@@Hardspace1979 with four governing bodies and 18 weight divisions, boxing has 72 belts that we could consider relevant. Its difficult for the average fan to follow. If you kept the weight divisions and unified the governing bodies you would only have 18 champions. This would go along way in making sure the top talent fought each other. It could also streamline the product, making it easier for the fans to follow. Boxing is incredible right now but the messy product is getting in the way of attracting new fans. With the big three HWs all fighting under different promotions, along with Mayweather and Manny in retirement the sport will need to do something to stay relevant. The PPV model is also on the way out in my opinion. The times are changing and boxing is stubborn as fuck.
@Tater Puddin I get what you're saying when you said he can't force ppl to fight.... however he does dictate fights. Khabib vs gsp is a perfect example. Both fighter wanted to fight. Dana said "no"
Just think how big boxing could get if it had shows like UFC does where it shows top 10 KO`s and UFC Main Event, etc.... Those shows are great for getting a fan base.... But boxing can not do it because there are multiple promotions.
@@Turk_2023 But at least 2 fighters in boxing from different promotions can fight in boxing, in mma a UFC fighter cant fight a Bellator fighter. Boxing is over taking MMA. Spence vs Garcia, Crawford vs Khan, Canelo vs Jacobs, Thurman vs Pacqioua etc are all better fights than any UFC fights on the calendar this year
Cheers to Chael loyalty to Dana but Teddy said Dictator because he meant it as it is because that's what Dana is. Negative connotations or not. Compliment or not.
In many, probably most cases, a leader is a dictator. The word has just been damaged by totalitarian leaders. How many leaders really split decision making duties with a panel of people? Not many. Most leaders make a choice, give an order, and ensure their will is being enacted. When leading a country, that is bad formula... when running a company, it is common place and gets shit done.
Boxing’s flaws always go back to the “perfect record” politics and the sport decays from all the bullshit that in one way or another goes back to that single thing.
@@OrlandoHernandez-bo9tm that is one guy. In boxing the second you lose you become disposable nowadays. You literally have to be a almost undefeated to get big in boxing
Horsedick MP . Khabib isn’t even eligible to fight yet and Tony is not active either so we have not seen any ducking whatsoever. It’s casual Friday sir. Today is Thursday 🤫
@@robbytomminson5807 Not true. Shawn Porter, Danny Garcia, Lomachanko, Tyson Furry, Adrian Broner, GGG, Manny Pacqioua, Amir Khan, Canelo Alveraz, and Deonte Wilder are all bigger draws than any UFC fighter other than Khabib Jon Jones and McGregor and none of those boxers are undefeated
I used to really dislike Teddy especially when he said Conner would never be able to hit Floyd. However after watching joe rogans podcast, he’s a good dude. Little crazy but good guy, if everyone was as passionate about boxing as Teddy is the sport would still be skyrocketing.
@Claudius Maximus ok idk if u remember or not but they were using 8 oz gloves. Not effective for the philly shell at all. Too many shots would be able to get through. So he opted to use range and movement to get conor to gas then turn up the heat. He picked the best gameplan to beat conor. Ur just to ignorant to realize it.
@Claudius Maximus floyd did not get into a dog fight they were not trading shot after shot standing in the middle of the ring. God ur hate for conor is so large that anything that puts him in a positive light u have to immediately discredit it in a way u think is logical but really makes no sense. Go back and watch floyd vs conor that was not a dog fight by any means. Cody vs tj that's a dog fight. Conor vs nate was more a dog fight than floyd vs conor was. The first one was a total dog fight and conor gassed expecting to have finished nate already.
All the different promotion company’s all competing stops the best fighting the best consistently. There all signed with different networks and their relationships between each other are poor so it’s impossible for them to put ego aside for the good of the fans and make a deal.
Unless MMA has a champions league like football (soccer in the USA) where all the league's send their best teams to be the ultimate champion amongst the club's...it cannot be called a legit sport.. tournaments are rarely held and meritocracy is non-existent..you can't have subjective title shots..it should all be tournament style
Can't dispute your points but I will say, the fact we have different promotions is good because competition amongst them is good for us. It pushes brands to keep making good fights and keep innovating for our attention and dollars. I would love that Champions League style tournament though. It would expose us to new talents we've never seen and possibly bring our attention to lesser known/prestigious promotions. UFC wouldn't do it though because they have the most to lose
You can't replace the word dictator with anything else, because it's relevant that Dana (and only Dana) is the one calling the shots, like a dictator. Teddy said it right when he said that SOMETIMES it IS good to have a dictator, when that dictator is extremely competent and has the right intentions. It's the age old conundrum of supreme rule. An incompetent or evil dictator is a curse, while a benevolent, intelligent dictator can be a blessing. But that doesn't answer the question of where Tony Ferguson fits into all this.
