# White Called Boxing Fucked Up in Vegas

> Contender Series presser in Vegas, a C&D fight with Don King, and boxing called fucked up for a reason.

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Beat: Sports
Published: September 9, 2026
Source title: Zuffa says Opetaia-Mikaelian will go on despite DKP objection — ESPN
Source URL: https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/49875966/zuffa-says-opetaia-mikaelian-go-dkp-objection
Tags: dana-white, boxing, vegas, zuffa

## Article

White called boxing fucked up in Vegas. Dana White picked the Contender Series post-fight presser on Tuesday to dunk the entire sport while refusing Don King's C&D on Opetaia–Mikaelian. The sheriff wanted the badge and the roast in the same breath. He told the room boxing is the most unsophisticated sport and fucked up for a reason, a wild announcement while still clutching a contract scrap like a belt. White talks like he discovered the mess the same afternoon he started arguing over it. Don King sending a C&D and the sheriff answering by torching boxing from that presser is two carnivals fighting over the same tent. He dunks the whole sport mid-scrap and still walks around like the adult in the room. The old promoter class and the new one keep selling the same chaos with a fresher logo. White did not clean boxing up. He needed the sport small so the sheriff could look tall in Vegas.

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