Joe Joyce, Joseph Parker come in hefty for their heavyweight fight

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on MMAJunkie.com.

LOS ANGELES – You are Anderson Silva. You are in the twilight of your career, many would say even beyond. You are a former UFC Middleweight Champion and one of the greatest Mixed Martial Artists of all time. A lot of people have you at their MMA Mount Rushmore.

So why, at 47, would you choose to fight a 25-year-old YouTuber and social media influencer who’s only just starting to create a buzz in boxing?

“This is a good challenge,” Silva told MMA Junkie of his upcoming boxing match with Jake Paul.

Sure enough, Silva and Paul will square…

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