a podcast with Logan Paul<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m going to do the same thing on the boxing side now. When I grew up Hagler fought Hearns and Leonard fought Hagler and all those guys fought each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce there was so much money involved and it got so big, guys started talking to other guys and then you\u2019ve got the sanctioning bodies in there, and then none of those guys fought each other, that\u2019s when it started to fall apart and break.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 56-year-old also reflected on how a lack of investments in amateur boxing has had a detrimental effect on the sport, particularly in the United States.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst what I saw, amateur boxing they had the box-offs and it left, it was on one of the big networks and I saw amateur boxing starting to fall apart and I said these guys are in trouble, and we jumped in and started doing our thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the Connecticut native\u2019s view that the sport still faces significant challenges, he believes there has never been a better time to get involved, with boxing at the peak of its popularity yet still offering room for growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything in life is about timing, my move into boxing right now is about timing, it\u2019s the perfect time.<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody has a television deal in boxing, there\u2019s some fights on DAZN and that\u2019s it. I\u2019ll come in (in 2026) with a TV deal, we\u2019ll put on great fights and we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DANA White has announced himself as the latest major figure in the boxing world, stepping into the spotlight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-152394","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\/152394","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=152394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}