{"id":147280,"date":"2025-09-16T04:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/147280\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T04:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:28:10","slug":"dana-white-has-big-plans-for-boxing-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/147280\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Has Big Plans For Boxing \u2013 What\u2019s Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dana White<\/a> has revealed that he has ambitious plans for boxing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

White\u2019s recent co-promotion of the Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford fight was the first major event for TKO Boxing. The event was a success as the live gate of $47,231,887 made it the third-highest-grossing boxing gate in history. 70,482 people also attended the Allegiant Stadium, which was the largest audience at the stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The success of the Crawford-Canelo fight, however, is just the beginning. White has plans to launch a \u201cContender Series\u201d for boxing where undefeated prospects fight each other for the chance to secure a professional boxing contract. That has served him well in the UFC, but whether he can pull it off in boxing is another matter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPossible Issues<\/p>\n

Boxing is currently governed by numerous sanctioning bodies (WBC, WBO, IBF, WBA), each with its own champions and rankings, which often makes it difficult to make the biggest fights. White\u2019s vision is to have a system with fewer weight classes and just \u201cone belt,\u201d with fighters earning their shot at a title by fighting their way up.<\/p>\n

Another key aspect of White\u2019s plan is to increase the value and exposure of the entire fight card, not just the main event. In traditional boxing, undercard fighters often receive minimal pay and little attention, fighting in relative obscurity. White has already taken a step to address this, as he offered $100,000 bonuses for \u201cPerformance of the Night\u201d and \u201cFight of the Night\u201d on the Canelo-Crawford undercard. This is a practice that has long been a staple of the UFC.<\/p>\n

Finally, White\u2019s partnership with Saudi Arabia\u2019s General Entertainment Authority, led by Turki Al-Sheikh, gives him the potential to stage more blockbuster events and offer unprecedented fighter purses. However, with so many competing promoters, White will have his work cut out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

White Reacts<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Contender style, I think that I can add a lot of value to the sport and to a lot of these young up-and-comers. We did all the groundwork for this thing \u2014 television deal, arena deal, production \u2014 this is going to be the third biggest fight in history. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd what I\u2019m focused on is what we want to do in 2026, where we do my own thing with Turki Al-Sheikh, a Contender style series in boxing, where the top, undefeated fighters face each other, making the entire card exciting from the first fight to the last. I promise within a couple of years, you\u2019ll have people tuning in to all the fights from start to finish consistently,\u201d White said<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dana White has revealed that he has ambitious plans for boxing.\u00a0 White\u2019s recent co-promotion of the Canelo Alvarez…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-147280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}