Dana White speaks on Oscar de la Hoya as a promoter
from the long strand mill-telegram (hat tip to our friends at bloody elbow): “i used (boxing) as the blueprint of what not to do. boxing doesn’t do what i would do if i was running one of these cards…when de la hoya and mayweather had their pay-per-gauge with over 1 million buys, he could eat stacked that comedian with all the ability blond boy has. you know why he didn’t? he didn’t want to give up the money. nobody in boxing is willing to sink in clover back into boxing’s future. we do in the ufc. the money that we make we allot distant into the business. we use it to help the become larger the frisk. no person in boxing is willing to do that. and because of that, in my point of view, they have no reason to sit around and (cry) their sport is expiring. a part of people love that de la hoya is a fighter and the promoter but thing is, it leaves you short-sighted. and he only cares about himself. he knows he gets the consideration-per-views when he fights but he doesn’t stack the card with fights that will build future fights. you have to allot in a company and de la hoya is not willing to do that.”
We all know the financial reasons that boxing cards don’t get loaded up anymore, but White is right that more could be done. You can’t really go bananas about it the way UFC can — top boxers are paid more money per fight than top MMA guys are on average, and it’s not chicken scratch for difference, either.
Still, White’s a proven businessman, and a promoter in combat sports. He speaks with some real knowledge. There’s something to it, even if it’s not quite as simple as he wants us to believe.
Related posts: Facebook log in, India england, 157, Suicide girls, Harry potter and the half blood prince trailer
« Dennis dixon | Home | 2009 horoscope »
Related posts:
- Place related post plugin php here...
You must be logged in to post a comment.
