Comments Thread For: 'I'm in': Dana White doubles down on boxing move, teases big announcements

[elfag]

The Muhammad Ali act- which regulates boxing, but not MMA, will not allow White to operate like he does in UFC- he cannot be the promoter and sanctioning body all in one

the sanctioning body is the state athletic commissions

[PBR Streetgang]

Boxing is like US politics, the powers that be are set. Billionaires like Jay Z couldn't even make noise.

I remember reading an article about the promoter Cedric Kushner. He was a self made man who was initially a music promoter and he said that the boxing business was very difficult and promoters would all conspire to keep newcomers from getting a foothold.

On a side note, I loved his Heavyweight Explosion series. Basically a bunch of B and C level heavyweights fighting each other on cards.

[BrankoB]

It will be interesting to see what White is going to do. Sounds like he is possibly in bed with Turki. Two guys who like to dictate what happens getting together??? Hmmmm. Also, I wonder how White is going to deal with boxing's anarchy given that he likes to have things be his way or the highway. I am not very hopeful that he will make a very big noise.

[Brittney1229]

Will never work for Dana! He likes to keep all the money and pay his fighters nothing. No fighters are gonna work with him!

[JohnnyCan]

This guy is a clown. Will say anything to see it on the internet. He doesn’t have the intelligence, money, or the connections to do anything worthwhile in boxing.

[TMLT87]

He doesn’t have the intelligence, money, or the connections to do anything worthwhile in boxing.

You realise the UFC generates well over a billion dollars a year right? they are way bigger than any boxing promotion, so they absolutely have the funds to make waves if they wanted. I just dont see why they would considering the profit margins would be much worse than what they've already got going on.

Turki is also involved with the UFC and Dana and Hearn are on good terms so theres the connections.