If Roy Jones fights a standup MMA fighter who should it be?

Whitaker vs Anthony Jones was a very good match, as were pretty much all Whitaker fights. He was not a boring fighter. The Hopkins/Winky fight on the other hand was not a great fight to watch at all.

You need to watch the right fighters in MMA. Anderson is never boring.

 

chuck. He's aparently the "puncher". Dude would get woooooshed!

 

Gsp.

 

Anderson Silva

 

I have UFC 1-32 colection, but I just can't get into it. Whitker was a great fighter but he di have some boring fights. But one of my favorites was when he foghtthis guy from England. Jones was commentating and both were 1and 2 P4P. tHEN wHITAKER WAS about to knock dude out in the 12th. That was exciting

 

Under boxing rules? This doesn't make much sense. I can understand Roy not wanting grappling involved. I would like to see Roy vs Silva in a stand up striking match, with all strikes allowed. Punches, kicks, elbows, knees, and clinching.

 

I'm a fan of both sports... UFC has a PPV coming on 4/19, the same night as Hopkins vs. Calzaghe. I would not be surprised to see the UFC dramaically outsell HBO on that night

Manny's fight last week was considered a big deal in boxing circles, I think I read the numbers were 250K PPV buys.... UFC 71 did near 1M buys. In 2006, the UFC put on 10 events and averaged over 500K each.

Boxing had a great year last year, that needs to continue. ODLH rehashing a fight with Mayweather is a joke and only serves to hurt the sport.

I'm a fan of both, but to say "mma is done" is pretty foolish. Boxing wishes they had the numbers hat the UFC is pulling.

 

I know UFC is rapidly growing.......but surely the fact that the money in UFC isnt even worth comparing to boxing purse money....which leads me to believe that its still got a long long way to go to catch up with boxing...even if boxing is so called 'dying'. Top Boxing matches pull millions of $ for the champions, were top UFC matches pay out in thousands of $...doesnt that say it all? Or is it just the promoters ripping their fighters off and keeping it all to themselves? I dont think so.

If a top UFC fighter fought a top boxer under MMA rules then they will easily win. Same on the flip side.

 

If this fight does go ahead, it would seem that the popularity and technical aspect of boxing lays in Jones hands.. or chin... If he was quoted saying there no technique needed in MMA, then he's gotta destroy Silva within 2; hes beat many people by first round KO, so why not a guy with 'no boxing technique'.

Im a big Jones fan, but i dont wanna see this happen; its just a ridiculous idea IMO. Jones should fight the winner of Tarver Woods, so he can reinforce himself in the light heavies

 

He should fight Matt Hughes in a boxing match. That should shut the MMA fans up

 

that would be funny as hell. seeing poor matt get his head pounded in. these debates are a bit crazy without lots of training in the sport you will lose. the only reason a boxer may stand a better chance is they may be able to catch the MMA fighter with a quick shot. other than that MMA beats boxer in a cage, boxer beats MMA in boxing match. imagine what GSP would do to someone like Calzaghe in a cage.

 

It would be interesting to see an elite boxer fight under k1 rules. Some boxers have done ok in k1, and they were not boxing's best.

Boxing's best are still making too much money for them to risk such a thing. That's why you have fighters like Mercer, or Botha, trying after their title chances are gone.

 

Actually Manny's fight is way over 400,000 and counting, just to straighten the facts thats all.

 

One of my buddies was telling me that Roy Jones has a black belt in some martial art - but didn't know what the style was. Does anyone know if there is any truth to that?

 

Yeah he got it from this guy

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