Dana White: Bob Arum is a jealous, greedy, moronic pig
The UFC will make its highly anticipated network television debut on Fox November 12. The UFC on Fox shows are…
The UFC will make its highly anticipated network television debut on Fox November 12. The UFC on Fox shows are supposed to be two-hour broadcasts, but because the Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez rubber match was already scheduled for that night, the UFC opted to go for just one hour on Fox so that its card would end about a half-hour before Pacquiao walks to the ring.
Event promoter Bob Arum, though, told ESPN.com he thought the decision to go on the same night was intentional, and took a dig at the UFC.
There is no competition, Arum said. If Fox was to put on a top movie that night, it might be more competition.”
After learning of Arum’s comments, White took full aim at Arum and his stepson, Todd duBoef, who is president of Top Rank.
Let me tell you what: Todd Arum went crazy when he found out that we were going the same night as them, White told Yahoo! Sports. He went crazy and called everyone in the industry flipping out. And Bob Arum is a jealous moron. Bob Arum had the ability to do great things for the sport of boxing. I don’t know if he wasn’t smart enough to do what we did or whatever, but when we first came out with this thing, this guy laughed at us. He said how stupid the Fertittas were and that this thing was ridiculous and it would never be a sport.
Now, all he does is run around b——- and complaining about it. You had the ability, Bob Arum, to make boxing great. But the problem was, you were greedy. You’re a greedy pig, just like all the other guys who were involved in boxing. All you ever did was try to rip money out of it. You never invested a dime into the sport of boxing to make it great, to make it last, to create a future for boxing. He’s nothing but a greedy pig and his jealousy shows non-stop.
The fact of the matter is, I love the sport of boxing and it isn’t the greatest night in the world for me, either. But it is what it is. There are so many events out there that we have to compete with, from the NFL, Major League Baseball, the NBA, college football, college basketball, boxing. The list goes on and on. I mean, if we tried to tiptoe around dates, we’d never put on an event.