{"id":579658,"date":"2026-05-12T10:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/579658\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T10:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:42:13","slug":"dana-white-responds-to-roy-jones-jr-s-criticism-of-zuffa-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/579658\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Responds To Roy Jones Jr.\u2019s Criticism Of Zuffa Boxing"},"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>White was asked directly about the comments following Zuffa Boxing 6 at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know whose ass you got to kiss around here to get fights,\u201d White said at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IXBQvKdrl1Q\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">post-fight press conference<\/a> on Sunday night. \u201cProbably got to be Ish or Harrison or somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White said he respected Jones but disagreed with the idea that fighters are being mistreated or politically controlled under the Zuffa structure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that if you asked any of the fighters, they would tell you that we treat them very well, treat them like professional athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White also pointed toward the company\u2019s relationships with fighters and managers as evidence that the promotion\u2019s approach has been different from traditional boxing systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny of the interactions that I\u2019ve had through Ish and Harrison has been nothing but respectful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones\u2019 criticism came during a recent interview in which he questioned whether Zuffa\u2019s long-term influence could alter how boxing historically operates. White suggested resistance from some established boxing figures was inevitable as the promotion continues expanding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody\u2019s entitled to their opinions,\u201d White said. \u201cI\u2019m sure when you come into a business and you start to cause disruption, you\u2019re going to ruffle some feathers. It\u2019s going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zuffa Boxing has spent the last several months building cards around younger prospects and undefeated fighters facing one another earlier than is traditionally common in boxing. White has repeatedly said the promotion plans to continue expanding internationally while building toward larger events in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"White was asked directly about the comments following Zuffa Boxing 6 at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-579658","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\/579658","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=579658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}