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ESPN Lorenzowned: Did you know boxers on your show made $275?

Earlier today ESPN released a controversial piece on fighter pay. When a preview article by Josh Gross was published just…

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Chris Palmquist
January 16, 2012 · 1 min read
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Earlier today ESPN released a controversial piece on fighter pay. When a preview article by Josh Gross was published just prior to UFC 142, UFC President Dana White announced that the interview was in turn video taped by the UFC as a preventive measure against misleading editing.

Now the UFC has released the first video of the interview. This is not expected to be the last.

Zuffa Chairman Lorenzo Fertitta turns the tables on ESPN journalist John Barr asking Barr to confirm that ESPN will make nearly $3,000,000,000 in profit in 2012, and then explaining that boxers on ESPN’s Friday night fights were making as little as $275.

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