Promoter's editorial: As a fight promoter for the past forty years, I believe it gives me the right to comment on what has been said or posted the past month by fight promoters, fight media, and fight fans, regarding the launch of Zuffa Boxing by Dana White. Let’s look at this situation. White launched a boxing promotions company, Zuffa Boxing, just like Bob Arum did with Top Rank, Don King did with Don King Promotions, Richard Schaefer, Oscar, and myself did with Golden Boy Promotions, Eddie Hearn with Matchroom, Joe Deguardia with Star Boxing, Jimmy Burchfield with CES, Al Haymon with PBC, and on and on. White hired a staff including Tom Loeffler, (who I have know for 30 years) as vice president, and matchmaker Chuck Bosecker (whose first matchmaking job was for our Fight Club OC shows). Just like Golden Boy did with Eric Gomez; like Top Rank did with Bruce Trampler, Brad Jacobs, and Carl Moretti; like Al Hayman did with Tom Brown, and on and on.

White signed fighters, just like Top Rank as done over the years; as Golden Boy has done; as Al Hayman has done, as Eddie Hearn has done, and on and on. White created a Zuffa Championship Belt concept, just like we did with our Fight Club OC young champions belt, and the California Commission has done with their State Championship belts. It is tough enough being a fight promoter without having outside entities dictate our business.

White decided to stage his first group of shows in the Apex, which is what we teach at Fight Promoter University. Build a show template in a small venue, so you don’t pay for 4,000 empty seats. I for one am happy that we have a new boxing promotions company in Zuffa Boxing…. why do I say that? Well, this will get young boxers excited about turning pro as their will another promoter to sign with, which means more young fighters on my Fight Club OC shows!  Have we not heard the phrase “A Rising Tide Raises All Boats”!

So thank you Dana, and for the rest of you…Please cut Dana White and Zuffa Boxing some slack!