{"id":468477,"date":"2026-03-10T21:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/468477\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T21:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:49:16","slug":"eddie-hearn-says-dana-white-is-spiraling-amid-zuffa-rivalry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/468477\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn Says Dana White Is \u201cSpiraling\u201d Amid Zuffa Rivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxing247.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add East Side Boxing as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770669047_552_google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEV0p2ZUdsdVp6STBOeTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow East Side Boxing on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s spiraling at the moment,\u201d Hearn said on the Ariel Helwani show when discussing White\u2019s recent public remarks.<\/p>\n<p>White has repeatedly played down Eddie\u2019s position in the sport during interviews and press conferences, describing him simply as another manager rather than a serious competitor in boxing.<\/p>\n<p>Hearn said the comments do not bother him and suggested the attention only adds to the storyline building between the two promoters. The exchange has unfolded across several recent interviews, with both figures taking shots at each other while discussing the direction of boxing and MMA promotion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t. Things couldn\u2019t be going better for me at the moment,\u201d Hearn said while noting that White continues to reference him during media appearances.<\/p>\n<p>The back-and-forth intensified after Hearn agreed to represent UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall through his new athlete representation company. The move places Hearn in contact with fighters competing under White\u2019s organization and introduces a new business layer to the rivalry.<\/p>\n<p>Eddie said the situation has created a new promotional dynamic, with his company now involved in athlete representation beyond boxing. That development has drawn attention across both sports as promoters and fighters watch how the relationship between the two camps develops.<\/p>\n<p>The Matchroom boss believes the dispute between the boxing and MMA sides will continue for some time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis battle is going to be long,\u201d he said when discussing the tension between the two camps.<\/p>\n<p>White has not publicly replied to Eddie\u2019s latest remarks, but the exchange has quickly become a regular topic in interviews on both sides as the rivalry continues to play out. Hearn indicated he expects the tension between the camps to continue for some time and said he believes the situation will not settle down quickly, adding that the dispute between the two sides is unlikely to disappear anytime soon. \u201cThis battle is going to be long,\u201d Hearn said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773179356_42_hqdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cHe\u2019s spiraling at the moment,\u201d Hearn said on the Ariel Helwani show when discussing White\u2019s recent public remarks.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-468477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}