Dana White Declines UFC/Boxing Crossover: 'That's Not What We Do'

Dana White gets between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford - Steve Marcus/Getty Images Dana White emphatically denied any interest in cross-over fights between UFC and Zuffa Boxing. Zuffa Boxing is still in its infancy relative to the UFC, having launched with the Terence Crawford versus Canelo Alvarez fight last year. But it has dominated headlines with the $15 million signing of Conor Benn, sparking uproar between critics and UFC fighters alike .

One way many thought that issue could be remediated is by giving certain fighters the opportunity to box if they so choose, with the likes of Alex Pereira and Max Holloway making it clear they would if they could. White was asked on Saturday following Fight Night in London whether that could be the case, and he was certain that it would not. "No way in Hell," he said.

"The cross-over fights suck. " He was asked if that extended to a fight on the scale of Pereira against Oleksandr Usyk, to which he simply repeated "No. " "That's not what we do," he continued.

"I want to see the best fighters in the world fight the best fighters in the world. I mean, I'd like to see Jai Opetaia fight Usyk... There's other networks and other people that do that s***, it's not what I do.