Dana White Throws Verbal Jabs at Oscar De La Hoya

[markosg]

Right. Anyway, explain to me why Dana White claims to want his fighters to ONLY fight the best, yet wasn't willing to pay Fedor Emelianenko enough money. He was the best heavyweight available to fight Randy Couture, but was such a tight wad bastard, that he robbed fans of the fight they wanted to see. And a fighter that America wanted to see, NOW.

That is so narrow minded..... that is one fight that he hasn't maid yet.... How many fights weren;t made in boxing history because of politics???

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

I can only post what the athletic commission releases, Delahoya probably made 50 million against Pacquiao but I can only say he made 26 million confirmed. Bringing up endorsements and under the table money is an easy way Dana White justifies paying the fighter jack ****.

So we got Rashad making 190K with the fight bonus.

add say 40 to 50k extra to show and win purses. That be around 230K

Then you got to add rediculous money he's getting from Microsoft, Toyo, Silver Star, etc. etc.

Say he got close to two mill.

[Fulcrum29]

yeah he's right about oscar only caring about himself but so what? Why does boxingscene always post what dana white says about the sport? That's like a golfing website posting Vince McMahon's opinions on the sport.

lmfao so true

[Kris Silver]

Dana is dead right. How often recently have we debated potential fights, and the reason they don't come off is because of networks, promotional companies, or not enough money in them? How many fights have had poor undercards and it's predictable it's to make later fights more do able, or better, financially?

Numerous of times, infact it's a majority of the time fights aren't coming off, there's poor undercards or shows. The funny thing is, Boxing is often doing this to make a bigger buck that night. But as MMA has shown, in the long run not doing that grows the sport and makes a bigger buck in the future. So boxing essentially ends up trying to make more money short term, but minimises it's audience and earnings in the future, thus overall.

[mrpain81]

We say that UFC fighter ar eapid peanuts compared to the 'top' boxers........ but i bet at the intermediate and lower level they are being paid more.

Come on guys we are fans of the sport..... fighters getting more money is not our problem. We want to get value for money when it comes to paying to see our fav fighters in action.

Dana is dead right...... plus ufc is accesible to the average fan when it comes to actually attended fights, top boxing matches with terrible undercards (Jones-Trinidad, Jones-Calzaghe, DLH- PacMan, All Ricky Hatton fights) are too expensive for the average blue collar earner earner to attend.

Would you rather see oscar paid $30m with a **** undercard or see that money spread around for a couple of decent undercard fights?????

It's not about that, it's about this ****er acting all high and mighty like he's doing such a noble thing. Don King used to have the same contracts the UFC has now, you want to see what kind of cards he used to put out in the 90's??

Simon Brown vs Terry Norris
Azuma Nelson vs Jesse James Leija
Gerald McClellan vs Julian Jackson
Ricardo Lopez vs Kermin Guardia
Julio C Chavez vs Frankie Randall

That was all in one card on PPV, after the Ali act passed most of Don Kings contracts became illegal. He would only let you fight for a title if you signed with his promotion, if you kept winning you couldn't leave DKP. Guess which MMA company does the same thing now??

Here is the UFC contract fighters must sign.

http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles...-contract-9734

Here is the UFC doing everything they can to not have to obey the Ali act.

While the UFC has been highly active on a state by state basis in trying to shape the regulation of mixed martial arts, the UFC entered the fray on a national level recently by hiring Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck to lobby on Capitol Hill.

“UFC is at the point where they are one of the fastest-growing sports leagues, and we want to make sure members of Congress are aware of the changes MMA has undergone,� said Makan Delrahim, a former top Justice Department official who is now a lobbyist at Brownstein Hyatt.

The UFC also looks to use the lobbying firm to resist efforts to place the UFC under regulation relating to professional boxing. In short, they are looking to do everything they possibly can to not be listed under the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act of 2000 and Professional Boxing *********s Act of 2007, regulating among other things contracts between fighters and promoters.

“Sometimes those types of laws can become vehicles for other things, affecting other sports,� Delrahim said.

“Boxing has a whole different story and certain laws may have been appropriate, but it is a whole different operation for MMA; it wouldn’t make sense to apply the same rules.�

Inclusion of the UFC under the two aforementioned boxing reform acts would basically turn the standard UFC fighter contract on it’s ear. The standard UFC contract is largely seen as one-sided, favoring the corporation to an almost draconian degree.

http://mmapayout.com/2008/05/ufc-hires-washington-lobbying-firm/

Don't buy into the bull**** Dana White is selling.

[mrpain81]

So we got Rashad making 190K with the fight bonus.

add say 40 to 50k extra to show and win purses. That be around 230K

Then you got to add rediculous money he's getting from Microsoft, Toyo, Silver Star, etc. etc.

Say he got close to two mill.

You got any sources or are you just pulling those numbers straight from your ass??

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

So, what you're telling me is.. When boxing promoters pad their fighters records, and keep them safe. It's bad.

When Dana White does it, it's smart business?

I've never seen him pad yet. There are times where he tries to shoehorn favorites into title positions, but he's failed time and again doing that. There are also times when a division or two is weak of talent and saying you're the #1 contender of that division is akin to saying you're the smartest ****** on the shortbus.

But I haven't seen him pad.

Trust me, I'd spit if there was padding, but I haven't seen it.

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

You got any sources or are you just pulling those numbers straight from your ass??

Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer newsletter. You can also check Fightopinion.com a couple years back. I think Zach Arnold archived his coverage of the Couture/UFC lawsuit.

I'm speculating a cool mill off Microsoft. That's just me.

[mrpain81]

Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer newsletter. You can also check Fightopinion.com a couple years back. I think Zach Arnold archived his coverage of the Couture/UFC lawsuit.

Yes but you have any sources to come up with 2 million???

The 190k already included his win bonus and fight of the night bonus btw.

[THe TRiNiTY]

That is so narrow minded..... that is one fight that he hasn't maid yet.... How many fights weren;t made in boxing history because of politics???

First of all, boxing has never denied that fights weren't made because of money. Dana White tries to act as if he, and his company are above it. Furthermore, boxing has a MUCH longer history, regardless of the fact that there are more fights he has stopped, it's bound to have more in boxing. Considering the sport has been around longer. Also, their are more consistant top fighters. Not to mention the fact that if fighter A doesn't fight fighter B, he still has C and D to choose from for exciting, high level, competitive fights.

In MMA, especially the UFC as of late, not so much.

Personally, you might like some of the matchups, but the public virtually has one to maybe two fights to look forward to, per division.