Tyson Fury gets brutally honest about UFC CEO Dana White venturing into boxing: "Money speaks all languages"
Tyson Fury recently shared his thoughts on UFC CEO Dana White’s plans to enter the boxing business. White, known for building the UFC into a global powerhouse, has hinted at expanding into boxing.
Fury, speaking on the Pound 4 Pound podcast alongside former UFC champions Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo, acknowledged White’s impressive accomplishments in MMA.
The heavyweight boxing star noted that White transformed the UFC from a relatively obscure organization into one of the biggest entities in combat sports:
“With Dana White coming into the [boxing] game, he’s done fantastic with the UFC. He’s took it from a small unknown company to one of the biggest companies in the world in the fight game, it can only improve the boxing scene if he's involved in it. especially someone with a knowledge of promoting events and putting on fights in the big cities. I think he'd only be an added extra to an already fantastic boxing.”
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Dana White reveals why "now is the right time" for venturing into the sport of boxing
Dana White recently revisited why his 2017 plan to launch Zuffa Boxing didn’t materialize. The UFC CEO, known for his critical view of boxing’s operational flaws, seems set on entering the sport next year.
Back in 2017, White was deeply invested in Zuffa Boxing, even producing branded merchandise and holding discussions with high-profile boxers like Anthony Joshua. However, he ultimately decided to put the project on hold, citing timing as a crucial factor.
At a recent press conference, White explained that everything has its time, and in 2017, the timing wasn’t right. Now, he believes conditions are more favorable:
"There’s a million reasons why now is [the time]. If you notice, as far as boxing, even as much money as Sheikh Turki [Turki Alalshikh] is throwing into this thing, television deals aren’t really abundant right now. There are just a lot of things I think I can do that other people haven’t done yet."
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