Though UFC President Dana White’s core focus may be on Mixed Martial Arts and the organization he runs he has long been an avid fan of boxing, crediting his love of the sport with undoubtedly sparking the passion he currently has for MMA as well. A native Bostonian, one of the nation’s most fight-friendly cities, White has been extremely outspoken on unbeaten champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. in particular both in terms of the boxer’s overwhelming amount of talent and shortcomings as a human being.
White was back at it recently when asked about Mayweather’s refusal to fight rival Manny Pacquiao with a 50/50 split of the revenue in place, as “Money” Mayweather doesn’t feel the popular Filipino fighter deserves such a significant cut of the money (nor does anyone).
(They) need to cut the bullsh*t and do the fight that everybody wants to see,” said White in an interview with FightHubTV. “If there was ever a fight in history that should be fifty-fifty split, it’s this fight. Split the money, it’s a-f*ckin’-hundred million dollars or two hundred million — who knows what it’s gonna be? I think it’s gonna be the biggest pay-per-view ever, probably 2.6 million buys. Shut the f*ck up and fight. Split the money. Just f*cking do it. People are tired of it.”
White Feels Mayweather Jr. is a Racist
As far as the other fights each man has opted for, White expressed his belief that Pacquiao would beat Timothy Bradley 100 out of 100 times while he also sees Mayweather having a fairly easy win in front of him in Miguel Cotto. While White respects Cotto’s skill he simply doesn’t see it being at the level of Mayweather’s, adding he would “bet three houses on that fight.”
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