Jake Paul takes further shot at UFC boss Dana White after major boxing belts U-Turn

Jake Paul has reignited his confrontation with Dana White after the UFC boss modified his tune on traditional boxing titles.

Throughout the lead-up to Zuffa Boxing’s debut this 12 months, White and the promotion were steadfast on their stance that they’d not recognize the governing body titles which have lorded over the game for years. Nonetheless, they at the moment are preparing to host multiple fights for those very belts in the approaching months.

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The YouTuber-turned-boxer continues to be hoping to win a world title after getting knocked out by Anthony Joshua.

Aaron McKenna will compete for the IBF middleweight world title against Etinosa Oliha within the headliner of their Dublin event next month. After which a number of weeks later, Conor Benn will challenge Ryan Garcia for the WBC welterweight title, despite the promotion referring to each fights as simply being for ‘world titles’.

Jake Paul takes aim at Dana White over boxing belts

One in all Dana White’s favorite inquiries to ask media who’re critical of his practices is that if he has ever lied about anything. It seems that his stance on the governing bodies in boxing is becoming one in every of the examples they will use going forward, as he appears to have modified his tune on them.

Prior to the launch of Zuffa Boxing, the plan was to introduce ‘Zuffa belts’, starting with Jai Opetaia who seemed disinterested in the concept altogether. Now, he says that title fights will probably be on a ‘case by case basis’ based on “what the fighters want and what their goals are.”

It is a very different stance, and clearly something has modified with regards McKenna and Benn who’re each bonafide Zuffa fighters competing for the IBF and WBC belts respectively. Jake Paul is one who noticed this, and took to X to provide his take.

“They went from s—-ing on the entire boxing sanctioning bodies and the way they should eliminate them for the great of boxing to now this,” Paul noted.

“Truth is we want to further align promoters and the sanctioning bodies to create the most important opportunities for boxers. That ought to be the goal. More transparency, more collaboration and more big fights.”