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Professional boxer Roy Jones Jr., in his latest attempt to organize a fight with UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, has offered to fight “The Spider” in the UFC octagon instead of the boxing ring, but UFC President Dana White has nixed the contest. “You won’t see a Silva versus Jones fight while Silva is under contract [...]
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No doubt jones was a great boxer but MMA is a totally different ball game & Jones being past his prime would certainly get injured or worse. nobody would win in the end!
Lets Keep it real
I could go on-and-on, but the point is they all appear to be world-class athletes to me.
Ironically your second myth can be dismantled courtesy of a "backyard brawler": If you recall it took Kimbo Slice 74 seconds to submit former WBO Heavyweight boxing champion Ray Mercer. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oihc7Rmfp0U)
The case file regarding boxers vs. Mixed-Martial Artists is still being built, but your argument that "most flyweights would beat down half the UFC" is hardly legitimate.