, maybe HBO would pony up and decide that they will do MMA programming like what was once discussed.

[quote comment=”386532″]

I also tend to think of it in terms of a no-win situation. Sure, MMA gets some more mainstream exposure through this, and Anderson sets himself up for a nice payday, but if Silva wins, boxing pundits can easily defend the loss by saying Jones is a fighter past his prime, whereas if Silva loses, expect to hear the chorus of ‘Boxing is better than MMA’ louder than ever. Not to mention like already stated, that it would hold up the MW division with their champ preparing for a fight outside their sport…[/quote]

That’s a very good point. I didn’t really realize that was the case, but I definitely agree with you. Although, I’m one of the idiots who would rather see Anderson duke it out in boxing than see him fight Yushin Okami. Okami might even give him a little trouble, I’m just not at all interested in seeing that fight. I’d rather jump on the Silva bandwagon once more (even though I’ve been doubting his abilities, despite having bet on him to beat Dan Henderson- it’s confusing, I know) and I’ll say that Anderson would do very well against Roy Jones. RJJ was one of the greatest boxers of all time in his prime, and he’s always going to bring some of that into the ring. That being said, Anderson is as much a boxer as a lot of the people that Roy Jones has fought before in his career, and I think he was willing to issue the challenge because he knows he has an edge.

I’m in the minority here for sure, but I really think it would be a sick fight. I think Silva would probably win, a lot of boxing fans would make the excuse that Roy Jones is over the hill, but a fair portion of them would come to understand that a lot of MMA fighters know how to box. Hell, some of them ARE boxers, so it’s a pretty obvious realization that for some reason people have yet to come to.

I think the argument is a bit silly because it’s a lot like asking whether or not professional kickboxers could hang with professional boxers. Obviously some of them have very strong boxing; it’s an incredibly important part of kickboxing, and MMA, so, yes, some of the world’s best boxers are martial artists and kickboxers. And, no, they are not, overall, better at the sport of boxing than boxers.

Roy Jones J.r.would k.o the spider,with his left hand end of story!

Mania posted a thread on here 2 weekends ago, letting us know that Pride is going to start releasing more DVD’s.

Mania reported that Shockwave 2006 will be released May 6th.

I have found out that the next couple of months will be great for mma dvd collectors (like myself)
Check out the up coming schedule:

UFC 79: Nemesis (wandy vs. Chuck) will be released tomorrow

UFC 80: Rapid Fire comes to dvd on April 29

PRIDE Shockwave 2006: May 6th

UFC 81: May 27

PRIDE 34: Kamikaze comes out June 3rd

Pride 33: Second Coming (must own) comes out July 1st

I don’t think Dana White would necessarily be opposed to having a UFC fighter box. The publicity would be great. The UFC would take a cut in some form. The UFC might even want to promote the fight. Don’t know the logistics of switching from a Octagon to a ring within 15 minutes..

This is completely different from Fedor-Couture. In this scenario, the UFC would be allowing Couture to bring attention and legitimacy to another MMA organization that competes with the UFC. Not going to happen.

I think Dana’s concerns are more likely:
- Will a Silva loss damage the UFC’s reputation
- Will a Silva win entice him to pursue boxing full time due its more lucrative payday.

[quote comment=”386424″][quote comment=”386419″]Rampage on Fox Sports Net show “Sports Science”
Anyone see the show tonight? They compared punching power between a hard hitting hockey player, a heavyweight boxing champion and Rampage Jackson. They all punched a heavy bag that had electronics in it measuring punching power. The other 2 guys punched at 1,300 pounds of force each while Rampage’s punch measured 1,900 pounds of force![/quote]

I cant wait to see how Forrest blocks a Rampage punch containing 1,900 pounds of force with his face.

My Prediction: Forrest goes Splat, all over the Canvas![/quote]
I saw another one on youtube with Rampage, but they put his punch against the foce behind two sumos clashing lol.

I don’t see this as a big lose situation for Dana. UFC shouldn’t have to promote it as long as Zuffa gets a cut of the PPV buys I think its a worthy promotion.

All Silva really has to do to have credibility in a loss is to not get knocked out within the early rounds. He is facing a former world champion after all. If he wins thats fucking gangbusters for the UFC and Silva. Beating a Hall of Fame boxer of Roy Jones Jr caliber is huge. Doesn’t even matter that he is past his prime.

If Silva somehow wins this match it puts the ball in MMA’s court. UFC will have all the leverage of proving MMA is the premier combat sport in the world and will possibly lead to a boxer having to cross over to MMA and there will be the big huge bucks for the UFC.

