The last decade-long battle between Dana White and Paulie Malignaggi has been well-documented, though the previous champion has turned up the warmth in his newest rant.
Final week, UFC CEO Dana White despatched shockwaves by the fight sports activities world when he introduced the creation of a new boxing league in partnership with Turki Alalshikh.
The suggestion is that TKO Boxing gained’t work with different boxing federations or promotions in the case of contracts and rankings – prompting former world champion Paulie Malignaggi to go ‘scorched Earth’.
Paulie Malignaggi shreds Dana White’s new boxing enterprise
In a video posted to the ProBoxTV YouTube channel, Malignaggi launched a 20-minute-long rant about Dana White and his new boxing enterprise – particularly taking challenge with the idea that fighters can be ‘blocked into’ competing underneath one banner.
“Right here’s why I believe he’s being misleading with the league. In MMA, he’s the one who introduced that WWF sort of league the place if you happen to signed to the contract, you might be blocked in – you possibly can’t battle fighters from outdoors that promotion.
“For those who bear in mind again far sufficient, MMA was open… It was an open market like boxing, that means you’ve got your promotional steady entity, however you possibly can battle fighters from different promotional entities.”
Malignaggi argued that an open market supplies the prospect for cross-promotional super-fights to come back collectively; and that White’s stance on going solo will primarily impede such matchups from being made sooner or later.
“Now, simply because MMA followers are somewhat little bit of a decrease IQ on the totem pole and so they don’t get that half, doesn’t imply that these different fighters don’t exist… I wouldn’t be stunned if the fighters that he signed to those contracts haven’t any allowance in any respect; that they can’t be in any [other] rankings.
“The TKO promotion may have its personal rankings, its personal belt, and if you happen to try this, you might be making a league – irrespective of how a lot you wish to play on phrases.”
Paulie Malignaggi continues taking swipes at MMA followers
Malignaggi actually isn’t the one boxing legend who’s sad about White’s new enterprise, with the likes of Oscar De La Hoya admitting he was offended by a part of the TKO Boxing announcement.
“That’s what I imply concerning the deceptiveness of this man [and] not simply because MMA followers don’t have the intelligence to determine it out,” continued the previous world champion.
“They’ve by no means had it as a result of a man’s a recognized liar for years, doesn’t imply boxing followers are additionally this silly… We all know promoters lie, even promoters like Bob Arum.
“In boxing, we all know promoters lie [but] in MMA when Dana says one thing, the followers are dumb sufficient to consider all the pieces he says – even when they know he’s been mendacity the previous 20 occasions in a row.”
In line with studies on-line, the primary TKO Boxing occasion gained’t occur till 2026, that means that there’s loads of time for considerations to be quelled; what do you consider Malignaggi’s take?
