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Dana White goes off on Bob Arum over comments on Terence Crawford: He's a fricking scumbag

Posted on 11/19/20 at 10:22 am
Posted by Bench McElroy
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 11/19/20 at 10:22 am
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Following Crawford’s successful defense of his WBO world welterweight title over Kell Brook this past weekend, the Hall of Fame promoter and Top Rank boss revealed that he had lost money promoting his athlete in the past three bouts and urged the American to sell himself more.

“He’s got to promote like [Teofimo] Lopez does. He’s got to promote like Shakur [Stevenson] does. Like [Floyd] Mayweather did. Like [Manny] Pacquiao did. If he doesn’t, then who the f-ck needs him,” Arum told The Athletic.

“He may be the greatest fighter in the world, but, hey, I ain’t going bankrupt promoting him. The question is, ‘Do we want to keep him?’ I could build a house in Beverly Hills on the money I’ve lost on him in the last three fights, a beautiful home,” he added.

Arum’s pronouncement drew the ire of White as he erupted in an expletive-filled press conference of Dana White’s Contender Series.

“His problem isn’t to figure out how you make money. You f—king signed a deal with this kid. How many people we have on the roster, our roster is very inflated right now. We have a very big roster, the biggest roster we’ve ever had in the history of the company,” said White.

“I have to pay all these kids. How I pay them is not their f—king problem. It’s my f—king problem,” the UFC president noted.

“Imagine me saying ‘I got to pay Conor McGregor this much money, I could have built a house in Beverly Hills.’ Shut the f--k up, you f--king scumbag. Pay your f--king fighter what you owe him, do your job. Bob Arum is a piece of f--king sh-t.”


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Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
112370 posts
Posted on 11/19/20 at 10:25 am to
Idk if it’s a smart idea to start scolding other people about fighter pay if you’re Dana, given how much of a sore subject it’s been for him the last few years

But he is right
This post was edited on 11/19/20 at 10:26 am
Posted by Drew Brews
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Member since Feb 2018
1958 posts
Posted on 11/19/20 at 10:32 am to
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Shut the f--k up, you f--king scumbag. Pay your f--king fighter what you owe him, do your job. Bob Arum is a piece of f--king sh-t.”


Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
82061 posts
Posted on 11/19/20 at 10:35 am to
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’ I could build a house in Beverly Hills on the money I’ve lost on him in the last three fights, a beautiful home,” he added.
Posted by David Ricky
Hailing From Parts Unknown
Member since Sep 2015
24257 posts
Posted on 11/19/20 at 10:37 am to
The Bob Arums and Don Kings of this world are one of the biggest problems with boxing imo. These buzzards squeeze every nickel they can out of any boxer they get ahold of until they are no longer useful.

What an astounding lack of awareness that the promoter who is worth $300 million is bitching at the boxer for not promoting himself better. Lmao what is he paying Arum for then?
This post was edited on 11/19/20 at 10:39 am
Posted by Markie812
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2007
2934 posts
Posted on 11/19/20 at 10:53 am to
Dana knows how to run a major sport even if you want to criticize him for fighter pay. The UFC is continuing to grow and that will eventually help fighters prize money. The fights and names are growing though which can’t really be denied. If Dana didn’t build the apex or have fight island which both costs enormous amounts they would be in huge trouble from this year.
Posted by Hester Carries
Member since Sep 2012
22487 posts
Posted on 11/19/20 at 10:55 am to
Boxing promoters and MMA promoters arguing about this shite is as dumb as stockcar racers arguing with monster-truck drivers.

There is literally nothing similar about the 2.
Posted by Jamohn
Das Boot
Member since Mar 2009
13544 posts
Posted on 11/19/20 at 11:38 am to
If a "promoter" is telling a fighter to promote himself, what the frick is the promoter's job? The network broadcasts the fight and the fighter fights. If Arum is not promoting, he's just a frickin leach reaching into the pockets of both sides for doing nothing. And lets not forget his feud with Al Haymon who holds all the talent at 147 is the reason Crawford hasn't been able to get legacy-building opponents. It's incredible the lack of self-awareness this piece of shite has.
Posted by ClampClampington
Nebraska
Member since Jun 2017
3967 posts
Posted on 11/19/20 at 6:15 pm to
Think Bud might promote himself better if his promoter Arum could actually line up legitimate challengers. Everyone has successfully ducked Crawford so far, there is no person he will back down from. Why don’t you do your job Bob?
Posted by mametoo
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2008
3219 posts
Posted on 11/19/20 at 9:50 pm to
Hey KBeezy, what do you think of Dana White?
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