Roy Jones still wants Silva fight

[Earl-Hickey]

It looks like one of the least anticipated fights in UFC history still might have some life.

Middle-aged boxer Roy Jones Jr. announced this week that he’s taking a bout with some guy named Bobby Gunn – and he’s doing it as a tuneup for former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva.

Jones Jr. told ESPN.com that Silva has “made it clear” that he wants him if he beats Chris Weidman at UFC 168 on Dec. 28.
“I'm here for him,” Jones Jr. said. "That's a fight that intrigues a lot of people, but I can't fight Anderson Silva coming off such a long layoff. So I needed to get a fight first. If it wasn't for Anderson Silva calling me out, I wouldn't be fighting this fight."

Jones Jr., 45, flew to Las Vegas in July to speak with UFC president Dana White about a potential bout with Silva on the same weekend that Weidman upset Silva to win the title. A few days later, the Silva-Weidman rematch was booked and it seemed like the idea of Silva-Jones Jr. would coast off into the sunset never to be heard about it again.

Unfortunately, we’re not that lucky.

“I'm motivated to beat Gunn so I can fight Silva, and I need to be ready,” said Jones Jr, the former boxing pound-for-pound king. "But, hey, he might not win the fight with Weidman. But if he does, people are intrigued by a fight between us. He wants to box. I got to let him scratch his itch."

Seemingly the only other person who wants to see this fight happen is Silva. The 38-year-old has said on a number of occasions that a bout (MMA, boxing, whatever) with Jones Jr. intrigues him more than a superfight with Jon Jones or Georges St-Pierre. The Brazilian has been known to troll the media on the regular, but it seems like he’s sincere about wanting badly to look across the cage at Jones Jr.

“My focus is my rematch now … I finish this then it’s the fight with Roy Jones, Jr.,” Silva said in Los Angeles last month at a UFC 168 press tour stop. “It’s my dream. It’s my personal dream.”

[AztecWanker]

Silva is a garbage boxer. This is an EZ fight/payday for Roy. I understand his willingness to fight him.

[JohnSmithJr]

Silva is a garbage boxer. This is an EZ fight/payday for Roy. I understand his willingness to fight him.

Silva may be a garbage boxer compared to Jones, but how often do we get to see an MMA stylist be willing to straight up test his skills against a boxer using boxing rules?

In an anything goes scenario, Silva has the ability to toy with Jones and mop up the floor and even cripple him. Gotta give Silva credit for being the only MMA guy willing to pretend he couldn't just kick a boxers legs out and to actually just box him.

[AztecWanker]

Silva may be a garbage boxer compared to Jones, but how often do we get to see an MMA stylist be willing to straight up test his skills against a boxer using boxing rules?

In an anything goes scenario, Silva has the ability to toy with Jones and mop up the floor and even cripple him. Gotta give Silva credit for being the only MMA guy willing to pretend he couldn't just kick a boxers legs out and to actually just box him.

Hang yourself. Silva couldn't even toy with bum ass Weidman. Roy vs. Silva favors 99% Roy.

[ImStillHere]

Silva may be a garbage boxer compared to Jones, but how often do we get to see an MMA stylist be willing to straight up test his skills against a boxer using boxing rules?

In an anything goes scenario, Silva has the ability to toy with Jones and mop up the floor and even cripple him. Gotta give Silva credit for being the only MMA guy willing to pretend he couldn't just kick a boxers legs out and to actually just box him.

I think this is so funny. You really think someone could take out Floyd's legs that easy, what about Pacquiao? Floyd dodges jabs, you really think he won't see a leg kick coming miles away. If Mayweather had ever fought in MMA it would just have looked like the Corrales fight with him leaping in and out with left hooks . And Floyd would have KO power in MMA.

MMA just isn't there yet.

[Larry the boss]

I think this is so funny. You really think someone could take out Floyd's legs that easy, what about Pacquiao? Floyd dodges jabs, you really think he won't see a leg kick coming miles away. If Mayweather had ever fought in MMA it would just have looked like the Corrales fight with him leaping in and out with left hooks . And Floyd would have KO power in MMA.

MMA just isn't there yet.

There is a huge difference in dodging jabs and leg kicks man

[Sugar Adam Ali]

There is a huge difference in dodging jabs and leg kicks man

your exactly right,,,,, i have boxed for over a decade in the army and in the amateur ranks, and i like mma so i dabble in jitsu and muay thai, and i can tell you for a fact that slipping a jab is totally different than checking a leg kick,,, and i have sparred in kickboxing some very very good pro mma guys like dan hornbuckle, kenny robertson, jeremy harmison, billy stamp, and derrick noble,, all those guys are either really good pro mma guys or pro kick boxing and its extremely hard to check kicks in the heat of the moment, just like it is with dodging jabs, but both are extremely different

[MAUSEBURG]

Jones just fishing a paycheck anywhere he can get it.

He's broke like a bitch every business he tried have failed.

His record company massive failure (this is what made him broke), His promotional company massive failure(litzu was his best prospect), his boxing career is now a massive failure(after his ko loss he been a bum), His commentary career a massive failure (worse commentator every but at least he getting a steady paycheck).

[Accountoffline]

RJJ is just looking for easy $$$ now, he has no self respect and due to his own petty financial decisions he can see himself fighting to survive. The guy should have retired after his KO loss and then became a trainer.