Comments Thread For: Espinoza: White Has To Adapt in Way Boxing Events Are Done

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MMA superstar Conor McGregor wasn't the only one taking shots at Showtime during the world tour promoting his upcoming bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr. UFC president Dana White told MMAJunkie.com he believes Showtime, the pay-per-view carrier for the fight, intentionally cut McGregor's microphone on the first stop of the four-city tour, which took place last week in Los Angeles.
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[TheBigLug]

I think boxing needs more UFC style press conferences.

Boxing press conferences are boring. The first 20 minutes is people nobody gives a **** about talking on the mic.

[HURTFEELINGS]

I was just watching the Mayweather/Gatti fight, cause he was known as a tough guy that could take a punch. The body shots Floyd was landing were brutal, if may does just that Connor will (sit on the ropes) i.e. quit. But if Connor tries to get rough, that will be cool, but if floyd fights rough, he will be the one accused of fighting dirty. Gatti is a far superior boxer than Connor, but Floyd has gotten even better
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[The Time]

I've never seen a UFC or MMA press conference. So I'm not sure what the differences are.

I guess I'll youtube one to see what they are like compared to boxing press conferences.

[Golden Boi 360]

I think All Access will do a better job at selling this fight then the press conferences. Can't wait.

[SkillspayBills]

One thing that needs to be cut is people getting on the mic no one give two ****s about. Who the **** is the guy with the gray Afro? **** that guy

[Mitchell Kane]

And if he’s uncomfortable, then unfortunately, so be it.

I don't know, Espinoza kinda seems uncomfortable.

[A.K]

I was just watching the Mayweather/Gatti fight, cause he was known as a tough guy that could take a punch. The body shots Floyd was landing were brutal, if may does just that Connor will (sit on the ropes) i.e. quit. But if Connor tries to get rough, that will be cool, but if floyd fights rough, he will be the one accused of fighting dirty. Gatti is a far superior boxer than Connor, but Floyd has gotten even better
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Except that's the last fight Floyd said he could hit that hard

[Eff Pandas]

He's not wrong about the hyping Dana angle with many pressers, but he is the face of MMA overall cuz fighters come & go + its not like he hosts all the pressers. And I'm of the opinion you WANT someone to be the face of all pressers for HBO, Showtime, Sky or whatever channel who can speak well & incite debate & conversation. No one does that now in boxing.

Boxing pressers are like the weirdest thing ever like 95% of the time. I mean just go watch that BJS vs Monroe presser the other day that was MASSIVELY fun for a boxing presser vs the typical boxing presser you'll watch cuz BJS is a guy who'll actually engage his opponent & is clever about it + gots a real feel for the mental game that most fighters just don't have verbally.

So you need a non-fighter rep to have that job of leading the festivities better & its not the f#cking promoter that's for f#cking sure cuz most of these promoters suck at their job with public stuff (behind the scenes stuff they might be great & probably are great to be where they are + getting talked about). Hire a guy like DiBella to do all the talking. He is the Dana White after all with his no f#cks given leaning most of the time & have him talk at all the PBC events for example. Let Bhop talk & control all the pressers for GBP cuz Oscar is boring as sh^t. Hire a comedian or some Chris Hardwick type guy or something, but pressers SHOULD have faces to them & SHOULD feel more familiar & less awkward then they do.

[-Kev-]

He's not wrong about the hyping Dana angle with many pressers, but he is the face of MMA overall cuz fighters come & go + its not like he hosts all the pressers. And I'm of the opinion you WANT someone to be the face of all pressers for HBO, Showtime, Sky or whatever channel who can speak well & incite debate & conversation. No one does that now in boxing.

Boxing pressers are like the weirdest thing ever like 95% of the time. I mean just go watch that BJS vs Monroe presser the other day that was MASSIVELY fun for a boxing presser vs the typical boxing presser you'll watch cuz BJS is a guy who'll actually engage his opponent & is clever about it + gots a real feel for the mental game that most fighters just don't have verbally.

So you need a non-fighter rep to have that job of leading the festivities better & its not the f#cking promoter that's for f#cking sure cuz most of these promoters suck at their job with public stuff (behind the scenes stuff they might be great & probably are great to be where they are + getting talked about). Hire a guy like DiBella to do all the talking. He is the Dana White after all with his no f#cks given leaning most of the time & have him talk at all the PBC events for example. Let Bhop talk & control all the pressers for GBP cuz Oscar is boring as sh^t. Hire a comedian or some Chris Hardwick type guy or something, but pressers SHOULD have faces to them & SHOULD feel more familiar & less awkward then they do.

That's true and Dana White is basically the Floyd Mayweather/Canelo of UFC money wise. Silva, St Pierre, Fedor, Lesnar, Rousey, McGregor all come and go and new fighters are built.