Huh...I must admit I'm shocked.  Assuming this is true.  But again...Roy's management is also in talks for 3 or 4 MAJOR boxing matches.  I'd assume they may be looking at this as a fall back "just in case" or possibly as a "go on PPV, beat the hell out of the consensus p4p guy in MMA and then you'll have some new pull with casual fans to use as leverage for a big fight"

I should also add that Jones is notoriously bad at helping promote fights.  He no-shows press conferences, conference calls, interviews...etc with regularity.

Mind you, Jones is my favorite combat athlete of all time...he is the reason I love boxing and my love of boxing translated into MMA easily.  But the dude really doesn't care about promoting fights anymore.

They would have to work the 185lb division so that the only people getting title shots are stand up guys.  
I wonder how the event would be done.  Maybe a couple mma fights and a couple boxing matches?

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You know what? I greatly welcome it. In a strict boxing environment, I think Roy smokes Anderson -- and I am one that puts Anderson on top of the MMA P4P list. But it WOULD be a big deal, and I would greatly look forward to it. Roy isn't an elite fighter anymore, he is what he is, but is Anderson Silva a better boxer than Tito Trinidad? Because Roy kicked Trinidad's ass in January.

It'd be fun, and I do hope it would unite the communities as some hope. The division between us is ridiculous. When Dan Rafael says, "I just don't enjoy MMA," I'm fine with that. But downplaying MMA as a boxing fan has never made sense to me.

In an MMA match, Silva mauls Roy unless Roy can force stand-up for a few minutes and win there. If you do kickboxing rules, Silva wins easy again.

I like Roy Jones and he's a great athlete, but Anderson Silva dusts him unless it's a pure boxing contest. Anything involving any other form of fighting and it's a no-contest.

My pal Brent said that Roy is shit at promoting his fights, and that's generally true. But he was uncharacteristically on time and gracious for promoting his fight with Trinidad. I think after having to do bullshit PPV fights with Anthony Hanshaw and Prince Badi Ajamu, Roy got a little bit humbled.

Just in case anyone forgot who RJ is:

I find RJ's highlight reels to be a lot of fun to watch as he has done some crazy shit over his career.  The one punch rib breaking body shot KO of Virgil Hill remains a personal favorite.  As does the absolute furious dismissal of Montell Griffin (Jones' first loss was on a DQ to Griffin...which was the ref's fault honestly) in the rematch.

Those were some sick HL vids.