{"id":117754,"date":"2014-11-04T10:50:45","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T18:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=117754"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:12:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:12:27","slug":"roy-jones-jr-a-pity-ufc-wont-allow-silva-to-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/roy-jones-jr-a-pity-ufc-wont-allow-silva-to-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Jones Jr.: &#8216;A pity&#8217; UFC won&#8217;t allow Silva to box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Jones-Jr.-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61582\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Jones-Jr.-.jpg\" alt=\"Jones Jr.\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Jones-Jr.-.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Jones-Jr.--300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Jones-Jr.--361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anderson Silva may be the greatest mixed martial artist of all-time. But that hasn&#8217;t stopped the former middleweight champion from flirting with the idea of trying his hand at professional boxing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Spider&#8221; has expressed his desire to fight legendary boxer Roy Jones Jr. on multiple occasions, but because he is under an exclusive contract with the UFC, the proposed boxing match will likely never come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>Roy Jones Jr. recently spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafightcorner.com\/2014\/11\/03\/roy-jones-jr-anderson-silva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight Corner<\/a> about his desire to fight the MMA legend:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Anderson Silva is one of the best human beings I\u2019ve ever met. He\u2019s a wonderful friend, a wonderful person. A person, who like myself, when we succeed at something we want to try something else if we can. We want to see how far we can go. We want to test the skies to see if the sky the limit,\u201d <\/em>Jones, Jr. said.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut on his downside, the UFC won\u2019t allow him to fulfill his dream and get in the ring and enjoy a night of sharing the ring with the great Roy Jones, Jr. It\u2019s such a pity. It\u2019s such a shame because it\u2019s a night that I\u2019m sure people from both worlds would really admire, and would love to see, and would get a lot from because of two legends in the ring at once. Although it\u2019s boxing, we could share the ring together because Anderson can box. He\u2019s a professional fighter too, and he\u2019s an entertainer just as myself.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI feel really solid that [the UFC] won\u2019t allow him to do that. But as a fighter, I think he\u2019s a phenomenal fighter and I think he\u2019s probably going to be one of the best UFC fighters to ever touch the planet.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Would you be interested in seeing a boxing match between Roy Jones Jr. and Anderson Silva?\u00a0Sound off Penn Nation!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anderson Silva may be the greatest mixed martial artist of all-time. 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