{"id":618205,"date":"2026-04-20T01:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T01:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/618205\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T01:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T01:28:12","slug":"eddie-hearn-accuses-dana-white-of-backing-out-of-boxing-match-ufc-boss-returns-serve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/618205\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn accuses Dana White of backing out of boxing match, UFC boss returns serve"},"content":{"rendered":"

The escalating feud between combat sports heavyweights Eddie Hearn and Dana White continued over the weekend after the UFC boss suggested the pair settle their differences inside the ring.<\/p>\n

White, who\u2019s not known for avoiding a scrap, jokingly floated the idea during an interview \u2013 proposing a boxing match with Hearn and calling him a \u201cp****y\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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While White has since cooled on the idea, Hearn has doubled down on making the fight happen.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Hearn took aim at White again for \u201cbacking out\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing that can stop the fight happening is Dana White,\u201d Hearn said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo really, the truth of the matter is, he\u2019s backing out of the fight that he called on.<\/p>\n

So who\u2019s the p***y now? Where\u2019s your balls gone, you p***y? Something like that, I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, you can\u2019t keep calling me a p***y when you call me out for a fight, and I accept the fight, and then you go, \u2018Oh, no, no, we\u2019re bums, it would go on earlier in the night\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the f**k is that?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would main event and sell out a massive stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if it\u2019s on DAZN \u2013 do you not agree with me? Do you not think we\u2019d sell out The O2? Do you not think we\u2019d do over a million buys globally?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t forget, he is a big name, right?<\/p>\n

I mean, some may say bigger than me. Well, I don\u2019t know. But certainly in America.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we\u2019ve got the American audience, we\u2019ve got the UK audience. Can you imagine how the f**k I would sell this show? Oh, my God. Anyway, it\u2019s all probably fantasy, but I do think about it on every run.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn bed every night I\u2019ve picked my ring walk, I\u2019ve actually designed my robe. But, like I said, it\u2019ll probably just be fantasy because unfortunately, Dana White backed out of the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

DANA WHITE RETURNS SERVE<\/p>\n

A few hours later, after a UFC event in Winnipeg, Canada, White addressed the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cListen, Eddie says a lot of dumb s**t,\u201d White told the media at his post-fight scrum.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m getting used to it. Eddie said that me and him are the biggest fight in boxing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTherein lies the problem with boxing, and the fact that a fight promoter who\u2019s actually put on big fights and have a stable of good fighters would say something that f**king stupid is starting to not be as shocking as it was in the beginning.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re a f**king bum, I\u2019m old, and we don\u2019t even deserve to be on a card with a bunch of real fighters.\u201d<\/p>\n

ULBERG UPDATE AND THE FUTURE OF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Carlos Ulberg has undergone knee surgery after tearing his ACL in his incredible title win over Jiri Prochazka at UFC 327 last weekend.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ulberg suffered the injury in the opening round of Sunday\u2019s light heavyweight showdown in Miami but pushed through regardless.<\/p>\n

Showing serious ticker, \u2018Black Jag\u2019 still managed to flatten Prochazka with a crushing left hook \u2013 all while effectively fighting on one leg.<\/p>\n

He has since undergone surgery in Las Vegas, with recovery expected to take up to 12 months.<\/p>\n

White provided an update on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the good things about it is, he [Ulberg] was at Power Slap last night, and I was talking to him, and he\u2019s gonna stay in Vegas,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n

MIAMI, FLORIDA – APRIL 11: Carlos Ulberg of New Zealand celebrates after his victory via knockout over Jiri Prochazka of Czechia, not pictured, in a light heavyweight title bout during UFC 327 at the Kaseya Center on April 11, 2026 in Miami, FloridaSource: AFP<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got the surgery, and he\u2019s gonna start working at the [UFC] PI. Apparently, where he lives in Australia, he\u2019s in a remote part of the country, so there isn\u2019t much around him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we would do before we built the Performance Institute is we would get these guys surgeries with great doctors, and then they\u2019d go home, and they wouldn\u2019t do anything. They didn\u2019t do any physical therapy or recovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow with the PI, that place has saved more fights and helped more athletes prolong their careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll get him in there, and see how fast he starts to recover. We always figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pressed on whether an interim light heavyweight title could be introduced, White shut it down\u2026 for now.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have not,\u201d the UFC boss replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, Carlos is still getting set up here.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we\u2019ll figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The escalating feud between combat sports heavyweights Eddie Hearn and Dana White continued over the weekend after the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-618205","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}