UFC CEO Dana White is starting his own boxing promotion — and he’s coming out “guns blazing” to kick off his 2025 fight campaign. That might sound like good news for those UFC fighters itching to compete in the “sweet science” but unfortunately, White has no plans to promote crossover fights.
“God, I hope not,” White told reporters when asked about the possibility of roster jumping. “Yeah, no. Completely separate.”
UFC vets have been known to do well in boxing. Other times … not so much.
“This sport is the longest sport in the history of sports,” famed trainer Teddy Atlas told Submission Radio. “They find drawings of guys throwing punches on caves two thousand years ago. This sport shouldn’t be irrelevant. But it was becoming that because of the promoters with the networks, with their sugar daddies, they were just making the fights to keep their guys undefeated, to make it to the next big fight. Non-competitive fights, and once in a while they’d throw you a bone. It wasn’t enough, the fans were bothered.”
Hopefully White can follow in these footsteps and help shake things up … for the better.