- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Dana White: I want to promote boxing, the sport is broken and needs to be fixed
Posted on 1/7/18 at 8:22 pm
Posted on 1/7/18 at 8:22 pm
quote:
White - with the full backing of the UFC's parent company - is now planning to stage boxing events in 2018.
"When we did the Mayweather fight, I just watched and took it all in. I just think that all these guys... the guys who are promoting boxing today are bad at it - I don't think they do a good job, but I can do better. I know it sounds arrogant, but it's the truth. I think I can do a better job than these guys do. I think we can do it a lot better, a lot better," White told Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports.
"I think that we can actually add something to the sport, I think that we can raise the level of the sport of boxing and I'm interested in doing it."
White also threw water at Bob Arum, the CEO of Top Rank - stating that Arum's multi-year television deal with ESPN was not great.
"HBO has not been doing as much boxing as they have in the past. None of the other guys have been doing as much boxing as they have. F***ing Arum likes to yap, but his deal [with ESPN] isn't great. The deal that he has isn't a great deal. So over the next few years, how much money are all these guys really going to be making?," White explained.
"Just because something has been a certain way for so many years, doesn't mean it isn't broken and it can't be fixed. I know there are guys at the top who make a lot of money and then there are guys at the bottom who don't make anything. I can put together a system where all of these mid-level guys are making good money, supporting their families and the big guys can make the big money. You can spread the money out evenly.
"You have to go out and get a real TV deal, not a Bob Arum TV deal. And build the structure that we did in the UFC. Bob Arum is talking all this sh*t and he is copying literally every f***ing thing that we've done and regurgitating every f***ing thing that I've said over the last 17 years.
"When you put on a fight and you actually draw in the numbers and a f****g guy quits because his knuckle hurts [Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux]. You are doing the same thing where people are turning off their TVs. That's the problem, is that these fighters go on ESPN and tank. Do you think the people who bought tickets to that fight and left were happy with the performance?
"That's been a big problem with boxing.... do you know how many fighters that I've seen in my day who know that they've already got their paycheck and that's it. So I have ideas to fix it. I'm not saying that I'll come in there and fix everything. But I'm saying that I have ideas, I think I can do it better and I'm going to give it a shot."
LINK
Posted on 1/7/18 at 8:25 pm to Bench McElroy
That and 37 different “World Champions” in the same weight class.
Posted on 1/7/18 at 8:26 pm to Bench McElroy
Does he have to say “frick” so many times in an interview? It makes him sound like a jackass
Posted on 1/7/18 at 8:27 pm to Bench McElroy
I don't know much about the sweet science, but it does look like it's dominated by the same 2-3 promo companies and that is much of the problem. Good for Dana if he can break that cartel.
Posted on 1/7/18 at 8:30 pm to Bench McElroy
I didn't need to read that wall of text to decipher that as "I want to promote boxing because it makes a shite ton more money than MMA."
Posted on 1/7/18 at 8:31 pm to Prominentwon
quote:
That and 37 different “World Champions” in the same weight class.
The judging system is also antiquated and corrupt.
3 mostly old, mostly incompetent bozos who care barely see the action deciding things? NOPE.
Posted on 1/7/18 at 8:44 pm to Ed Osteen
quote:
It makes him sound like a jackass
And he isn't?
Jackasses rise to the top. Only in America.
Posted on 1/7/18 at 8:47 pm to Coach Buzzcut
2017 was a great year ing boxing....not so great in UFC/MMA.
We can see right through this
We can see right through this
Posted on 1/7/18 at 9:48 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Whatever happened to King?
Posted on 1/7/18 at 9:57 pm to CRDNLSCHMCPSN11
quote:
Whatever happened to King?
Apparently he moved into the White House.
Damn, this fossil is like Lazarus.
He stole all of Holyfield's money and Tyson's money and Ali's money...and still he rises.
This man is the greatest Used Car Salesman of all-time.
(oh, and he also killed a guy) Only in America!
Posted on 1/7/18 at 10:00 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Who will he swindle next?
Posted on 1/7/18 at 10:04 pm to CRDNLSCHMCPSN11
Dana white is by far the best and most real sports executive out there. Dude doesn't have a filter and I like it.
Posted on 1/7/18 at 10:11 pm to diat150
I like him too. He’s very up front about what he perceives to be wrong or right about his sport. Unlike other commissioners who give nothing but boring cliche answers and pretends to care about the players and fans.
Posted on 1/7/18 at 11:10 pm to diat150
UFC cool has worn the frick off and it shows. So it’s on to the next thing
Posted on 1/8/18 at 8:04 am to Bench McElroy
He doesn't want to fix it. He saw behind the scenes and all that money thrown around in boxing when McGregor fought. He sees dollar signs.
Posted on 1/8/18 at 8:07 am to YNWA
Yeah I saw some rumors og this a couple weeks ago. They used the Maywheater-UFC story to cover up their real intentions to create their own boxing league
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News