Dana Whiteloves a rant.
He delivered yet another doozy Sunday, March 9.
During a press conference afterJai Opetaia defeated Brandon Glantonby unanimous decision to become the first champion of White's Zuffa Boxing, White pummeled boxing as "rinky dink'' and inept enough for him to make some startling predictions.
A reporter asked if the likes of heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson were fighters Zuffa Boxing is interested in signing.
Affirmative.
"All the biggest guys are going to be here,'' White said.
As the UFC's CEO, White already controlsmixed martial arts. He clearly intends to do the same thing with boxing. Even though Opetaia is the lone star White has signed.
"Everything is moving a lot faster,'' he said, later adding, "I was expecting a lot more from boxing than what I've seen. Listen, this sport is broken for a reason. Everybody is a bunch of rinky dink. I mean, it's the most (expletive) rinky dink thing that I have ever seen in my life. I don't know why I expected more from any of these people, but boy, let me tell you what, (stuff's) about to get good.''
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White clearly was irritated with the IBF – one of boxing's four sanctioning bodies. On Friday, the IBF abrupt announced it was reversing its plan to sanction the fight between Opetaia and Glanton. Not only that, the IBF stripped its cruiserweight title from Opetaia.
It will renew complaints about there being too many belts and the Zuffa Boxing belt only adding to the mess.
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White indicated he has a solution.
The fighters signed with Zuffa Boxing will be fighting for the Zuffa Boxing belt.
End of story.
End of rant.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Dana White shares Zuffa Boxing takeover plan