{"id":445860,"date":"2026-01-31T20:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/445860\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T20:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:39:17","slug":"oscar-de-la-hoya-posts-scathing-assessment-of-dana-whites-debut-zuffa-boxing-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/445860\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar De La Hoya posts scathing assessment of Dana White&#8217;s debut Zuffa Boxing card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/oscar-de-la-hoya\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar De La Hoya<\/a> has delivered a typically theatrical reaction to Dana White\u2019s first ever Zuffa Boxing show, suggesting it lacked excitement and creativity.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC boss entered the boxing market last year with lofty ambitions and provocative statements, promising to introduce an entirely new format.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, though, his debut show earlier this month, which was topped by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/cvgnjp5ppgqo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Callum Walsh\u2019s points victory over Carlos Ocampo<\/a>, seemed to lack any real bells and whistles.<\/p>\n<p>The main event made for a largely lacklustre display while the rest of the card, in fairness, has been praised for its action-packed matchups.<\/p>\n<p>Golden Boy promoter De La Hoya has strong views, seizing the opportunity to lambast White and his team at Zuffa.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DUG7BKwkmqA\/?igsh=aW4xeG9rM3A3Mnhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> in his latest edition of \u2018Clapback Thursday\u2019, De La Hoya made no attempt to hide his true feelings about the new promotional outfit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe big debut of Zuffa is out \u2013 and it couldn\u2019t be less of what they promised us it would be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no new ring; there was no new belt; no new rules and no faces anybody recognised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey told us boxing [is] broken and they were coming to change it and fix it, but all they did was copy and paste what we have been doing for 100-plus years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could hear a pin drop in that arena; there was zero vibe or excitement. It honestly felt like a [COVID-19] bubble show. It had the look of a club show with the action of a sparring session.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While his first show received a <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/fans-react-to-dana-white-first-card\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">selection of mixed reviews<\/a>, White could look to change De La Hoya\u2019s mind when he stages his second Zuffa event this Sunday, once again at the Meta Apex, Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>This time, the card is headlined by former world champion Jose Valenzuela, who takes on Diego Torres Nunez in what looks to be a solid lightweight matchup on paper.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere on the bill, Serhii Bohachuk vs Radzhab Butaev and Radivoje Kalajdzic vs Oleksandr Gvozdyk represent two well-matched contests that could quite easily steal the show.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar De La Hoya has delivered a typically theatrical reaction to Dana White\u2019s first ever Zuffa Boxing show,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-445860","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\/445860","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=445860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}