Anderson Silva has signed to box Roy Jones Jr. : Five Ounces of Pain
http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/07/29/anderson-silva-has-signed-to-box-roy-jones-jr/

UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva (24-4) has made it clear that he plans on retiring from the UFC once his contract expires. As of now, Anderson has four fights with the Ultimate Fighting Championships, the most recent on August 8th in Philadelphia against contender Forrest Griffin.

However, according to Anderson himself in a recent conversation with Fighters Only Magazine, he has no intentions of retiring from hand-to-hand combat altogether once he’s through in the Ocatagon.

It’s been talked about for close to a year now and Silva has recently confirmed that there is no question about it; he’s going to box Roy Jones Jr. As a matter of fact, contracts have been inked and it’s only a matter of time from here.

“It is undoubted that I will face Roy Jones,” revealed Silva. “We have talked too much, have signed some contracts and we want to make it the sooner the better. It’s not for money or spotlight, it’s for my desire.

“I watch Roy Jones since he competed as an amateur and in the Olympic Games. I’m looking forward to this fight to put in the ring everything I know, to show my students in the future that I understand what I may say over this or that and don’t seem a pirate parrot.”

The farther away this fight is the better it is for Silva. Jones keeps getting older.

Anyway, it will be interesting to see how it is shown. I wonder if HBO or Showtime will have any interest in showing it.

jones may not be an elite boxer anymore but he would kill Silvia in a boxing match

The farther away this fight is the better it is for Silva. Jones keeps getting older.

Anyway, it will be interesting to see how it is shown. I wonder if HBO or Showtime will have any interest in showing it.thats what I thought, until I saw Silva in a boxing match. Trust me, Jones would have to be atleast 50 years old to lose to Silva.
jones may not be an elite boxer anymore but he would kill Silvia in a boxing matchexactly my thoughts.

Silva should go after someone other than Jones. He's not really a big name anymore. The fight won't create as much interest as he thinks. Hardly any more than Mercer vs Sylvia.

It's a lose-lose for Silva. If he loses, it not good for him, and if he wins he beats a guy who is 42 by fight time and WAY over the hill.

He should have signed to fight Calzaghe. A loss wouldn't hurt him so much, and I'm sure Calzaghe would come out of retirement for that fight.

Silva should go after someone other than Jones. He's not really a big name anymore. The fight won't create as much interest as he thinks. Hardly any more than Mercer vs Sylvia.

It's a lose-lose for Silva. If he loses, it not good for him, and if he wins he beats a guy who is 42 by fight time and WAY over the hill.

He should have signed to fight Calzaghe. A loss wouldn't hurt him so much, and I'm sure Calzaghe would come out of retirement for that fight.

ummm no, I don't see this being a lose-lose for Silva but rather a lose-lose for Jones. Jones has nothing to gain and everything to lose from this fight. Silva is an mma fighter and not a boxer, so if he loses, that is his excuse. Jones might be shot, but he is still a boxer and he shouldn't lose to Silva.

Roy jones has been in steady decline since the ruiz fight.he is 4-4 since then.wins over tarver(which I thought he lost),hanshaw,sheika,trinidad(at 175 was a joke since trinidads prime weight is around 147 I think).he got his ass kicked by tarver twice,calzaghe shoe shined him,Johnson.i'm not sure if he'll beat lacy.he should but he just isn't fast enough anymore.I hope he gets killed by lacy.jones sucks!

tards listen

SILVA has no chance against ROY JONES SR. in boxing match,
so how da fuk he gonna beat junior!
ROY JONES JR. will knock his ass out cold in 2 rounds!

jones boxing an mma guy is a joke! Anyone see mercer crush silvia? Same thing would happen.

Lol, Mercer crushed a guy who isn't the best stand up guy or heavyweight for that matter in MMA, with 4 ounce gloves on. It was bound to happen.

My reaction to this thread is.. :pat:

Damn it Silva. You better win or else it's all for nothing and you will be remembered by lesser fans as the guy who got KO'd by a shot boxer.

Silvas knees are the deadliest thing about him...the only way i could see him surviving against RJJ is if his stamina lasts longer and RJJ gets tired..would still lose i think tho....

why would Roy Jones Jr be Silva's opponent anytime in any future when they both got more than enough to worry about in their own respective sports? if Anderson wanted to make a claim of MMA VS Boxing then maybe he should have went after Chad Dawson, maybe Tomasz Adamek or **** it even Jean Pascal who won a world title? Roy CLEARLY isn't the same so beating him wont make that statement for Silva and Jones beating Silva wouldn't prove it the other way around, it's a senseless scrap man they should just go to each others gym, fight and throw it on youtube because FREE is the only way ANYONE would pay to see this crap unfold... Anderson ALREADY has a losing Boxing record and this is all against no name competition, it would prove nothing because even if he did manage to beat a past prime Jones he isn't the better Boxer, it would prove absolutely nothing at all... AT ALL.. this isn't an appealing match up at least to me but then again I don't want to see Fedor in UFC so go figure..

