{"id":426480,"date":"2026-01-22T19:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/426480\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T19:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:35:08","slug":"mike-tyson-names-golden-rule-dana-white-must-break-to-fix-broken-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/426480\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson names golden rule Dana White must break to fix broken boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Dana White needs to treat rival boxing promoters the way Conan The Barbarian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_XUu3_pLPUE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">treated his enemies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">But his UFC credentials may not be enough to fix the \u201cbroken\u201d world of boxing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That\u2019s according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2022\/8\/6\/23294678\/mike-tyson-applauds-dana-white-after-ufc-president-refuses-millions-to-promote-hulu-series-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">longtime friend<\/a> and former WBC heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, who knows a thing or two about shady promoters after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tyson-sues-king-for-100-million\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">getting swindled by Don King back in the 80s<\/a>. The retired \u201cIron\u201d man suggests one simple path to victory \u2014 and it involves crushing everyone who stands in the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cBoxing was created broken, and it\u2019s going to die broken,\u201d Tyson told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardrock.bet\/news\/mike-tyson-talks-mayweather-paul-usyk-crawford-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hard Rock Bet<\/a>. \u201cHe has to understand the kind of people he\u2019s dealing with. I think he dealt with Turki [Alalshikh], but I don\u2019t think he actually dealt with the core of boxing people. He\u2019s going to have to crush every one of them. Everything in boxing is not on the table. There\u2019s always something underneath the table that we don\u2019t know about and that\u2019s boxing. That\u2019s what I know. That\u2019s the golden rule in boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Zuffa Boxing, which features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\/413736\/dana-white-privilege-undefeated-irish-star-callum-walsh-to-headline-zuffa-boxings-first-fight-card-should-be-a-badass-boxing-event\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the top pugilist from White\u2019s own stable<\/a>, still has a long way to go before it can establish itself as a major player in combat sports. But even if White fails, Tyson believes the \u201csweet science\u201d will live on forever, thanks to a loyal group of hardcore boxing fans who tune in for all the big fights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cYou know what\u2019s interesting about boxing? It\u2019s almost like it can\u2019t be canceled,\u201d Tyson added. \u201cIt has this primary group of fans, that it can live on forever. Even if boxing went on a hiatus, it has the hardcore fans, that\u2019s enough that it could survive on. The UFC has more entertainment and excitement. When there\u2019s no fight, when the fights are over, it\u2019s a party until they start another fight. In boxing, they\u2019re waiting around, people are looking at each other\u2019s faces, talking, and the UFC is constant activity going on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dana White needs to treat rival boxing promoters the way Conan The Barbarian treated his enemies. 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