Anderson Silva is in action for boxing in more opportunities than in the UFC, but he himself said that at any moment his career comes to an end for good
Anderson Silva has this Saturday, 14, his third commitment in boxing in an interval of less than a year. Even if it is in more opportunities than when he was in action for the UFC, fans of the fighter who want to follow his confrontations need to take advantage of every announcement of a new fight.
This weekend, Spider will be on the helipad of the iconic Burj Al Arab hotel, in Dubai, to face his compatriot Bruno Caveira, in an exhibition boxing match of up to eight rounds of three minutes each, with a limit of 88kg. In conversation with “Combate”, Anderson Silva confessed to be living a beautiful moment in the ring, but that can be less frequent.
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“All high-level athletes demand themselves, but I’m in a new moment. Fighting is still something I love a lot, I really like it, it’s something that as long as I’m still able to do, as long as God continues to bless me with health and technical ability to continue training and be able to fight at a high level, I’ll be doing it”said before completing.
“But my life has taken other directions. I have to take care of my companies, my business, both in Brazil and in Los Angeles. Here (in Dubai) we are opening a business too. The fight is something that is moving away, is falling behind”, concluded the former UFC middleweight (up to 83.9kg) champion.
Owning a career full of records in the UFC, where he stayed for almost 15 years, Spider couldn’t fulfill his desire to face Roy Jones Jr. in boxing. This because Dana White and the organization would not release the athlete. Despite this, the fighter revealed that he doesn’t live with frustrations, but he also doesn’t want to think about the UFC anymore.
“I’ve been training boxing for a long time, I started training many years ago at Corinthians. But I think that everything that happens in our lives has to happen at the right time. God knows all things, and he puts everything in the right place at the right time.” right (…). No, absolutely nothing (frustration)”, said the fighter.
“Actually, at the time I suggested this boxing match with Roy Jones it was nothing more, nothing less, what happened next with Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather. ago, but it didn’t happen, anyway… The UFC for me is in the past”, revealed Anderson Silva.
After leaving the UFC, following the loss to Uriah Hall in October 2020, Anderson Silva has won both of his boxing fights so far. At first, he won. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in a split decision in June 2021. In September, in Florida, he faced the also ex-UFC Tito Ortiz and knocked out the American.
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