Eddie Hearn thinks Dana White has no idea how much trouble he\u2019s getting himself into.<\/p>\n
White, the UFC CEO and brains behind Zuffa Boxing, has become increasingly aggressive as he looks to stake his claim in the boxing world, with his newfound fight promotion recently making moves to book a matchup between Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn. The bout has hit one roadblock already, with Oscar de la Hoya\u2019s Golden Boy Promotions\u2014Garcia\u2019s management\u2014sending a cease-and-desist letter to Zuffa Boxing for the unauthorized negotiation.<\/p>\n
Now, Hearn claims White and company have been hit by a second cease-and-desist from DAZN, who have an exclusive broadcast deal with Garcia.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reason he\u2019s thrown his toys out the pram about DAZN is because three or four days ago, DAZN issued a cease-and-desist on Dana White for talking to Ryan Garcia because Ryan Garcia is under an exclusive contract with DAZN,\u201d Hearn told iFL TV<\/a>. \u201cSo Dana actually had two cease-and-desists, one from Golden Boy and Oscar de la Hoya and one from DAZN. \u2026 I have fighters that are under exclusive contracts with DAZN, who have fought on Netflix, and it has been a very difficult conversation to have with my broadcast partner, but after some negotiation and some sensible conversation, we were able to find a solution where Katie Taylor boxed on Netflix twice. In a bigger scenario, Anthony Joshua, who\u2019s under an exclusive broadcast deal with DAZN, fought Jake Paul on Netflix, there was a negotiation, everybody was happy, and we move forward.<\/p>\n \u201cThe problem is with these guys, they have no regard. So unfortunately for Dana, if you want to make Conor Benn against Ryan Garcia, Oscar de la Hoya and Golden Boy are going to be a co-promoter, your co-promotional partner. So you better drop the ego and understand that when you\u2019re doing the press conference, Oscar de la Hoya will be up there on the stage with you. They can\u2019t handle it.\u201d<\/p>\n