Roy Jones Jr. blasts Zuffa Boxing model

Roy Jones Jr. doesn’t see a need for boxing to follow the UFC ’s model. The UFC’s parent company, TKO Group, has entered the world of pugilism with Zuffa boxing.

UFC head honcho Dana White and Zuffa are currently pushing for revisions to the Muhammad Ali Act, enacted in 2000 to protect fighters from exploitation. White aims to create a Unified Boxing Organization that would bring boxing under a central banner, akin to the UFC for MMA. However, the likes of Nico Ali Walsh, Oscar De La Hoya and Jones Jr.

are actively lobbying against White’s proposal. Jones argues that Zuffa’s structure will eventually kill fighters’ individuality and earning power. “If they do what they are doing right now, our sport is over in this country,” Jones told FightHype .

“You don’t have no more personality. You don’t have no more style. You don’t have no more individualism.