Dana White: "Eddie Hearn is weak. Eddie Hearn, his dad built that business"
White told The Diary Of A CEO that "nobody's done more to try to hurt the AJ Fury fight than Eddie Hearn", and called Frank Warren "the real guy".
Dana White has called Eddie Hearn weak and says it was Hearn's father, Barry, who built Matchroom.
Talking on The Diary Of A CEO about anyone who wants to compete with him, White was asked if he meant Hearn. He said: "Every one of them. Eddie Hearn is weak. Eddie Hearn, his dad built that business. His dad's a real guy."
"Eddie's not the guy, Eddie's dad is the guy, and I'm not saying this to s*** on Eddie, I'm just being honest, and I don't dislike Eddie," he said. "But he's not the guy, his dad's the guy."
White also turned to Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury. "The truth is nobody's done more to try to hurt the AJ Fury fight than Eddie Hearn," he said. "I hope AJ owns a piece of Matchroom." Asked to pick a winner, he declined, saying both men "had tune-up fights that were very, very sketchy".
He had praise for Frank Warren, who he said had stayed quiet through the row. "Frank Warren's the real guy," White said. "I just saw this interview with him, I was like, f***ing love it... all this f***ing talking and all this f***ing bulls***, let's f***ing fight." He did give Hearn one compliment: "Eddie Hearn's work rate is impressive."
White said Zuffa Boxing is ahead of schedule. "I'm already two years ahead of where I thought I would be because the guys that are doing it right now are just so bad at doing it," he said.
Hearn said at the post-fight press conference in Birmingham on 3 October that White's side were "completely checkmated", and told iFL TV the same night they could only be involved "if I let them", while White replied: "I'll see you in Wales". Fury and Joshua meet in Cardiff on 11 December. Start times, TV and tickets are on our Fury vs Joshua page.
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