SILVA BOXING JONES A STEP CLOSER TO REALITY?

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Jones Accepts Silva’s Challenge
Published 3/12/2008 by John Chandler at MMA on Tap
From Isaac Singleton on Flickr. Immediately after his win over Dan Henderson earlier this month, Anderson Silva mentioned that he is interested in entering the professional boxing ranks, namely to take on former pound-for-pound phenom Roy Jones Jr. The idea has since been repeated, both by Silva himself and his manager, Ed Soares. That ...

Roy Jones Jr. Wants To Fight Anderson Silva
Published 3/13/2008 by Michael Rome <info@bloodyelbow.com> at Bloody Elbow: Front Page Posts
Ok, I promise, I will only post on this from now on where there is concrete news, but MMA Weekly does have something substantial up: According to Soares, however, there are other people who think there might be some merit to putting Silva up against Jones in a boxing ring. "I just spoke with Roy Jones' management and they are very interested in it. They think it ...

Report: Roy Jones, Jr. interested in boxing match with Anderson Silva
Published 3/13/2008 by Adam Morgan at Five Ounces of Pain
This story has some serious legs. First it was Anderson Silva’s comments during the post fight interview at UFC 82 after defeating Dan Henderson when he said he would like to box. Then it’s his manager Ed Soares coming out and telling Sherdog that Silva is dead serious about boxing and that he’d like to fight Roy Jones, Jr. And now Soares is stirring the pot again according to MMA Weekly: “I just spoke with Roy Jones’ management and they are very interested in it. They think it would break all kinds of pay-per-view records. It all kind of ...