Dana gets a lot of shit from the fans, but he has done an amazing job with the UFC. The sport keeps growing and growing under his watch. When he first came up with the concept of a "bubble" for sporting events, the media trashed him for it. Then other sports like the NBA stole Dana's idea, and the media applauded them. It just shows how unfairly Dana is treated.
My biggest problem with boxing is that the belt system is too hard for a dude to start to follow, I always liked the sport but I can't name a single champion besides maybe Joshua and Wilder, and is very complex to understand all this promoter business(Like Fury won't fight Wilder because of his network deal), I don't think they need a Dana White, boxing just needs to make things simple for a average fan to turn into, I remember when I got into MMA and it was so simple to understand how the sport works, and I was way younger than now, I tried to get into boxing for a good time but I still always get confused with all that stuff boxing has
Chael the fighter Sonnen . I just gotta say that I really appreciate your imput . I watch you everyday because I really believe what you say is the truth . I look forward each day to your imput regarding today`s upcoming fights .
Interesting show. But PLEASE isolate the microphone from the table, and use a pop shield - doing those things will get rid of the booms when you hit the table and when you say words with plosives.
Chael always remembers the superfight belt a little different than I do. There was kind of a lineal belt, it was confusing because of draws, particularly in the first ever UFC superfight. My understanding of the heavyweight belt is that it was a unification between the at time current UFC tournament champion, and the super fight champion, both UFC belts became one. I'd have to double check, but I think we still have that lineal title and that it actually is in the hands of Daniel Cormier, and its unified with the lineage of the pride heavyweight title because of werdum having beaten fedor and falling in the lineage of the heavyweight belt
Interim titles are there also for incentive for the fighters. Yes, might seem confusing. Yes, might seem unfair towards the champ from the fans‘ point of view. But it just means more money for the interim champ from the title unification fight as they also get money from the PPV. Please, fix your audio/mic issues :).
Chael is an amazing communicator. Listens to evidence of others opinions and unbiasly judges its merrits. He sometimes even adjust his opinion which some people are not even capable of...
The NBA and NFL saw ratings dips, just because key players were being rested, and then they forced the teams to play those players regardless? That's insane... If a player needs resting then they need resting, that's the point of a squad.
There were some noticeable instances of wrestlers forfeiting this season. I don’t recall many wrestlers missing any matches besides a serious injury but I could be wrong.
It would be SO much better if Boxing was all under one major organisation and there was one heavyweight belt which held real weight. There would be so much more riding on the title fights, and more people would likely be following the fights, and particularly tuning in to the title fights, especially.
Randy Couture won an interim title against Chuck at UFC 43 when Tito was holding out for more money. Then it was Champion vs Champion UFC 44 when he fought Tito.
The fact that Fury will not fight Joshua is bad for everyone and this would never happen in the UFC. Even though he is not likable he books great fights.
Boxing has a Dana white his name is Eddie hearn! The problem in boxing is all these old ass promoters like Bob Arim, Shirley finkle and Frank warren that stop the growth of the sport.
@@EGoltz Dazn gave Eddie Hearn a billion dollar budget is he also Canelo Anthony Joshua Wilder Fury Thurman Porter Spence Garcia all multi millions 90k at every Anthony Joshua fight more televised dates than any no competition lol you clearly have no clue each weight class has more fighters in than all the UFC you plus a massive amateur system lol come back when you have a clue and teddy is nothing but a clown in boxing circles and as for Chael 😂😂
Yeah people complain about UFC but it's nothing compared to boxing. I really like boxing but it's all over the place. It's hard to even keep up with. Joshua should not be allowed to duck everybody. Why would I even want to watch him fight anyone than Fury or Wilder? Mikey Garcia should be fighting Lomo. Boxing fans won't admit but a lot of the smaller fights are exciting because people don't know what it means if they win.
although i hate boxing politics with all my heart, you can't directly compare it with the ufc because while the ufc is one organisation having contracted fighters under one boss, the boxing realm is divided into multiple separate organisations with complicated fighter/promoter relationships. one thing all avid boxing viewers loath about the sport is when the best don't fight the best. however, although you get it once in an every long while in boxing, how often do you see a ufc champion fighting e.g a bellator champion to unify the belts? none, right? and now, just for the sake of argument think of how long, exhaustive and difficult would the negotiations be for the two sides to finally agree on terms? i'll tell what it would look like. it would just look like boxing.