tards listen

SILVA has no chance against ROY JONES SR. in boxing match,
so how da fuk he gonna beat junior!
ROY JONES JR. will knock his ass out cold in 2 rounds!you have issues. how about you actually read the posts before responding. nobody here thinks Silva is gonna win.
why would Roy Jones Jr be Silva's opponent anytime in any future when they both got more than enough to worry about in their own respective sports? if Anderson wanted to make a claim of MMA VS Boxing then maybe he should have went after Chad Dawson, maybe Tomasz Adamek or **** it even Jean Pascal who won a world title? Roy CLEARLY isn't the same so beating him wont make that statement for Silva and Jones beating Silva wouldn't prove it the other way around, it's a senseless scrap man they should just go to each others gym, fight and throw it on youtube because FREE is the only way ANYONE would pay to see this crap unfold... Anderson ALREADY has a losing Boxing record and this is all against no name competition, it would prove nothing because even if he did manage to beat a past prime Jones he isn't the better Boxer, it would prove absolutely nothing at all... AT ALL.. this isn't an appealing match up at least to me but then again I don't want to see Fedor in UFC so go figure..Silva isn't doing this as a competition between MMA and boxing, he's doing this to make one of his personal dreams come true. Jones is Silva's favorite boxer and it was one of his dreams to fight him in a boxing match and now he is able to make that happen.

i bet this fight doesnt happen for a least 2 years. dana will make him wait it out being that he isnt planning on resigning with the ufc.

you have issues. how about you actually read the posts before responding. nobody here thinks Silva is gonna win.
Silva isn't doing this as a competition between MMA and boxing, he's doing this to make one of his personal dreams come true. Jones is Silva's favorite boxer and it was one of his dreams to fight him in a boxing match and now he is able to make that happen.

see but my thing is why? it doesn't make sense to me, it's a fight with absolutely no gain besides Silva living out a dream, but they have to train right? they have to prepare for one another right? that's a training camp that could be dedicated towards a fight that can better their legacy in their respective sports. it sure as hell doesn't benefit Roy Jones in any form or fashion. say this Silva gets lucky and beats the great Roy Jones Jr in a Boxing match? what would that say about Roy when he looks for a fight after a guy with a losing Boxing record comes in and beats him, it would be the ultimate sign that Roy is finished. keep I'm mind I ain't saying that YOU saying it's a good or bad match up I'm just saying my opinion

well I would think financially it could be a big bout. with the whole Boxer vs MMA fighter angle (how the media always plays on that)

but your right looking at it in depth, it's an old past his prime boxer in Jones

fighting a very good MMA fighter, with a 1-1 record in boxing.

it's a bout that on the surface could sell well and create a lot of attention

but at a closer glance doesn't really serve much if any purpose as far as legacies are concerned.

i bet this fight doesnt happen for a least 2 years. dana will make him wait it out being that he isnt planning on resigning with the ufc.

Silva is done with the UFC when his contract after he does 4 more fights. Griffin makes it 3 more. So he'll probably finish up the last 3 in 2010 and fight RJJ, if they really plan to, sometime in 2011.

Anderson is going to get raped in this match. If it were in K-1 I'd give the edge to Silva, but his hands aren't good enough to hang with Jones for more than 4 rounds

Anyone who thinks Silva has a chance must understand that this will be a completely one sided beatdown.

When it comes down to only punches.....silva will get killed

When Silva loses badly to RJJ, I wonder if he will call out Muhammad Ali?

Silva's boxing resembles that of a good amateur. It wouldnt even be competitive and not only that it would be embarassing to watch a guy in his mid 40's punch Silva around for a couple rounds.

Lol, Mercer crushed a guy who isn't the best stand up guy or heavyweight for that matter in MMA, with 4 ounce gloves on. It was bound to happen.

My reaction to this thread is.. :pat:

Damn it Silva. You better win or else it's all for nothing and you will be remembered by lesser fans as the guy who got KO'd by a shot boxer.

LOL, so now Roy Jones Jr. is some kind of KO artist? Flicker, you are a retarded, cum gurgling, inbred who shows absolutely no consistency in his posts. Mindless drivel.

Silva should go after someone other than Jones. He's not really a big name anymore. The fight won't create as much interest as he thinks. Hardly any more than Mercer vs Sylvia.

It's a lose-lose for Silva. If he loses, it not good for him, and if he wins he beats a guy who is 42 by fight time and WAY over the hill.

He should have signed to fight Calzaghe. A loss wouldn't hurt him so much, and I'm sure Calzaghe would come out of retirement for that fight.

Calzaghe should come out of retirement to fight Anderson Silva. :lol1:

man i could out box anderson silva and i dont even box. 1st round TKO, doctor stoppage, blood all over his FACE

LOL, so now Roy Jones Jr. is some kind of KO artist? Flicker, you are a retarded, cum gurgling, inbred who shows absolutely no consistency in his posts. Mindless drivel.
Jones-Griffin II? Jones-Woods?

Jones has one-punch pop, no doubt about it. Against a fighter as outclassed as Silva would be, Jones would KO him when he wants how he wants. I hardly see how anyone could question that.

man i could out box anderson silva and i dont even box. 1st round TKO, doctor stoppage, blood all over his FACE

easy now fellow...:lol1: