After finishing the contract with UFC at the end of last year, the legendary MMA Anderson Silva decided to return to Boxing and confront the former WBC Champion Julio César Chávez Jr.
Considered the “underlear” in this match, Silva has not played Boxing since 2005 and only two professional matches. Meanwhile, Chavez Jr. The son of the most famous Boxing superstar Mexico – Chavez SR – and also the former WBC Middleweight.
After 8 tense rounds, Anderson Silva won an unanimous victory on the transcript (75-77, 77-75, 77-75).
“I like to play,” Silva said in an interview after the match. “Boxing is my dream for many years. I need to show my respect for this sport. I need to come here and try my best.”
The match was held at an 182 pound weight with eight union three minutes. On Saturday, Chavez Jr was over 2.4 pounds on the official scaling day, which made his remuneration cut 100.00 USD to Silva.
The match between Silva and Chavez Jr started slowly, but Silva began to be more confident in the third half and had the same way as the peak.
Silva started to let go and mocked Chavez Jr in the third half, the most beautiful performance was when considering the great distance of boxing experience. Silva carried that confidence and began to hurt Chavez Jr in the fourth half with coordinated phases and left -handed punches.
Chavez Jr also launched some accurate punches on Silva, but these blows did not cause great damage. In the seventh half, Silva made Chavez Jr., torn a line on her eyes and heavy bleeding. This has contributed to the victory of the Brazilian boxer.
“I think this may be a draw,” Chavez Jr. speak. “I failed to launch more punches. He did not deal much damage. There were a few good halfs.”