Yea there’s other organizations like Bellator, Onefc.. but the UFC is the big big leagues which has at least 90% of the big name stars(best competition) in the world and for the most part is where you can make the most money as a fighter. These smaller organizations are actually beneficial to the ufc because they are kind of like feeder leagues, where younger fighters can develop and gain experience then then sign with the ufc.
"Felderer ... is there a player by that name?" ... I don't know if Chael was trolling here or not (and mixing UFC LW Paul Felder's name with Federer) but I laughed really hard. Roger is the greatest male tennis player of all time, a living legend of the sport.
Dana White needs a Chael Sonnen
Nate Superfighter Devesion Diaz dont we all
Brian Volek yes
Nate Superfighter Devesion Diaz has come up for yuuzcwx
Chael replaces Dana in 5 years, I'm calling it. Dana even alluded to it a few years ago.
Damn, makes sense, wish it was Daniel Cromier, but DC just doesn't have that meanness about him that it takes to do Dana's job.
man would I love to see that, or at least he could replace the fight organizer which I think Dana hired a guy for a couple years ago.
When did he allude to it? I can’t imagine that happening at all
Dana said that before he decided he hated Chael.
BirdyLegs they are called match makers and the ufc has had several over the years... good work 🕵🏽♀️
Boxing needs top talent to fight each other consistently and have a belt system the average fan can follow.
Yes I recently got back into boxing but boy did I leave quickly after all that ducking shit
Duncan MacDonald why??? So divisions can get held up for years at a time?
@@Hardspace1979 then strip the guy of the belt if he doesnt fight the #1 contender for a full year
@@Hardspace1979 with four governing bodies and 18 weight divisions, boxing has 72 belts that we could consider relevant. Its difficult for the average fan to follow.
If you kept the weight divisions and unified the governing bodies you would only have 18 champions. This would go along way in making sure the top talent fought each other. It could also streamline the product, making it easier for the fans to follow.
Boxing is incredible right now but the messy product is getting in the way of attracting new fans.
With the big three HWs all fighting under different promotions, along with Mayweather and Manny in retirement the sport will need to do something to stay relevant. The PPV model is also on the way out in my opinion. The times are changing and boxing is stubborn as fuck.
@@kyleelpel9402 Already happens
I think "dictator" is better way to describe Dana White... better than "leader" lol
100%...ABSOLUTELY!!!!!.....or puppet master
@Tater Puddin why ?
@Tater Puddin yeah, tater. Are you saying a good dictator can't run a successful business?
@Tater Puddin I get what you're saying when you said he can't force ppl to fight.... however he does dictate fights. Khabib vs gsp is a perfect example. Both fighter wanted to fight. Dana said "no"
he said himself : its my way and no other way
But the real question remains, just how good is Roger FeLderer?
Roger "The Swiss Dragon" FeLderer
Hahaha Paul Federer is a the goat of American tennis
This comment is absolutely priceless!!
I can't believe that Chael doesn't know who Roger Federer is. He must be trolling, there is no other way around it.
Lol i bet he is trolling.. I mean I live in a 3rd world country and doesn't play or watch tennis and I know who Roger Federer is^^
Chael's a Master class conversationalist.
Ill put you in a conversation if you don't behave.
The Dana White haters will miss him when he’s gone.
I agree he keeps shit movin and adds storylines
Nope
I agree, the dude gives us the best match up's every week. personality aside he's good at his job
You're absolutely right!!! I hate him...but I already miss him...even though he's still there!?!
Idk about the others but I swear I wont. Fuck that guy
Fledher- er is my fav tennis player
Felderer*
Uncle Chael the type of guy who would call Phil Jackson, Phil Knight.
Hilarious 😂
tony ferguson is the type of guy to call 911 to ask if they need help
Idk if that's the original or not but it's a pretty good one.
