White on Strikeforce’s Coker: ‘He [expletive] wishes he was Bob Arum’
In MMA’s sister combat sport, boxing executives Don King and Bob Arum are on very different sides of the spectrum…
In MMA’s sister combat sport, boxing executives Don King and Bob Arum are on very different sides of the spectrum when it comes to personalities and promoting styles.
King is the flashy guy who’s never afraid of the microphone; Arum is considered a comparatively reserved promoter who puts the fights and fighters in the forefront.
But UFC president Dana White today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) he has major beef with Strikeforce CEO’s Scott Coker belief he’s more like Arum and the UFC boss more like King.
“He [expletive] wishes he was Bob Arum,” said White, who talked to MMAjunkie.com while in Las Vegas for “The Ultimate Fighter 13” open tryouts. “Are you [expletive] me? Bob Arum put on some of the biggest fights in boxing history, and Bob is actually successful and made money.
“For you to compare yourself to [expletive] Bob Arum is hysterical. You can call me Don King or whatever you want. But calling yourself Bob Arum is a [expletive] joke.”
Coker made the comparisons in a recent interview with BloodyElbow.com. The longtime combat-sports promoter, who’s navigated Strikeforce’s rise as one of the world’s most visible promotions and one of the few organizations to air on network television, thinks White sometimes steals the spotlight from his fighters.
