Anderson Silva in a BOXING match...

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

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[MJ406]

this was posted in the MMA forum I believe

what's the necessity/relevance?

[Scott9945]

Silva is a terrific athlete, and my favorite MMA guy to watch. He looked like a younger Antonio Tarver in that clip.

[SkillspayBills]

Very good, I wonder how much he has improved since then.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Silva is a terrific athlete, and my favorite MMA guy to watch. He looked like a younger Antonio Tarver in that clip.

Very good body shots.

If he was to get into purely boxing, do you think he may be a contender? Would he be at LHW?

[Scott9945]

Very good body shots.

If he was to get into purely boxing, do you think he may be a contender? Would he be at LHW?

If Silva had started in boxing he definitely would have been a major factor. Switching now would be a challenge, as I'm assuming he's around 30. The weight classes in UFC are higher than in boxing. I know that Silva bulked up to 205 for his last fight and regularly fights at 180 (I think) as a middleweight. So he could be a cruiser or a lightheavy, depending on how easy he drops weight training as a boxer.

[El Dominicano]

**** man! and he was gonna fight RJJ. What the hell got in the way!

[deanrw]

I had to check Boxrec to see if he fought more as a boxer. Had two fights, that one and one way back in 1998 where he got KO'd in his pro debut.

I think that could be a reason why he went into MMA full time.

[S.G.]

it was his opponents first pro match and to be honest he's one of the worst boxers i've ever seen

like was said in the Calzaghe thread: anyone can look good against a bum

you forget he lost his other pro fight to a journeyman

[Scott9945]

**** man! and he was gonna fight RJJ. What the hell got in the way!

The owner of UFC, Dana White. I guess that makes Silva a coward just like Margarito.