It’s always been Anderson Silva’s dream to step into the boxing ring to fight his longtime idol Roy Jones Jr.
Silva, the former UFC middleweight champion, originally wanted to fight Jones back in 2009. ‘The Spider’ was hoping his boxing masterclass against Forrest Griffin would lure Jones into the ring, but the six-time world champion wasn’t interested.
That was back then, in 2009. But today, in 2018, Jones wants to make Silva’s dream become a reality and urged UFC president Dana White to give them both the green light to enter formal negotiations.