### Quotes Dan White about Canelo Alvarez vs. Terenca Crawford
Dana White, as the promoter of Zuffing Boxing and the host of the Riyadh season card event, was raucous during the fighting week preceding September 13, 2025, in the Allegiant Stadium attack in Las Vegas. Below is a compilation of his key quotes from various media interviews, press conferences and performances, focusing on the importance of fighting, promotion and related boxing topics. I joined the context in appropriate cases, along with some information services about the event and wider boxing landscape.
#### for why the fight had to happen and its historical meaning
White emphasized the rarity of the two best pound fighters for pounds that headed, assigning Turks Alalshikh for being possible. In an interview with Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson:
– “It makes it a great fight for fighting fans.”
– “To have a great fight, what’s going on? It is not different from Super Bowl or any of these great sporting events. What’s going on?”
– “When you have a guy like Crawford who could stay in your belt, go as the greatest in his division … But to go to two classes, to want to prove ourselves and Canelo to accept … what we all dream about as fans of fighting. So that’s why I call it once in a lifetime, because literally nobody does it, right?”
“What happened was Turks Alalshikh from Saudi Arabia, he made this fight, and then hit me and said,” I want you to be the promoter of this event. ” And you said: “Ok, because Dana, look what you do in the UFC and that’s what we want in the UFC.
– “I hate the debate. I hate the debate … There is only one way to find out … all answers, all questions will be answered on Saturday in the ring.”
** Bit messages: ** The fight is streamly transmitted live and for free at Netflix around the world, which means passing from time-honored PPV models. White promoted him firmly on X, calling this event “once in a lifetime.”
#### expectations of fighting and waiting
White suggested huge payments without giving exact numbers, while advertising the commercial success of the event:
– “Imagine what he would need to fight Crawford and a guy to move weight classes that is undefeated.” (Asked if it is $ 100 million for Canelo) “Probably”.
– “My first fight in history – I have been talking about boxing for a long time – there is Canelo Crawford, one of the biggest fights in history. [It is] Literally one of the biggest fights in history. The third largest gate in boxing history and this is the largest gate at the stadium. It is also amazing and surreal. “
** Bit messages: ** It is expected that the live gate will be the third highest in the history of combat sport, only Mayweather-Mcregor and another essential boxing event, emphasizing the struggle draw, although Crawford has moved two classes of weight.
#### in the style of fighting and forecasts
White predicts aggressive showdown, contrasting with typical boxing fittings:
– “Crawford will go right in Canelo and promises war.”
– Referring to Undercard: “If you look at this basis on Saturday evening, all newborn and upcoming guys who are invincible, everyone is fighting.”
** Bit messages: ** Crawford, undefeated in 40-0, did not fight in 14 months and arises from a welterweight, while Canelo (61-2-2) defends his titles with medium oversight. Critics notice that Canelo looked lower in her last performance against Edgar Berlang.
#### for presentation of events and boxing changes
White is to utilize UFC -style performance in boxing events, criticizing the snail-paced pace:
– “I like it when the night moves.”
– “At the moment, when you are watching a boxing party, they will have one fight, then there is a podcast. Then there is another fight, and there is a podcast, and the night is pulled out. It is bad enough for people at home watching on television. People who are live must be crazy.”
– “I have not been in battle for years. The last fight I went to was in MGM and it was Tyson Fury and (Deontay) Wilder. It was the worst experience I have ever had at every event. Great fight – and I liked miniature, sh*tty, which were much better than this.”
** Bit messages: ** White supports promotion, production, event operations and PR for the card, promising a faster program without excessive desk analysis between fights to maintain the amount of energy.
#### about wider problems in boxing
Boxing structure in Biała Krytyka, contrasting with UFC:
– “You saw … People have been talking about the fall of boxing for over 30 years, but you saw that there is no television transaction for boxing now … It doesn’t work. You can’t build … All these fights seem to be business sales.”
