{"id":60823,"date":"2013-05-30T10:56:27","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T17:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=60823"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:01:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:01:10","slug":"anderson-silva-wants-to-fight-roy-jones-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/anderson-silva-wants-to-fight-roy-jones-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva Wants to Fight Roy Jones Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Anderson-Silva3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47001\" title=\"Anderson Silva3\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Anderson-Silva3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Anderson-Silva3.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Anderson-Silva3-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Anderson-Silva3-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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 &#8216;super fights&#8217; 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, Jon Jones, or UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre, &#8220;much, much, more&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/p\/blogs\/the_main_event\/silva_wants_jones_fight_boxer_jones_UkfA5GPF20qV643rN0rr9N#axzz2UnYUyeuK\">NY Post<\/a>, Silva explained that he respects former boxing champion, Jones Jr:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cI think everyone\u2019s got something they\u2019re focused on and that\u2019s my own desire, something I\u2019d like to do.\u00a0Maybe one day when I\u2019m done my UFC career I will box Roy Jones.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As for fights like this actually happening, Silva reiterated the uncertainty of the business:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cYou can think, think, think or look for things, but never find it,\u201d Silva said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard for me to guess on that.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong><\/strong><\/em>The 44-year old Jones Jr. last fought on June 30th of last year, winning a split decision, his second win in a row.<\/p>\n<p>As for Silva, he rides a 17-fight win streak and hasn&#8217;t lost a fight legitimately since 2004. The 38-year old Brazilian fights Chris Weidman on July 6th at UFC 162.<\/p>\n<p>Silva also said that if someone like UFC president were to put on such a fight, Silva would like to fight once in a boxing match, and once in the Octagon, under MMA rules.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the latest MMA news visit <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPENN.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; UFC Middleweight champion, Anderson Silva is widely regarded by MMA fans to be one of the best combat sports athletes of all time. 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