Longtime boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn, has offered UFC boss, Dana White, some advice ahead of his enterprise into the world of Boxing.
After teasing at it for several years now with Zuffa Boxing, UFC boss, Dana White revealed last week that he’s finally going into the world of boxing promoting.
White has teamed up with Turki Alalshikh to launch recent boxing promotion, TKO Boxing, with the plan to run the newly formed boxing league similarly to how the UFC runs.
Nevertheless, the plans have already been criticised by boxing legends who don’t think it can work, putting White’s and Alalshikh’s backs against the wall immediately.
Eddie Hearn offers Dana White some damning advice
White has been heavily critical of boxing and lots of the individuals surrounding the game over the past several years, and this past Saturday following UFC 313, he admitted that he has loads of work to do to fix bridges.
Nevertheless, an influential figure in the game that he won’t have to mend a relationship with, is Eddie Hearn. The British promoter and White have at all times been complimentary of one another’s influence of their respective sports, leading to an honest relationship between the 2.
Despite that, following the announcement of TKO boxing, and Alalshikh’s claims that they are going to ‘crush’ all other boxing promotions, Hearn has warned White that he can have to ‘sleep with one eye open’.
“Boxing is the worst business on the earth,” Hearn began to elucidate in an interview with iFL TV.
“I hope these guys have gotten the appetite to be up all f—— night and sleep with one eye open each day. Since you’re not going to get control where you possibly can go to bed at 10 o’clock (at night) and get up at 8 o’clock (within the morning) and expect the industry and your situation to be the exact same.
“It doesn’t work like that. Every f—– is on the market hustling each day. Guess what? I’m one among them,” he continued.
Dana White on juggling several combat sports promotions
Despite Hearn’s comments, ultimately, White has done exactly that to construct the UFC into the powerhouse that it’s today.
Not only that, however the UFC boss constantly claims that his Power Slap promotion may even surpass the UFC in popularity and success.
With White having now added extra work to his already hectic schedule, he has commented on how he’ll juggle all of his different ventures.
“I believed I used to be busy, I didn’t realize what busy was until the last couple of weeks,” White admitted within the UFC 313 post-fight press conference.
“We’re gonna discover this yr (if I can handle all of it), this yr is gonna be the… We’re gonna discover this yr, we’ll see how long I can run this difficult,” he continued.
