UFC Middleweight champ
Anderson Silva has been speaking of his desire to face boxing legend Roy Jones,
Jr. for a long time. Now the boxing great is saying he'd love to fight Silva.
The UFC has re-signed their
Middleweight champ Anderson Silva to a new 10 fight contract but they don't
seem to have signed his heart. He recently told the New York Post his real
dream:
Silva, the undisputed pound-for-pound best
MMA fighter in the world, told The Post in a phone interview Wednesday that he
would want to get into a ring or a cage with Jones Jr. "much, much
more" than engage in a UFC champion vs. champion superfight with Jon Jones
or Georges St-Pierre.
"I think everyone's got something
they're focused on and that's my own desire, something I'd like to do,"
Silva said through a translator. "Maybe one day when I'm done my UFC
career I will box Roy Jones."
Silva said he'd be interested in taking on
Jones Jr. twice - once in a bout with MMA rules and another in a boxing ring.
He said he knows Jones Jr. and calls him "a great champion."
Now Roy Jones, Jr. is telling
TMZ he's down for a throw down with Silva, "I would love it ... Call me
and we'll make that happen," he told the tabloid.
Anderson Silva next fights at
UFC 162 against Chris Weidman on July 6. (Source)
