Dana White blasts Boxing and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

UFC boss Dana White and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. have been verbally going at each other for a couple of years now. In his latest rant against Mayweather, White calls out Mayweather while he was promoting UFC 103 which is going head-to-head with Mayweather's comeback bout against "what's his name?" according to White. I'll let you watch and listen to the video I posted below first before I post my thoughts on White's latest tirade.



I agree and disagree with White.

I agree that Floyd Mayweather Jr. drew a lot in his previous two fights because of Oscar De la Hoya and Ricky Hatton's popularity.

I agree that Floyd usually dances around inside the ring and usually underwhelms Pay-Per-View buyers with his fighting style.

I agree that Mayweather-Pacquiao is the fight people want to see and not Mayweather-Marquez.

And Dana, if you say you truly are a boxing fan, you can't seriously say you can't remember Juan Manuel Marquez's name, but I do get your point that the casual fight fans really do not have a clue who he is.

However, for $10 more, I would really rather see Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight Juan Manuel Marquez because in reality, what five great fights is White really talking about? Who's fighting in them? Who is Rich Franklin? Who is Vitor Belfort? I know who they are, but who really wanted to see that match-up as well? I was really hoping they could've put Tito Ortiz in that card but just like boxing of course, White is protecting his recently re-acquired asset. There is no real current superstar in UFC 103 and it's undercards.

At least the Mayweather undercards were juiced-up by the additions of Rocky Juarez, Chris John Michael Katsidis and Zab Judah, but you can't seriously tell me an old and washed-up Mirko Crocop is the best you can do in terms of star power when it comes to stacking up you undercards with big names.

UFC 103 belongs where they placed the preliminary undercards at- free TV. Spike TV to be more precise. Truthfully, I'm a fan of both sports. If I had to choose between UFC 100 or 101 or the upcoming UFC 104 Machida-Shogun card as opposed to Mayweather-Marquez, I would've chosen the MMA show but 103 is simply not Pay-Per-View material for my liking.

The free undercards on Spike is a great treat for fight fans though and should be more of a regular occurence rather than a ploy to undermine boxing. I really don't favor either sport. I follow both of them with equal amount of passion. I am in favor however of seeing the best fights and as a fan being rewarded by both sports with the best match-ups possible. Sadly, both cards on September 19 fall short of that, but if I was to choose between the lesser of two evils, I'd probably lean towards watching the free UFC undercards then catch Mayweather-Marquez after.

Source: http://www.examiner.com/x-10947-Indianapolis-Fight-Sports-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Dana-White-blasts-Boxing-and-Floyd-Mayweather-Jr