Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Anderson Silva: Fight prediction, card, start time, date, how to watch

The UFC legend will take on the son of a boxing legend in the co-main event of a PPV from Mexico on Saturday night

For better or for worse, 46-year-old UFC legend Anderson Silva will return to the familiar platform of pay-per-view fighting on Saturday, only this time it will come in the sport of boxing.  Silva (34-11, 1 NC in MMA) will take on former boxing middleweight titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (52-5-1, 34 KOs) in an eight-round professional bout at Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara, Mexico. The bout shares co-billing with an exhibition pairing Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. against Hector Camacho Jr.  It may have been many decades ago but Silva, the former UFC middleweight champion, took part in a pair of professional boxing matches in his native Brazil -- in 1998 and 2005 -- and finished with a record of 1-1. This time the stakes and level of attention placed upon the fight are much different, as is the contracted weight.