Roy Jones Jr and Anderson Silva have both challenged each other to a fight and are wanting to be on the undercard of Conor McGregor v Floyd Mayweather fight if it is to occur.
Roy Jones Jr, now 48, dominated bare-knuckle boxing champ Bobby Gunn in his recent fight for the WBF cruiser-weight title.
In a dominant performance where Gunn had little to no answers for Jones Jr’s offense, Jones Jr took it to Gunn – beating him badly in each round.
Gunn was unable to answer the bell for the eight rounds, giving Jones Jr a TKO win.
In the days since, Jones Jr has indicated that he would love to fight former UFC Middleweight champ Anderson ‘Spider’ Silva in an MMA-type match. Jones Jr says his fight with Silva would make the Mayweather-McGregor fight night the biggest fight event of all time.
Jones has declared he is ready to face The Spider after a long-history of refusing to entertain a fight against the former UFC middleweight champion.
“I think you put Roy Jones in versus Anderson Silva as the co-main event, you’ve got yourself a good dang ol’ fight card,” Jones told fighthype.com.
The fantasy match-up between McGregor and Mayweather, which Dana White wants to feature on a UFC pay-per-view, hasn’t been booked but Roy Jones believes a co-main event between himself and ‘The Spider’ would cement it as ‘the biggest event of all time
Anderson Silva – now 41 – has responded to the challenge, lists Jones as one of his biggest inspirations and often incorporated similar showboating and taunting techniques in the Octagon.
It’s a long shot, but a potential bout between the two combat sports legends would serve as a fitting addition to a McGregor-Mayweather UFC card.
UFC President Dana White is very keen to get the two champions together for a talking of terms to make the epic battle happen.
I personally would love to see this fight as would many others, as social media has lit up with anticipation for the possible match.
Although having said that, caution must be used. This is not the first and certainly not be the last spectacle like this that has gone badly between two fighters.
Of course the most famous of this is Mayweather versus Manny Pacquaio, a fight that happened five years after it should have.
It was a complete let down.
Both men are well past their primes, but should still put on a good show or it could be over in seconds.
Both men have knock-out power, with Silva having the advantage (if you don’t believe me go and watch his fight against Forrest Griffin). Jones can take a punch but was easily caught by Green in their fight – these things are always so unpredictable.
If it happens, which I don’t think it will, I’ll happily shell out the pay-per-view costs.
BigJ
Roar Guru
Who Rjj yeah he worries me to
Ben
Roar Guru
He worries me. ?
BigJ
Roar Guru
Ben not my words mate that was a direct quote from RJJ himself, but i agree with you, these dinosaurs contining to fight is a bit of joke but still worth a laugh. You and I both know that these fights will never happen they are just a publicity stunt.
Ben
Roar Guru
BigJ, you're a great man, but sometimes i think you've completely lost the plot. "Boggest fight event of all time" - come on! No true boxing fan wants to watch Mayweather Jnr embarrass an amateur like McGregor and - a 14 years out of his prime - RJJ fighting on the card. RJJ is an all time great that should've retired at least 10 years ago. And the Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight. If i had a dollar for every Pacquiao fan that says that fight was a "let down"... I'd be well retired. It was a good fight, won by the more superior boxer. I can understand Pacquiao fans being embarrassed, because they'd (similar to Fanny Green fans) been telling anyone that would listen that their boi was going to "ko Mayweather" and "Mayweather is scared" blah blah blah for years and years. But let it go please. There's nothing wrong with being 2nd best... ?
BigJ
Roar Guru
exactly john just like every other person
BigJ
Roar Guru
Thansk mac i appreciate the support. Your old mate BigJ always tries to be a voice for your average bloke, as you cant get more average than me. If you ever have an idea for a articel just drop us a line and ill make it happen
Johnno
Guest
$, old guys needing a pay cheque.
mac
Guest
The two fights would b a farce but lets b honest the average bloke would pay to see this and im sure it will b broardcast over the 2 ways in the trucks all over oz just like the green mundine was even tho there were people out there saying no one cares,keep keepin it real BigJ bout time there were more people like u reppin us average blokes and not new agers thanks for the read pal
BigJ
Roar Guru
Couture alreayd fought James Toney, that was an embarrassment to the sport but these things still happen, as long as it sell tickets it will happen.
jimmy
Guest
If Conor vs Mayweather wasn't enough of a circus...honestly, this whole thing is just getting stupid now. What next? Tyson vs Couture? Liddell vs Hopkins? Khabib vs a bear? At least with McGregor there is some (and by some, I mean very small) argument that he has a boxing background and he's a striker, rather than a BJJ guy...but all this needs to stop. Not a good look for either sport...