Dana White was on the ‘Boxing is Broken’ tour longer than half the career of the fighters. Every few years he appears and says that he will save the lovely science, and then take it out again, because according to his words it is ‘too broken’. Now he’s back with Netflix Money, Turki Alalshikh’s support, and the same sermon: Only he can save box.
This weekend he draws his name to Canelo vs. Crawford, Tell vegas pbs, ‘In 2026 I was going to start my show in 2026, and what I’m going to do is basically like Contender series. The best will fight against the best, unbeaten guys against unbeaten guys. ‘ Great, Dana. Because when two 5-0 prospects come together, the world definitely stops turning.
“You’ll care about the first battle of the night” – oh, will we?
White promised, “What you will do is that you care about the first battle of the night, and not just the main event.” Right. Because the man who filled MMA undercards with future accountants and part-time baristas suddenly thinks fans will be emotionally invested in a 4-0 feather weight fighting against a 3-0 plumbing.
He added, “I’ll build stars, feed big fights, and then these guys will graduate and fight with Sheik Turki.” Translation: Dana does the babysitter, Turki closet into the checks. Imagine bowing to be someone else’s development league.
“It’s a sports sport” – but he has the glue
White said, “There is no ego or arrogance when I talk about boxing and try to fix it. It’s a sport. “ What is hilarious, because nothing screams ‘no ego’ like comparing yourself to the NFL and NBA every five minutes. “What we did with the UFC is to convert the UFC into an NFL, an NBA,” He boasts.
The only hiccup? That troublesome Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act – the law that prevents promoters from owning the entire circus. White’s crew tried to push the “Ali Revival Act” to combat it, but the California State Athletics Commission has supported after public outrage. Thus, Dana’s NFL dream is held by the same law as hostage that protects the boxers from the treated UFC fighters. Karma is unbeaten.
Dana against Hearn and Warren: Future Comedy Hour
White soften his tone (for now): ‘Eddie Hearn is a wonderful promoter. He is very successful and in my opinion he is a good guy. I like him a lot. You have Frank Warren in the UK, which is very successful and doing well. ‘ Translation: He has not yet bury them. Give it a year before he calls Eddie ‘a Tiktok salesman’ and Warren ‘a fossil’.
And yes he claims, “At the moment we probably have between 60 and 70 fighters under contract.” This is not the NFL of boxing, Dana. It is a regional promoter with a mid-life crisis.
Final word
So here’s where we are: Dana White says that by 2026 he will fix box again. He will export his small participant series, ‘Graduate’ fighters in the empire of Turki and compare himself to the NBA every time a microphone arrives. Meanwhile, the Ali Act stands at the door like a sprayer and says, “Not tonight, champion.”
Will he succeed? Questionable. But look at Dana White his head against the Boxing Ram brick wall is perhaps the funniest battle of them all.
Last updated on 09/10/2025
