{"id":395885,"date":"2021-09-30T10:34:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T17:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=395885"},"modified":"2021-09-30T10:34:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T17:34:33","slug":"wanderlei-silva-calls-out-vitor-belfort-for-rematch-in-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/wanderlei-silva-calls-out-vitor-belfort-for-rematch-in-boxing\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanderlei Silva calls out Vitor Belfort for rematch in boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MMA legend Wanderlei Silva called out fellow Brazilian mixed martial artist Vitor Belfort for a rematch in the boxing ring.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/bare-knuckle-boxing\/bare-knuckle-boxing-championship\/wanderlei-silva-calls-out-vitor-belfort-for-bare-knuckle-fight\/\">Silva and Belfort have never seen eye-to-eye<\/a>. The pair first met way back at UFC Brazil in October 1998, with Belfort finishing Silva with a first-round knockout. The two then coached TUF Brazil in 2012 and were supposed to fight in a rematch, but the fight was canceled due to injuries. But even a decade later, these two do still not like each other and they continue to take shots at each other whenever they are able to get the chance to.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Belfort returned to boxing and he knocked out Evander Holyfield in the first round with punches. Silva watched the fight and he said that he wants to fight Belfort in a rematch in boxing. Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/agfight.com\/entrevistas\/wanderlei-silva-desafia-belfort-no-boxe-todos-querem-ver-eu-dando-porrada-nele\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AG Fight<\/a>, Silva said that he wants it to be a boxing match so he doesn&#8217;t have to worry about takedowns, and just focus on knocking Belfort out.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt would be a super interesting fight and most of all, it&#8217;s a fight that everyone wants to see.\u00a0Everyone wants to see me smack around Belfort.\u00a0I&#8217;m sure boxing will be different.\u00a0I have very good boxing, I&#8217;ve been training boxing for a long time and I&#8217;m sure my boxing can surprise everyone,\u201d Silva said. &#8220;I&#8217;m interested, getting ready.\u00a0After this new trend, the legends face each other, in a rule a little easier than boxing, because you don&#8217;t need to train jiu-jitsu, takedowns.\u00a0It&#8217;s a little more &#8216;light&#8217;.\u00a0So I&#8217;m keeping in shape, because I know that when the time and the right event come, if it&#8217;s good for the audience and if they want to see the &#8216;Wand&#8217; in action, it&#8217;ll be really cool.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see the rematch between Wanderlei Silva and Vitor Belfort in boxing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMA legend Wanderlei Silva called out fellow Brazilian mixed martial artist Vitor Belfort for a rematch in the boxing ring. Silva and Belfort have never seen eye-to-eye. The pair first met way back at UFC Brazil in October 1998, with Belfort finishing Silva with a first-round knockout. 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