Dana White Throws Verbal Jabs at Oscar De La Hoya

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

UFC president Dana White has been a critic of the way boxing is run for a long time. Many boxing fans don't like him, but agree with his comments on why the sport of boxing is troubled. White's recent comments took aim at Oscar De La Hoya and his promotional company, Golden Boy Promotions. He went after the way De La Hoya does business and the undercards that accompany Oscar's pay-per-view appearances. [details]

I dont like UFC nor Dana, but the guy is right. I think having UFC and Dana around will be good for boxing, because they are going to push the promoters to make better cards, instead of a good main event a a ****ty undercards!!!!

[Low Blow Armo]

He's right. **** Golden Boy. **** Don King and Bob Arum and all those bitches. But, there is no doubt that Golden Boy is the biggest cancer in the sport. We suffer while Oscar and Hopkins become billionaires.

[ИATAS]

but he pays his fighters peanuts compared to the top boxing stars.

plus, he is the president/dictator of UFC. It works totally different then boxing. If boxing had one single organization or at least only one popular/relevant body, it would work similar. There could be a single guy at the top that calls the shots. Boxing is totally different with multiple organizations, international fighters, etc etc etc. There are pluses and minuses of both systems.

I would love some of the organizations to go bye bye in boxing, or merge, but I would never want boxing exaclty like the UFC, and have a 2-1 fighter matched up against a champion, etc. One of the good things about boxing is that a fighter can have time to become great...often in the UFC fighters are prematurely put in the ring with guys on a different level. Of course sometimes that's a good thing but I'm just saying there are both completely different and it should remain that way.

[El Dominicano]

People that ain't the problem here. Dana may be speaking the truth

but DON'T act like he don't be ****ting on boxing

[MOREBASS]

I think having UFC and Dana around will be good for boxing, because they are going to push the promoters to make better cards, instead of a good main event a a ****ty undercards!!!!

Wow ! Someone with some sense, finally !


This was the entire point of my thread about MMA and Boxing!

[El Dominicano]

He's right. **** Golden Boy. **** Don King and Bob Arum and all those bitches. But, there is no doubt that Golden Boy is the biggest cancer in the sport. We suffer while Oscar and Hopkins become billionaires.

What has B-Hop done?!

?!

?!?!

[Miburo]

Ironic statements considering the abysmal fight purses 99% of UFC fighters receive.

[MOREBASS]

Ironic statements considering the abysmal fight purses 99% of UFC fighters receive.

How so ?


Randy Couture's purse was a guaranteed $250,000 + another $250,000 should he win.

Obviously he didn't, but due to the great success of the fight on PPV, Randy is going to end up making around 2.6 million from that fight alone.


I understand these guys aren't making nearly as much as boxer's make, but MMA is a growing sport, and the UFC also pays for all of the marketing and promotion for every fight. Money that a boxer would pay his promoter to do.

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Ironic statements considering the abysmal fight purses 99% of UFC fighters receive.

But White is not the guy in the main event pocketing all of the money. The money top UFC fighters make is rising every year. It may never get to a boxing level of $20 million a fight, but who knows.

You can't compare the earning of one sport to the other. Some avergae baseball players make 200-400 a year and have to play game upon game, but an average fighter can make that for a single fight.

[Vladimir303]

but he pays his fighters peanuts compared to the top boxing stars.

Exactly, he will only keep up what he is doing for so long. Once the UFC fighters realize that he is paying them barely above minimum wage and cashing in most for himself........playtime will be over.

The consistant great undercards in boxing used to be a regular back in the old days, 40's, 50's and 50's. That's when boxing was at it's prime. But fighters back then got paid peanuts. That's what UFC is doing right now.