DANA WHITE:"Pacquiao-De La Hoya, Bad Day For Boxing"

[antimoron]

By Mark Vester

The president of the UFC, Dana White, was not impressed with the Manny Pacquiao vs. Oscar De La Hoya HBO pay-per-view. He said HBO's production of the pay-per-view was terrible, there was no proper pacing with the pay-per-view event - which is likely because of the terrible undercard that was packed with mismatches.

“Did you see the production? And that was HBO. Maybe they should give us some of their Emmys. The pacing was awful. There was no energy in the crowd. They had to loop Pacquiao’s music when he came out because he had to walk so far…. I love boxing as a sport and I came from boxing, but this was a bad day for boxing," White told Yahoo Sports .

White predicts that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is going to come out of retirement to fight Pacquiao and he picks Mayweather to pull out the win, but he doesn't agree that Pacquiao's win is a passing of the torch because he doesn't believe that any fighter will be able to draw crowds and sell pay-per-views like Oscar De La Hoya.

[Floyd] Mayweather’s probably running out of money and will probably return to face Pacquiao, and I’d pick Mayweather in that one, but nobody is going to draw like De La Hoya does,” White said.


Your thoughts guys...
He maybe right regarding the undercard but... KIndly tell this guy to mind his own business... he is stupid and BS making comment about boxing where he has no business and want to put the sport down..

[OumaFan]

Dana White sucks but that undercard was an embarrassment. Maybe Ortiz-Resto looked slightly better on paper but that still sucked.

But they know people will pay for it anyway so why spend the money trying to make some dream card which we'll drool about it but won't bring in many more buys?

[cpcompany]

Someone should tell that dill that boxing fans go to watch a fight, not a ring entrance.

[OumaFan]

What the hell am I talking about "Ortiz-Resto looked better on paper", no it didn't.

[The Fightfan]

F**K Dana White !!!

[piye]

I really hate Dana White.

[kingfrnk]

F**K Dana White !!!

same here. how could he say the crowd had no energy every time Pac knocked Oscars head back all you heard was the crowd. fuk Dana White.

[Beanflicker]

Before you guys crap on Dana, he is 100% RIGHT. The pacing for a UFC event is usually spot on, so he has a right to criticize. I respect Dana because he tells it like it is (usually, he has been know to b#llshit and exaggerate the truth like all promoters).