and there lies the genius of al haymon. He can't really be a fraud becquse he has never publically made any claims. Anything we say about him is assumptions based on hearsay. At the end of the day, he's just a business man and owes nothing to anyone.
Dana White talks Zuffa potentially buying PBC, boxing’s ‘broken model’
- Thread starter OfTheCross
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Apparently Dana said he won't recongnize the sanctioning bodies, so he might try create his own belts. Will be a hard task if others don't play ball. Everyone won't be under his umbrella so it isn't gonna be easy.
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
fukk Dana, he aint gon do shyt special. #PBC, AL HAYMON THE DON
This is the exact opposite of what Dana would do
reservoirdogs
Superstar
Nah I didn’t use it as a legal tern. He wouldn’t get to court or anything.
Gotta love how in this interview he first talks about solving “boxing’s problem” then goes on to say he wouldn’t work with 2 out of the 4 top promoters because of personal beef. Yeah that sounds like someone who came to solve problems lol. Same old shyt.
I’m cool with not acknowledging the alphabet titles but he wouldn’t be in the position to replace them with anything more meaningful, his belt would be less meaningful, especially if only his fighters could win it. What fighter would sign to him...?
reservoirdogs
Superstar
Right, forgot about Pac but I don’t even really count with him, he will retire in 1-2 years imo, would be surprised if not. As of now he counts though. Don’t know about Thurman and Porter, both are better known names but they don’t have that superstar possibility as the others who were mentioned. Thurman is china, he injures himself very often plus it seems he slipped and that he lost hunger, he just lost to 40yrs old Pac. Porter is as tough as they come but ain’t close to a household star.
chunky_mcdaniels
All Star
Exactly, it's just posturing, for all the far fetched positives associated with someone 'unifying' the sport of boxing there's an equal amount of negatives.
White has been finessing fighters in UFC his entire career, he's no better than any shoddy promotor in boxing. Case in point is McGregor asking for a larger share to fight again, it never happened.
The UFC is a totalitarian organisation, each boxing promotor (Hearn, Arum, Di Bella, PBC) is effectively a running, similar model, but more malleable to negotiation and variance.
prince_peoples
Superstar
No top boxer will ever sign with zuffa, or w.e company is that's owns the UFC
Zuffa boxing will be mid tier trash boxers and crossover ufc fighters. They are already talking nonsense about a Nunes/shields fight
xXMASHERXx
Superstar
This would be terrible for fighters and fans. Have you've seen how the UFC has been run the last few years?
He would fail because of his big azz ego, nothing would change
chunky_mcdaniels
All Star
Yes the flexibility allows a far higher percentage of fighters than the UFC to be able to finesse their careers to maximise earning potential.
Alvarez has signed the type of contract that ‘should’ happen in UFC, but doesn’t.