Chavez, 35, has a career record of 52-5-1-1, and is still active, having fought twice in 2020 (1-1). He was undefeated (46-0-1) until he lost to Sergio Martínez in 2012, when he lost the WBC middleweight title. Since then he is 6-4, but has still never been T/KO'd. Silva, 45, has a pro boxing record of 1-1, having lost to Osmar Teixeira in 1998, and beaten Julio Cesar de Jesus in 2005. He last competed in MMA in 2020, losing by TKO to Uriah Hall. Silva is 1-7-1 in MMA since 2013, four of those losses coming via T/KO.
https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2021...ins-in-boxing-return-vs-julio-cesar-chavez-jr GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Anderson Silva was successful in his return to professional boxing. The former UFC middleweight champion defeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. via split decision in the main card of Tribute to the Kings. The scores read 75-77, 77-75, and 77-75 in favor of Silva. It was an eight-round professional boxing bout. Right off the gate, The 46-year-old Silva took the outside of the ring while Chavez Jr. stalked and pressured him. That was the tale of the first three rounds of the fight. Silva used his footwork to move around and pick his shots, while Chavez Jr. attacked often to the body and head. Silva definitely held his own in the first three, but Chavez Jr. seemed to land more often and connect with the cleaner blows. Towards the end of round three, Silva was taunting and showing his vintage bravado against Chavez Jr., a signal that the tides were turning.