I don’t see this is anything more than a big reward low risk situation for the UFC and Silva.

[quote comment=”386330″]Dana White will cock-block this because he does not want to co-promote..

Period.[/quote]

I don’t even know why people are talking about this. It will NEVER happen so long as Silva is in the UFC. I’d bet the house on it.

I think this would be great exposure for the UFC if they could make this fight happen. Win or lose as long as Silva kept it competitive it would open a lot of peoples eyes who don’t normally watch MMA that these are legit athletes every bit as talented in there sports as top boxers.

This would be awesome, but unfortunatly it won’t happen. Dana will not, under no circumstances, cross promote with boxing. Tough to say how it would go down if it actually happened. I’ve got to pick Roy via Decision. Silva would win the early rounds, but experiance will weather Roy through the early storm and he’d “out pretty” Silva. To bad it won’t happen anytime soon.

I saw dana would only let this happen under mma rules

[quote comment=”386330″]Dana White will cock-block this because he does not want to co-promote..

Period.[/quote]

If he does not allow this to happen, Dana White needs to be assassinated.

This match under Boxing Rules would not help MMA. It would be good for boxing.

[quote comment=”386397″][quote comment=”386378″]Dana White will NOT allow this fight to happen under boxing rules, in a boxing rules, being promoted by HBO. This fight would HAVE to take place during a UFC broadcast for Dana to sign off. Can you REALLY picture Don King and Dana White working together????????[/quote]

There would probably be a better chance of Hitler and Martin Luther King Jr.working together, than Dana and Don King! lol

ViolentMIke:
Rampage is a minus 275 pt favorite to forrest! Cha Ching! Big Pay day on the Horizon for me![/quote]
Who are you taking…Rampage or Forrest? I don’t think Siva has a great shot against Jones… but check out the odds…I had to drop a few bucks on Silva… Bodog has the line up in the boxing section.

Silva is 1400… for those odds.. I’ll take a risk.

[quote comment=”386778″]Silva is 1400… for those odds.. I’ll take a risk.[/quote]
..thats plus 1400

I think it would be great for the UFC. They’d get to promote to all sorts of fans. I think Dana will do it personally. He’ll love the attention. I also think that Silva will do well too. He’s just so darn accurate and powerful, he’s got a hell of a chance.

Plus, Silva never gets hit…hard. It’s like everything glances off, or he knows that it’s coming and steps back in time. It’s hard for me to imagine someone actually getting through his insane defense.

Here’s why Dana will do it. If Silva wins, the UFC get’s tons of press and publicity.

Just to show the difference between boxing and MMA, I believe roy jones would train his ass off for this fight, and he even enjoys MMA. Even at 38, i would rather take a punch from Silva than from Jones. I truly believe RJJ was the true p4p best fighter of the 90’s. I mean, have you seen his fights? He was brutal!!!

Dana used to be in boxing and you would have to be a fool to put your mma amateur boxer in with a man who held ALL middle weight boxing championship belts simultaneously. I agree with “just tired”. RJJ has the most brutal left hand in history. This fight doesn’t make it out of the first round. Also, RJJ moved up from middle weight to beat Ruiz at super heavy weight. Nuff said, thread over!

this fight will prolly never happen

I think Silva would do really well. He has a chin,hit with 4 oz gloves not 12 oz gloves. Roy Jones was a great boxer but he was a champion in a division of nobodies. I am not trying to take anything away from JOnes but he never faced a stacked weight class like De La Hoyas weigth class in boxing prime with Bernard Hopkins and Ceasar Trinidad and so on in that weight class. Jones best opponent was Antonio Tarver. Who he got a decision on and ko’d the next time. I think Silva go the distance if given the opportunity and even give him a chance to win.

Did anyone hear comments by Tarver on the Ton Diaz and Ian Beckles Show on 620wdae in the South east? Tarver said although he like mma, that MMA fighters are able to take punches. Claiming that when you get knocked down, that is when the fight actually begins. But that is the difference between getting hit with 4oz glozes and 12 oz gloves. 4 oz gloves KO u the Fuck out, where 12 oz gloves give you the soft KO (the shaken but not stirred feeling). I hate how boxers and boxing fans always say that boxing is an art form and mma is not. Are they not both based tactical based fighting systems? I realize that in mma there are many ways to win, were in boxing it is just your hands, but that is what in my mind makes the defensive end of mma so much more complicated than bosing.