MMA legend Anderson Silva will strap on boxing gloves for the first time in more than 15 years to face veteran Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. this Saturday in Guadalajara, Mexico, in Silva’s third time competing inside the squared circle.
Silva’s first boxing experience happened in May 22, 1998, when he met Osmar Teixeira in a 155-pound match. Silva was 2-0 at the time in MMA, having won a one-night, four-man MMA tournament a month before in Brazil, while Teixeira, who is seven years older than “The Spider,” held a 7-2 record as a professional boxer that night in União da Vitoria, Brazil.