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Chavez Jr. to box MMA’s Silva

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mixed martial arts great Anderson Silva has agreed to take on veteran boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in an eight-round light heavyweight boxing match June 19 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The pay-per-view card also will include a six-round exhibition bout between 58-year-old Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. and 42-year-old Hector Camacho Jr., organizers told The Associated Press on Thursday.

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