Why do people even talk about "Silva winss in an MMA match". That isn't even an option. Roy has NO interest in an MMA match. To even suggest it is like saying who would do better in a brain surgery contest or as a Top Gun fighter pilot. We are talking ONLY about a boxing match. Period.
It's just people trying to put an asterisk on the foregone conclusion that Silva gets his ass handed to him in this match, because that doesn't sparkle with them as nuthuggers of his.
The real question is why would Silva fight Jones in a boxing match? It makes as much as sense as Jones facing Silva in an MMA match. How about Derek Jeter playing basketball with the Knicks? Two different sports; two different athletes. One unnecessary and meaningless circus. atsch
Here is THE answer to all of this. Silva makes about $300-400,000 per match in UFC. In a fight against Roy Jones he makes a minimum of $5 million. 'Nuf said. If you need another answer here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LchpACY7ZVY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o0c8...eature=related
Difference being Jeter hasn't competed as a pro basketball player. Silva fancies himself a great striker with great boxing. Enough so that he's campaigned as a pro boxer. Clearly if there's even been the slightest consideration of this fight taking place Silva himself thinks he belongs in the ring with Jones. :nut