Great Roy Jones Jr./Anderson Silva article

[Hulk]

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Silva (mma's equivalent to Roy Jones) was recently KO'd in a shocker of an upset.

Incidentally, before he was KO'd Silva was discussing a boxing match against one Roy Jones.

I feared Silva could beat Roy even in a boxing match or make it humiliatingly close due to Roy being totally shot and so merciful in recent years as to let anyone go the distance with him.

IF they do indeed box maybe Roy will be inspired by the recent KO loss of Silva and put some mustard on his shots.

*please don't be cocks and bury this in the mma section as it very much pertains to boxing, thanks*

[p4pking]

There's a pretty fundamental difference in the two defeats though, among other things. Roy Jones respected Antonio Tarvers ability, and was actually throwing punches himself until he was KO'd. All the Silva fight really showed was that any capable fighter your size can knock you out if you offer your chin like that repeatedly. It was a lot different than Jones showboating while still in balance and position to counter, Anderson was just being a flat out clown. Now of course he's gotten away with it before in spots, but that same thing could have happened then.

[Violent Demise]

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Silva (mma's equivalent to Roy Jones) was recently KO'd in a shocker of an upset.

Incidentally, before he was KO'd Silva was discussing a boxing match against one Roy Jones.

I feared Silva could beat Roy even in a boxing match or make it humiliatingly close due to Roy being totally shot and so merciful in recent years as to let anyone go the distance with him.

IF they do indeed box maybe Roy will be inspired by the recent KO loss of Silva and put some mustard on his shots.

*please don't be cocks and bury this in the mma section as it very much pertains to boxing, thanks*

[bigstinkybug]

wasn't it a modified jab type punch? Kimbo, the king of the streets also was knocked senseless by a jab... crazy.

[Hulk]

Y! SPORTS

Silva (mma's equivalent to Roy Jones) was recently KO'd in a shocker of an upset.

Incidentally, before he was KO'd Silva was discussing a boxing match against one Roy Jones.

I feared Silva could beat Roy even in a boxing match or make it humiliatingly close due to Roy being totally shot and so merciful in recent years as to let anyone go the distance with him.

IF they do indeed box maybe Roy will be inspired by the recent KO loss of Silva and put some mustard on his shots.

*please don't be cocks and bury this in the mma section as it very much pertains to boxing, thanks*

Don't smiley face palm me.

ROY WON'T THROW FUCKIN PUNCHES!

Especially when he fears someone is faster than him and due to multiple KO losses, his chin is pretty poor these days.

He's 44, shot, and extremely gun shy.

I'd pick him to beat Silva in a boxing match what with Anderson's whopping 1-1 pro boxing record from 10 years ago, but still I'd be weary as you cannot depend on Roy these days. He proved that against the powder punching unknown Polish kid.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Reaaal cute, man haha..

Roy would never lose to some ufc chump. Roy could literally go in there untrained, showboat the shit outa Silva and still kick ass. This is a whole different ballgame here.

[Boxer4life]

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Silva (mma's equivalent to Roy Jones) was recently KO'd in a shocker of an upset.

Incidentally, before he was KO'd Silva was discussing a boxing match against one Roy Jones.

I feared Silva could beat Roy even in a boxing match or make it humiliatingly close due to Roy being totally shot and so merciful in recent years as to let anyone go the distance with him.

IF they do indeed box maybe Roy will be inspired by the recent KO loss of Silva and put some mustard on his shots.

*please don't be cocks and bury this in the mma section as it very much pertains to boxing, thanks*

Don't smiley face palm me.

ROY WON'T THROW FUCKIN PUNCHES!

Especially when he fears someone is faster than him and due to multiple KO losses, his chin is pretty poor these days.

He's 44, shot, and extremely gun shy.

I'd pick him to beat Silva in a boxing match what with Anderson's whopping 1-1 pro boxing record from 10 years ago, but still I'd be weary as you cannot depend on Roy these days. He proved that against the powder punching unknown Polish kid.

The way your speaking im going to assume that you never seen mma guys in the boxing ring. Guys that are monsters with their hands in the ufc like silva and vitor, look like little kids with no power or skill in the ring. Its embarrassing, they can barely get through guys that are fighting for sandwiches. Roy would destroy him, and any guy that beat roy out of his prime would destroy him. Andersons punches would offer no power, or speed, or skill, boxing is a whole nother level of mastery, for christ, even jeff lacy would kick his ass.

[FinitoElDinamita]

THis is the thing that really annoys the shit outa me about the whole Boxing VS MMA thing. It was around two years ago when there were talks of Nick Diaz going up against Jeff Lacy in a boxing match.. The fight almost got made until Nick Diaz pulled out like a pansy.