LOL When did Phil Jackson's name turn to "Phil Knight"
Hey chael, may i offer you a new pair of glasses?
Uncle Chael the type of guy who would pretend he doesn't know who Roger Federer is.
I don’t like Dana but it would be amazing as a fan used to organized leagues to have most/all of the boxers in a league like the ufc
Just think how big boxing could get if it had shows like UFC does where it shows top 10 KO`s and UFC Main Event, etc.... Those shows are great for getting a fan base.... But boxing can not do it because there are multiple promotions.
dazn is looking like that
SHIT FOR THE BROKE MMA FIGHTERS THOUGH LOL
@@Turk_2023 But at least 2 fighters in boxing from different promotions can fight in boxing, in mma a UFC fighter cant fight a Bellator fighter. Boxing is over taking MMA. Spence vs Garcia, Crawford vs Khan, Canelo vs Jacobs, Thurman vs Pacqioua etc are all better fights than any UFC fights on the calendar this year
I feel like in the long run mma will become like boxing mma promotions will start a bidding war and we won't get to see the best fight the best
If bellator starts to do better then Mma will be like boxing. And it use to be the best fights the best but now its who's popular
Asad hoque exactly
Loved when Phil Knight was coaching the Bulls
Cheers to Chael loyalty to Dana but Teddy said Dictator because he meant it as it is because that's what Dana is. Negative connotations or not. Compliment or not.
John von Atzigen ufc/mma would be fucked if not for dana, and he's hardly a dictator, he's the puppet master
all dictators preferred the word "leader"
In many, probably most cases, a leader is a dictator. The word has just been damaged by totalitarian leaders. How many leaders really split decision making duties with a panel of people? Not many. Most leaders make a choice, give an order, and ensure their will is being enacted. When leading a country, that is bad formula... when running a company, it is common place and gets shit done.
Boxing’s flaws always go back to the “perfect record” politics and the sport decays from all the bullshit that in one way or another goes back to that single thing.
So does ufc with all their hype trains lol khabob is hiding from ferguson and doesnt want to take a loss.
@@OrlandoHernandez-bo9tm that is one guy. In boxing the second you lose you become disposable nowadays. You literally have to be a almost undefeated to get big in boxing
I doubt Khabob is scared. Is Tony even healthy? Everything Khabob has said he's done. When his bros get cleared he'll be back.
Horsedick MP . Khabib isn’t even eligible to fight yet and Tony is not active either so we have not seen any ducking whatsoever. It’s casual Friday sir. Today is Thursday 🤫
@@robbytomminson5807 Not true. Shawn Porter, Danny Garcia, Lomachanko, Tyson Furry, Adrian Broner, GGG, Manny Pacqioua, Amir Khan, Canelo Alveraz, and Deonte Wilder are all bigger draws than any UFC fighter other than Khabib Jon Jones and McGregor and none of those boxers are undefeated
Every sport needs a Dana otherwise it won’t last.
Name checks out.
Conner will be a promoter one day. Possibly in Europe
I'm always scared that Teddy Atlas will fall into cardiac arrest when I listen to him commentate.
This is one of only 2 fears of myn.
I love this channel. Having a veteran fighter discuss recent news/topics is much needed for us as fans.
(4:17) The mystery man Chael is talking about... Bob Iger
I used to really dislike Teddy especially when he said Conner would never be able to hit Floyd. However after watching joe rogans podcast, he’s a good dude. Little crazy but good guy, if everyone was as passionate about boxing as Teddy is the sport would still be skyrocketing.
@Claudius Maximus ok idk if u remember or not but they were using 8 oz gloves. Not effective for the philly shell at all. Too many shots would be able to get through. So he opted to use range and movement to get conor to gas then turn up the heat. He picked the best gameplan to beat conor. Ur just to ignorant to realize it.
@Claudius Maximus floyd did not get into a dog fight they were not trading shot after shot standing in the middle of the ring. God ur hate for conor is so large that anything that puts him in a positive light u have to immediately discredit it in a way u think is logical but really makes no sense. Go back and watch floyd vs conor that was not a dog fight by any means. Cody vs tj that's a dog fight. Conor vs nate was more a dog fight than floyd vs conor was. The first one was a total dog fight and conor gassed expecting to have finished nate already.
