Comments Thread For: Dana White To De La Hoya: If You Want To Battle, I'm Your Guy!

[sportbuddha]

Even a mid range boxer, not a top level boxer, is making hundreds of thousands a fight and fighting several times a year... In UFC you'd be lucky to be a top tier fighter making that.

Of course everyone at the bottom makes peanuts. Even as a programmer I made.peanuts when I started out. Doesn't mean programming is trash.

I don't see what kind of betterment the UFC could.offer the free business model of boxing. It would simple take the profits while providing cots for fighters to live in thier supposed top grade facilities.

The sanctioning bodies are their to facilitate business in boxing. It isn't a didctatorship like the UFC. It's pay to play, is it perfect? No. Can they be corrupt in the rankings at times? Maybe. They do give the champs perks but that's to be expected.

LOL we are both programmers. If only the mid range did all make 100s thousands it’d be okay, but they actually don’t, especially in the lower weight classes.

I was accidentally sent a boxing contract years ago (long story but I was coach with an email address that was very similar to a pro coach in Chicago). It was for a pro bout in Atlantic City for a known Welterweight in his 16th fight. This would have been about 2000/1, his purse was $6500 + Accomodation + Flight.

I used to box in a gym and our marque fighter was having a good run as a heavyweight in the UK, he was once a kick boxer (you can probably work out who) and about 10/11 fights in he bought a second hand BMW with his purse, equivalent of around $15k, that’s in the glamour division. Granted he went on to bigger things and did pull in a few big purses in the end but still, he work as door security and labouring to pay the bills.

If someone like DAZN can work out a model where boxers can be well matched for the early part of their career and make it their entire focus whilst paying the bills, that would be far better than today’s skewed model.

[BeLikeWater]

Oh wow what are the chances. Well very cool, interesting thing that happened with getting a contract. In a perfect world we'd all be getting paid big money. But as it stands I just think feeding the UFC machine at the expense of the fighters is wrong.

No way MMA fighter are making more than boxers. And I mean that on every level of the pyramid.

[EasternEuroFan]

One looks like a pedophile and the other likes to shove kitchen utensils up his ass!!!

That's a bit unfair.

Part of your statement is judgement based on appearance as opposed to the latter part which is pure fact

[D3v1Ld0g]

I think Dana is overlooking the fact that Hispanics predominantly are keeping boxing alive. For better or worse Oscar is fortunate to have a Hispanic last name. While he isn't totally loved or accepted by the Hispanic community; he is tolerated, whereas Dana white will never be able to break through that barrier. Dana needs to stay promoting UFC and leave Oscar to do his thing in boxing.

I can't stand Oscar. I think he is an idiot and even sounds like one in conferences. He is just lucky that he possesses a Hispanic name and was a successful, good looking and a markeatable boxer in his prime.