It's unbelievable how so many so called boxing fans predicted that Diaz would win.. That's just stupid..

[Violent Demise]

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Silva (mma's equivalent to Roy Jones) was recently KO'd in a shocker of an upset.

Incidentally, before he was KO'd Silva was discussing a boxing match against one Roy Jones.

I feared Silva could beat Roy even in a boxing match or make it humiliatingly close due to Roy being totally shot and so merciful in recent years as to let anyone go the distance with him.

IF they do indeed box maybe Roy will be inspired by the recent KO loss of Silva and put some mustard on his shots.

*please don't be cocks and bury this in the mma section as it very much pertains to boxing, thanks*

Don't smiley face palm me.

ROY WON'T THROW FUCKIN PUNCHES!

Especially when he fears someone is faster than him and due to multiple KO losses, his chin is pretty poor these days.

He's 44, shot, and extremely gun shy.

I'd pick him to beat Silva in a boxing match what with Anderson's whopping 1-1 pro boxing record from 10 years ago, but still I'd be weary as you cannot depend on Roy these days. He proved that against the powder punching unknown Polish kid.

No you wouldn't. You're just back peddling. And that Polish kid destroys Silva or any MMA fighter that gets in a boxing ring

[Hulk]

Y! SPORTS

Silva (mma's equivalent to Roy Jones) was recently KO'd in a shocker of an upset.

Incidentally, before he was KO'd Silva was discussing a boxing match against one Roy Jones.

I feared Silva could beat Roy even in a boxing match or make it humiliatingly close due to Roy being totally shot and so merciful in recent years as to let anyone go the distance with him.

IF they do indeed box maybe Roy will be inspired by the recent KO loss of Silva and put some mustard on his shots.

*please don't be cocks and bury this in the mma section as it very much pertains to boxing, thanks*

Don't smiley face palm me.

ROY WON'T THROW FUCKIN PUNCHES!

Especially when he fears someone is faster than him and due to multiple KO losses, his chin is pretty poor these days.

He's 44, shot, and extremely gun shy.

I'd pick him to beat Silva in a boxing match what with Anderson's whopping 1-1 pro boxing record from 10 years ago, but still I'd be weary as you cannot depend on Roy these days. He proved that against the powder punching unknown Polish kid.

No you wouldn't. You're just back peddling. And that Polish kid destroys Silva or any MMA fighter that gets in a boxing ring

Sure I would tough guy. Hell, I was picking Roy to beat Prince Badi Ajamu when over half the forum was predicting Roy would get stopped early.

Roy has declined dramatically since even then tho, and it would concern me him boxing Anderson Silva as I think he would try to carry Silva and not throw many punches while Silva would most likely try to KO him.

[imp]

James toney against randy couture in the boxing ring would be opposite of what hapoened in the cage.

Roy jones owns any mma fighter in the boxing ring. Its that simple.

[Boxer4life]

i honestly believe a boxer has more of a chance in the cage than an mma fighter has in the ring

[Boxer4life]

let me just put it this way, you cant play football or do entertainment wrestling your whole life and then become a champ in boxing.

[imp]

let me just put it this way, you cant play football or do entertainment wrestling your whole life and then become a champ in boxing.

Good point.

Brock lesner was successful but only in the mma game.

[jehoshaphat]

let me just put it this way, you cant play football or do entertainment wrestling your whole life and then become a champ in boxing.

I do agree that a boxer has a better chance of success in MMA than the other way around because at least the boxer has mastered one of the arts coming in. But Brock Lesnar was not merely an entertainment wrestler. He was an actual superb REAL wrestler. He was an All American every year in juco then D1. He also was a D1 national champ. When Brock went to Minnesota his size and demeanor made him the scariest thing in the sport. He had a lot of his opponents terrified. His striking is terrible but wrestling is the best base for MMA so therefore he actually had the best base for MMA mastered before he even had a match. Dana won't admit it but the UFC gave Brock a title shot because of the star power he brought. Brock took UFC out of mediocrity whether they admit it or not. He never earned it(was only 2-1) and fittingly it was against a much smaller, old, and lesser skilled wrestler in Coutre. It would be like them wanting to give Klitschko a title and having him fight Mark Hunt. Klitschko would almost certainly be the UFC champ if he was given that match up. But he'd have to defend his title against versatile fighters and then would eventually get exposed on the ground like Brock got ran out of the sport for his lack of striking. The sports are really not comparable in this aspect. Boxing is a specialist sport and MMA is a versatility sport. By the way, if Anderson Silva tried to box that way against Roy it will be another sad quick ending for him. Even at Roy's deterioration he will outbox and probably KO Silva at some point in the fight. I really think Silva is only doing it for the million dollar payday that top boxers frequently get and UFC fighters get screwed out of.