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Roy Jones Jr.: ‘A pity’ UFC won’t allow Silva to box
Anderson Silva may be the greatest mixed martial artist of all-time. But that hasn’t stopped the former middleweight champion from flirting with the idea of trying his hand at professional boxing. “The Spider” has expressed his desire to fight legendary boxer Roy Jones Jr. on multiple occasions, but because he is under an exclusive contract […]
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Roy Jones Jr.: The UFC Can’t Make Up Its Mind About Anderson Silva Fight (Video)
“Well, as an actual plan, it was an actual plan. The UFC, which is like M-1, they’re having second thoughts, they’re not really making up their mind, whether they want to let him, or not let him. He wants to, because he wants to box. I want to. It’s just a matter of the organization […]
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Silva Doesn’t Believe Dream Fight With Roy Jones Jr. Will Happen
“I don’t think this is going to happen. It’s not an idea politically well received by Dana and Lorenzo. I’m trying, I always bring that subject but they are irreducible. It would be historical Roy spanking of me but this is my dream. He is also very excited to do this but it is a […]
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Lytle Ready For Return To Fight: Wants To ‘Dominate Roy Jones Jr In Boxing’
“I think after about three or four rounds he’s going to experience the fact that he has been boxing 30 years, and he’s going to slow down from it. I think as the third or fourth rounds come to an end, I’ll start picking up my pace and really start dominating after that. I don’t […]
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Retired Chris Lytle ‘Itching’ To Fight, Asks White For Return Against Jones
Anderson Silva was the man poised to face off in a boxing match with Roy Jones Jr. He even had UFC President Dana White’s blessing. However, his loss to Chris Weidman and broken leg have put those ambitions on hiatus. In the wake of UFC 168, boxing great Roy Jones Jr, who was sitting cage […]
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Jones: I’m taking a tune-up fight in Moscow for Anderson Silva
Roy Jones Jr. is one of the all-time greats in the sport of boxing, he has won titles in multiple weight classes and was voted ‘boxer of the decade’ for his dominance throughout the 90′s. Former UFC middleweight champion and MMA great, Anderson “The Spider” Silva, has been very vocal regarding his aspirations to one […]
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Roy Jones Jr: I’m taking a tune-up fight for Anderson Silva
Roy Jones Jr. is one of the all-time greats in the sport of boxing, he has won titles in multiple weight classes and was voted ‘boxer of the decade’ for his dominance throughout the 90’s. Former UFC middleweight champion and MMA great, Anderson “The Spider” Silva, has been very vocal regarding his aspirations to one day […]
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Anderson Silva: ‘Sorry, but I no respect Mayweather, he’s a smurf’
Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva (33-5 MMA, 16-1 UFC) appears to have a bone to pick with undefeated boxing legend Floyd “Money” Mayweather, Jr. Here is what “The Spider” had to say about about “Money” during a conversation on Sway’s Universe: “Who? Who? Boxing is a great sport. My dad fight boxing for long […]
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Rampage: “When Tito signed, I went, ‘Damn – there goes my Roy Jones fight’”
Prior to Bellator 97, rumors had been swirling that former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (32-11 MMA) would be making his Bellator debut in a boxing match opposite former multi-division champ Roy Jones Jr. (56-8). When Rampage took to the cage at Bellator 97, many anticipated it would be to announce that he […]
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Roy Jones Jr. vs. ‘Rampage’ Jackson boxing match targeted for year-end PPV
Yes, you read correctly. Viacom is planning to use their newly signed fighter, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, by pitting him in a boxing match against Roy Jones Jr. According to sources, former UFC light heavyweight champion “Rampage” Jackson (32-11 MMA) and former multi weight-class boxing champion Roy Jones Jr. (56-8 Boxing) are being targeted to compete […]
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Roy Jones Jr. Responds To Anderson Silva’s Fight Challenge
UFC middleweight champion and possibly the greatest fighter of all time, Anderson Silva, recently stated to the NY Post that he would love to challenge boxing champion, Roy Jones Jr. to two fights, one inside the cage, and one in a boxing match. It had appeared that Silva meant the challenge as a show […]
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Anderson Silva Wants to Fight Roy Jones Jr.
UFC Middleweight champion, Anderson Silva is widely regarded by MMA fans to be one of the best combat sports athletes of all time. Now, with talks of ‘super fights’ gaining traction with each day, Silva states that he would rather fight Roy Jones Jr. instead of stepping in to fight either UFC light-heavyweight champion, […]