Roy Jones Jr: Anderson Silva fight could be in the works as boxing legend reveals he is set to meet UFC chiefs

FORMER world boxing champ Roy Jones Jr is set to meet with the UFC to discuss the possibility of fighting Anderson Silva.

Reports claim the pair are desperate to fight each other on pay-per-view, no doubt seeing the grand attention Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor are getting for their potential bout.

Jones Jr is quoted as saying he will sit down with UFC chiefs to discuss ‘several things, and we’ll see what happens’.

Both he and Silva have talked up a clash on social media, and Jones Jr admits he would love to get in the ring with the Brazilian.

He told TheMacLife via : “Me and Anderson have, for five or six years now, been trying to get a boxing match between us.

“We’re two great icons of our sport, two legends, and it’s not often you get to see two legends get in the ring together.

“That’s been going on for the last five or six years, and if Conor and Floyd fight, [our addition] would make it a big event.

“I mean to put us on the undercard as the co-main would be a really, really big event. Not only us fighting but people want to see a boxer versus a MMA guy.

“[2013] was the closest [we got to it]. Anderson still wants it, he’s reaching the end of his prime zone. I’m reaching the end of my primal age.

“So if we’re gonna make it happen, there’s no better time than now.

“I’m thinking he’s feeling the way I’m feeling, and I know he’s been wanting to do it, because as soon as I [mentioned it] he came back and said ‘why should a man not be allowed to achieve his dream?’.

“His dream is mine, it’s a great situation for both of us that we both want.”