Oscar De La Hoya said at the Benavidez-Cieslak press event that 'from what I hear, the UFC is tanking' and that boxers 'do not wanna be treated like UFC fighters', without giving figures.
What we know
- De La Hoya said at the Benavidez-Cieslak press event that 'from what I hear, the UFC is tanking', and gave no figures.
- De La Hoya said boxers 'do not wanna be treated like UFC fighters' and that boxing's history is too long for White to repeat his UFC approach.
- De La Hoya said he does not know whether Shakur Stevenson asked for his release from Zuffa Boxing or was released, and wants to get to the bottom of it.
- White has said he offered Stevenson his release and that Zuffa 'never even did one fight with the guy'.
Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya took aim at Dana White's move into boxing at the press event for David Benavidez's Dec. 5 unification bout with Michal Cieslak, according to Combat Sports UK.
De La Hoya said he did not know whether Shakur Stevenson asked for his release from Zuffa Boxing or was released. "I wanna get to the bottom of it," he said. Answering White's call to judge Zuffa Boxing by the end of the year, he said he had "tons of clapbacks."
He added that the UFC was doing great when White focused on it and that "from what I hear, the UFC is tanking." He gave no figures. He said boxing's history is too long for White to repeat his UFC approach and that fighters do not want to be treated like UFC fighters.
White has said he offered Stevenson his release and that Zuffa never did one fight with him.
De La Hoya said he did not know whether Shakur Stevenson asked for his release from Zuffa Boxing or was released. "I wanna get to the bottom of it," he said. Answering White's call to judge Zuffa Boxing by the end of the year, he said he had "tons of clapbacks."
He added that the UFC was doing great when White focused on it and that "from what I hear, the UFC is tanking." He gave no figures. He said boxing's history is too long for White to repeat his UFC approach and that fighters do not want to be treated like UFC fighters.
White has said he offered Stevenson his release and that Zuffa never did one fight with him.
- Summary
- Oscar De La Hoya said at the Benavidez-Cieslak press event that 'from what I hear, the UFC is tanking' and that boxers 'do not wanna be treated like UFC fighters', without giving figures.
- Key points (one per line)
- De La Hoya said White was a great UFC promoter and the UFC 'was doing great' when he focused on it; he gave no figures for the 'tanking' claim.
He said he wants to 'get to the bottom' of Shakur Stevenson's exit from Zuffa Boxing.
He answered White's call to be judged at year's end: 'I got tons of clapbacks for you.'
White has said he offered Stevenson his release and that Zuffa never did one fight with him.
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- Combat Sports UK | https://combatsportsuk.com/news/b1c35828-a67a-4582-96b0-d346e98cac2b/oscar-de-la-hoya-says-ufc-is-tanking-takes-aim-at-dana-white-zuffa-boxing
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