– “Here is a thing in boxing … Everyone is undefeated. Now, in UFC, if you are invincible like Jon Jones … it means something. But at the UFC, if the guy has one loss, you do not reject it. It looks like now in boxing, if you have one loss, you are not good … Sugar had losses. Muhammad had losses … Why don’t you reject it?
-“Today’s fighters do not want to get a loss, because it breaks down on the side of A. It is a mess that it can prove a certain amount for your purse … that’s all that it is to bring.”
** Bit messages: ** boxing has no stable television offers, relying on stream transmission processing, which White considers unbalanced compared to the UFC model.
#### on the exchange of a press conference with reporter Sean Zittel
During the last press conference, White fought with the reporter for the efforts of TKO about the amendment of the Muhammad Ali boxing reform act:
– “Well, it’s a long discussion of course. If you want to talk to me about it, set an interview. There is not about me and my case. These are these two guys on Saturday evening.”
– “Listen, I understand, you want Thowboat now. Set an interview with me if you really want to talk.”
– “If you have questions for these two, ask them and you can create an interview with me.”
– “Listen, if you want to be an asshole, let’s do it in private and we can conduct a conversation.
-“This is not a discussion at a press conference for those two who will fight on Saturday, two legends. If you want to make an interview with me and ask me these questions, let’s do it one on one, and you can ask me everything you want.”
– “You have a question for these two? No, beat it.”
** Bit news: ** Exchange emphasized the voltage over TKO lobbying to modify Ali Act to obtain a greater control similar to UFC in boxing. Canelo jokingly interjected “Fight, fight, fight!” Among the audience.
### Additional quotes about the up-to-date league Dany White (Zuffa Boxing)
Dana White discusses her boxing entry by Zuff Boxing, an undertaking under the TKO Group Holdings, often in cooperation with Turki Alalshikh. This league aims to restructure boxing with the support of a UFC -like model, focusing on building stars, united stripes and a coherent creation of fittings. Below are quotes from interviews, including the recent Vegas PBS performance, in which he presents plans from 2026.
#### on the structure and model of the Zuff boxing
– “We will have basic weight classes that have started everything. There will be one belt. It will be like UFC, a model that …”
– “Basically in 26, I intend to start my program. What I do is like a series of pretenders. The best will be to fight the best. Unmistical guys will fight undefeated guys, and what you care about is your first night of the match, not just the main event.”
– “In this way you build NFL or NBA. This is how it is done. I feel that we start from scratch …”
– “We must now be normal that you will lose fights in boxing.”
– “Yes – it’s Zuff.”
#### on fighters and diploma system
– “So I build stars, put on great fights. Then these guys will finish and fight the Turk’s Sheikh.”
– “They determine how much they earn. Okay, so you will support raise these boxers, and then, when they reach Canelo’s potential, they will earn a lot of money in Saudi Arabia. Yes, they will also earn a lot of money here, considering where they are.”
#### on Fighter Pay and comparisons with boxing
– “Everyone likes to throw a warrior there, but no one is doing homework. It’s just a amusing, miniature sound.”
– “Most guys who fight in boxing earn $ 100. Some guys will fight for the title for $ 15,000. So everyone is talking, but no one is doing homework. Those guys who are fighting in my league will receive salary.”
#### on launch and partnership
– “Amazing, everything is going well – yesterday we had a great phone from Netflix; I am excited about working with them.”
-“And here we are-my first boxing struggle is a fight once in my life with the two greatest all time.”
– “Eee, no – there are stories [about me and boxing]But no … I saw this article; I think that this article was extremely premature, and if the contract was concluded, it would be announced and you would have quotes from me. But there are no quotes from me, UFC or anything. “
#### on objects and expansion
– “I think that after the extension you can see many things at the top.”
-“The top will be bad ***, when it ends-it’s like an extension worth $ 26-30 million, so it will be very nice.”
** Bit news: ** Zuffing Boxing has already been secured by 60 to 70 boxers. Fight Canelo-Crawford serves as a debut event, with plans for the full premiere in 2026, as a result of developmental fights similar to the UFC competition series. Critics like Eddie Hearn pushed away, saying that this is not a revolutionary format.
