Roy Jones Jr is extremely eager about this deal being sealed with the UFC. If it goes through, he is going to face Anderson Silva.
The fans want to see a spectacle and they might just get it. Nothing has been finalized just yet when it comes to Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor fighting but one thing’s for sure-Roy Jones Jr doesn’t want to miss out on this action. In fact, he wants to be on that card as a co-main event. Wouldn’t that be a treat? If you’ve kept up with both Anderson Silva and Jones, you’ll know that this fight has been in the works for quite some time now. Jones is set to meet UFC president Dana White. If this isn’t further indication that Mayweather v McGregor might be a real thing, I’m not sure what is.
Here’s what we know so far:
Jones laid things out for Conor McGregor’s news website The Mac Life.
“Me and Anderson have, for five or six years now, been trying to get a boxing match between us,” Jones said. “We’re two great icons of our sport, two legends, and it’s not often you get to see two legends get in the ring together. That’s been going on for the last five or six years, and if Conor and Floyd do fight, us would make it a big event. I mean to put us on the undercard as the co-main would be a really, really big event. Not only us fighting but people want to see a boxer versus a MMA guy.”
“Anderson still wants it, he’s about 40 years old, he’s reaching the end of his career, he’s reaching the end of his prime zone. I’m reaching the end of my primal age, so if we’re gonna make it happen, there’s no better time than now. I’m thinking he’s feeling the way I’m feeling, and I know he’s been wanting to do it, because as soon as I [mentioned it] he came back and said ‘Why should a man not be allowed to achieve his dream?’ and his dream is mine, it’s a great situation for both of us that we both want.”
Dreams deserved to be achieved one way or another, in addition, some fans have also dreamed about this. Only time will tell if these matches will ever be set in stone.