Anderson Silva told a fan in a now-deleted Instagram comment he will be fighting Jake Paul in his next boxing outing.
The former UFC middleweight champion is a legendary fighter and has reinvented himself in the boxing world after being dropped from the MMA promotion in 2020 amid a disastrous run of form. He went 1-7 after his record-breaking title run was ended by Chris Weidman in 2013, but has won his two professional boxing fights since returning to the ring last year.
The first of those wins was an impressive scalp over former world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr by split decision in Mexico. He followed that up with a vicious knock out over ex-UFC champion Tito Ortiz on Evander Holyfield's return card, and a completely dominant performance in a scoreless exhibition against Bruno Machado on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather vs Don Moore.
