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26/11/08 - Anderson still set on boxing career
Anderson Silva still has his heart set on boxing professionally once he is done with MMA, according to a recent interview.
The UFC middleweight champion told Tatame magazine that boxing "is still in my plans" following retirement from his current career.
Silva talked of a fight with Roy Jones Jr. last year but that plan was quickly squashed by the UFC, which would not give him permission to fight outside the organisation.
"I've been training boxing in Freddie Roach's gym for a while," said Silva. "I went to New York for the fight of Roy Jones Jr. and I'm training a some boxing here. It's in my plans, it's one of my personal projects."
Silva also denied that he would be fighting Chuck Liddell at UFC 95 in London, contradicting rumours that have been circulating in recent weeks.
However, it has also been speculated that he may face the loser of either Griffin-Evans or Rampage-Wanderlei, both of which take place in December.
John Joe O'Regan
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