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While talks of a potential Conor McGregor<\/a> vs. Floyd Maywather superfight have continued to dominate combat sports headlines, talk regarding another superfight has begun to pick up momentum. After reports began to surface that a McGregor-Mayweather fight was reportedly close to being finalized, famed boxer Roy Jones Jr. took to social media to call out former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Anderson<\/p>\n

Silva was quick to respond, accepting Jones Jr.’s challenge<\/a> for a boxing match, reigniting the hype regarding the potential fight. Of course, this isn’t the first time Silva and Jones Jr. have been looking to box one another. Jones Jr. recalled the pair’s past in an interview for TheMacLife.com:<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cMe and Anderson have, for five or six years now, been trying to get a boxing match between us. We\u2019re two great icons of our sport, two legends, and it\u2019s not often you get to see two legends get in the ring together. That\u2019s been going on for the last five or six years, and if Conor and Floyd does fight, [our addition] would make it a big event. I mean to put us on the undercard as the co-main would be a really, really big event. Not only us fighting, but people want to see a boxer versus a MMA guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c[2013] was the closest [we got to it],\u201d Roy Jones Jr. said. \u201cHad he not have lost to Weidman, I think it would have happened. \u2026 Anderson still wants it, he\u2019s about 40 years old, he\u2019s reaching the end of his career, he\u2019s reaching the end of his prime zone. I\u2019m reaching the end of my primal age, so if we\u2019re gonna make it happen, there\u2019s no better time than now.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thinking he\u2019s feeling the way I\u2019m feeling, and I know he\u2019s been wanting to do it, because as soon as I [mentioned it] he came back and said \u2018why should a man not be allowed to achieve his dream?\u2019 and his dream is mine, it\u2019s a great situation for both of us that we both want.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Roy<\/p>\n

Only time will tell if these two legends step into the ring together. Stay tuned for updates as they become available.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 2\/28\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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