Dana White: The Klitschko brothers are an embarrassment to the sport of boxing

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Despite being the head of the largest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion in the world, White knows the "sweet science" pretty well, being a "boxing guy" before he ever got into cage fighting.

And just like he does with his own fighters, he isn't afraid to criticize the best-of-the-best boxing has to offer.

So when asked to give his opinion on the current state of its heavyweight division, specifically Wladimir Klitschko, the outspoken White didn't hold back and wasn't too kind when breaking down the Ukrainian's recent performance against Alexander Povetkin.

And older brother Vitali wasn't safe from Dana's verbal lashing during a recent media scrum, either.

"The Klitschko fricking fight was the most disgusting, embarrassing thing. The fact that he got paid $17 million for that fight. The first fricking punch he threw, they stand in the center of the ring, the bell rings, he throws a punch and holds him. He did it the whole fight; he should have been disqualified for that. Then, in the twelfth round, he didn't throw any punches. That's all he did the whole round (hold). That's the heavyweight champion of the fricking world. Normally, in boxing, the heavyweights, like when Tyson was in there, heavyweight matches were exciting. Who the...I don't know who wants to watch that shite. I watched it and it's literally embarrassing. It's fricking embarrassing. Those guys are an embarrassment to the sport of boxing. Vitali's the exciting one, right? I don't even, I've watched few of their fights and I get sick when I watch their fights."

And according to the Las Vegas fight boss, the heavyweight division in boxing is lost, thanks to the Klitschkos:

"When that's your heavyweight champion, the heavyweight division is lost. I saw the Klitschko brothers in L.A one time. They are fricking monsters. They are huge. But, how are you going to fight a guy that doesn't want to fight? That guy doesn't want to fight, he wants to grab you from your head and lay on you. It's embarrassing, it's fricking disgusting. I can't believe they found someone to pay this guy $17 million dollars, it's embarrassing."

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