Top Rank exec believes 'hypocritical' Dana White is inspiring UFC fighter mutiny: 'The genie’s out of the bottle'
"I've never seen anything like this," said Top Rank's Todd DuBoef, "where these athletes who were so scared to say anything, now these kids are just all voicing their opinions. And that’s the domino I’m not sure they thought was going to fall."
Although Top Rank has not promoted a single show in the United States since losing its ESPN deal this past July, the company and its founder, Bob Arum, have remained central targets of Dana White's Zuffa Boxing press conference rants. White has launched a war of words against boxing's old guard, claiming that he's "beating up babies" and that the establishment has already allowed him to take over the sport. Central to Zuffa Boxing's longterm plan is leveraging its political influence to pass the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act , a vital piece of legislation that would allow Zuffa to run like another TKO property, the UFC.
White's push to change the existing Ali Act has ruffled the feathers of many in boxing — and Top Rank President Todd duBoef is no exception. "I mean, so ridiculous," duBoef told Uncrowned's "The Ariel Helwani Show" of TKO's plans. "Why?
I think it’s so hypocritical, and it’s really the fundamentals. Let’s talk about — UFC was created by Nevada Boxing Commission regulators, right? Lorenzo Fertitta bought it.
He was a Nevada [regulator]. ... Didn’t create it, [but made it into] the current version [of the UFC], right?
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