Dana White has not ruled out staging a heavyweight showdown between Oleksandr Usyk and Deontay Wilder on his Zuffa Boxing platform. Nor has he stood down on his claims that he knows exactly where a fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will take place should the heavyweight rivals get as far as sharing a ring.
Eddie Hearn, on the request of Turki Alalshikh, had said he will this week head to a ‘summit’ where White and the Saudi Arabian financier will be present to resolve the growing divide between Matchroom and Zuffa.
The British promoter last week also claimed that White had his ‘bum smacked’ by Alalshikh for publicly claiming to know all the details about the Joshua-Fury showdown. On Sunday night, however, White insisted he wasn’t concerned about Hearn – or any promotional rival.
“I don’t know what our issues would be, I’m good,” he said. “Listen, if Eddie was here, I’d talk to Eddie. I don’t have any problems. I told you guys, a couple of times now… we are not the same, none of the other guys matter to me.”
On the all-British heavyweight showdown he added: “Let’s see what Turki says at the summit… I have all the info… Like I told you guys back in Bournemouth [on June 8], I know where it is and never did I say it was in Las Vegas.”
Rumors have been swirling since Friday, after Usyk relinquished his IBF, WBC and WBA heavyweight titles to focus on a ‘last dance’, that the Ukrainian might be eyeing up a switch to Zuffa for his final fight. Hearn and others had claimed it will come against veteran Wilder.
“Anything can happen,” White said twice with a smile when asked if Usyk-Wilder is heading to Zuffa.
