"These guys, very smart, very powerful. I don't think they know what they're doing in boxing. I think they're just kind of like, 'Sign him, sign him. Oh, we need some welterweights.' When they started the whole thing, it was this league. The new league for boxing. Where is the league? We're six months in. And all we've seen is five shows with a load of randoms on it."
"One really big signing in Conor Benn, who's not fighting in any of the shows. He's fighting in Ring boxing. And they're stuck in the Apex still. Are you gonna come out of there?"
Eddie Hearn expresses skepticism about Dana White's leadership in Zuffa Boxing, suggesting that the organization has not effectively executed its vision. Hearn points out that Zuffa has not featured any major boxing stars and has been limited to events at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. He questions the strategy behind signing fighters without a clear plan for a boxing league. Hearn's comments come amid tensions between him and White, especially after White signed Conor Benn, a fighter Hearn manages.
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