On the eve of the Hopkins bout there is still discussion of Jones vs Silva

Jones would destroy Silva.

 

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This was against an amateur boxer at Wild Card who was basically clueless and obviously a begginer.

Fast foward to 9 minutes.

 

I think Roy beats him.

 

He didn't look like a big puncher in that video.

And this sport is boxing. The guys in this sport are conditioned to take punches.

And even if Silva is a big puncher, he makes a lot of technical mistakes that Roy could capitalize on, who by the way is a bigger puncher than Silva.

And even Roy at this stage in his career, is the better athlete and more explosive.

But what it really comes down to is experience.

Silva just doesn't have it, and you can tell by looking at his form and the way he conducts himself in the ring against the amateur fighter above.

 

Yea Silva can knock guys out in the UFC, but a pro boxer dude? And one of the best of all time? Roy would make him look like a kid

 

Will not happen, This will be RJJ last fight, hopkins will KO Roy and he will be finished.

 

In a kickboxing or Muy Thai match it would be all Silva but Silva isn't a pro boxer by any means and RJJ would beat him handily unless Roy is ever more badly faded than I think.

Silva might be the single best striker in MMA but that isn't the same as being the best boxer. It's likely that Silva is no where near conditioned to box for 12 rounds. Not that boxing 12 3 minute rounds is harder than fighting 5 5 minute rounds, just that it is completely different. For instance, against Calzaghe Jones threw nearly 500 punches and had nearly 1000 punches thrown at him... I just doubt very much with so limited experience that Silva could beat Jones even way past his prime.

I think GSP has a better chance of winning an olympic medal in wrestling, to be honest, and it is far from sure that he can even make the team, last I heard.

 

According to Roach Silva only went at 30 or 40% in the Wild Card in his opinion.

how do you know that that guy hes sparing is an amateur either?

All I knows is that he's a heavyweight.

 

To put things into perspective, look at the speed that Jones still has even at this age.

He is a phenomenal athlete.

And Anderson Silva doing a poor man Roy Jones impersonation in the ring, who himself had obvious technical flaws, spells disaster.


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Especially considering you can see how raw Silva looks when he's sparring the amateur in this video.


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A) Do you have a source for that?

B) Even if he was going 30% which is doubtful, because how would you determine that, he showed obvious flaws in his game which would be exploited by a seasoned boxer. You can tell he's trying to immitate Roy Jones which isn't the best idea to begin with, but doesn't have anywhere near the athleticism that Roy Jones posesses, even at this stage in his career. Which, isn't a knock on Silva, it's just that Roy is phenomenal athlete. But it's also why he got rocked at 9:00 and if he didn't have head gear on, probably would have been down.

C) The guy is obviously an amateur because he's talking to his corner and doing things in the ring to make it clear that he's obviously a begginer. You did watch the video right? He's asking his trainer things that only a guy who is just starting would ask.

 

Sorry, but you gotta be a fukin ****** to even compare Silva's boxing abilities against an ATG boxer such as Roy, let alone any contender in professional boxing. Give your head a shake

 

Jones

 

even Jones of today would school anderson in a boxing match