"Felderer? Is that a popular name right now?"
You bastard.
All the different promotion company’s all competing stops the best fighting the best consistently. There all signed with different networks and their relationships between each other are poor so it’s impossible for them to put ego aside for the good of the fans and make a deal.
Unless MMA has a champions league like football (soccer in the USA) where all the league's send their best teams to be the ultimate champion amongst the club's...it cannot be called a legit sport.. tournaments are rarely held and meritocracy is non-existent..you can't have subjective title shots..it should all be tournament style
Can't dispute your points but I will say, the fact we have different promotions is good because competition amongst them is good for us. It pushes brands to keep making good fights and keep innovating for our attention and dollars. I would love that Champions League style tournament though. It would expose us to new talents we've never seen and possibly bring our attention to lesser known/prestigious promotions. UFC wouldn't do it though because they have the most to lose
You can't replace the word dictator with anything else, because it's relevant that Dana (and only Dana) is the one calling the shots, like a dictator. Teddy said it right when he said that SOMETIMES it IS good to have a dictator, when that dictator is extremely competent and has the right intentions. It's the age old conundrum of supreme rule. An incompetent or evil dictator is a curse, while a benevolent, intelligent dictator can be a blessing. But that doesn't answer the question of where Tony Ferguson fits into all this.
I think big nog was the first interim champion
Dana gets a lot of shit from the fans, but he has done an amazing job with the UFC. The sport keeps growing and growing under his watch. When he first came up with the concept of a "bubble" for sporting events, the media trashed him for it. Then other sports like the NBA stole Dana's idea, and the media applauded them. It just shows how unfairly Dana is treated.
My biggest problem with boxing is that the belt system is too hard for a dude to start to follow, I always liked the sport but I can't name a single champion besides maybe Joshua and Wilder, and is very complex to understand all this promoter business(Like Fury won't fight Wilder because of his network deal), I don't think they need a Dana White, boxing just needs to make things simple for a average fan to turn into, I remember when I got into MMA and it was so simple to understand how the sport works, and I was way younger than now, I tried to get into boxing for a good time but I still always get confused with all that stuff boxing has
Very, very true. I'm a big boxing fan, but I hardly pay attention to who has what belt and it's super opaque to enter into.
Boxrec
@@AdobadoFantastico yeah there's like 800 belts and 73 weight classes lol
Tony Ferguson is the type of guy to say that boxing is just a grown up version of patty cake
Ferguson is one of the biggest boxing advocates in the UFC
This man said the bulls coach Phil Knight. Lol
Tony Ferguson is the type of guy to win a Jiu Jitsu tournament in boxing gloves
Ok tony is akward but nobody is that good at bjj.
Chael the fighter Sonnen . I just gotta say that I really appreciate your imput . I watch you everyday because I really believe what you say is the truth . I look forward each day to your imput regarding today`s upcoming fights .
I saw Paris, I saw sakura bloom in Japan and I saw Chael in glasses. I think I am done.
Just explained this to my mom lol watching after commenting on this but I read it yesterday and was happy to see
The question is “Just how good is Dana White?”
Interesting show. But PLEASE isolate the microphone from the table, and use a pop shield - doing those things will get rid of the booms when you hit the table and when you say words with plosives.
Chael always remembers the superfight belt a little different than I do. There was kind of a lineal belt, it was confusing because of draws, particularly in the first ever UFC superfight.
My understanding of the heavyweight belt is that it was a unification between the at time current UFC tournament champion, and the super fight champion, both UFC belts became one.
I'd have to double check, but I think we still have that lineal title and that it actually is in the hands of Daniel Cormier, and its unified with the lineage of the pride heavyweight title because of werdum having beaten fedor and falling in the lineage of the heavyweight belt
I like the 5 round SuperFight idea, would be an opportunity to make big what-if catchweight fights.
Great stuff Chael. 👏👏👏👍
Boxing is out because mma is more dynamic. But the Dana White model is on its way out as well.
how
Boxing isn't out, it's in a better place now than it has been in over a decade, AND boxers still get paid more than MMA fighers
Interim titles are there also for incentive for the fighters. Yes, might seem confusing. Yes, might seem unfair towards the champ from the fans‘ point of view. But it just means more money for the interim champ from the title unification fight as they also get money from the PPV.
Please, fix your audio/mic issues :).
Chael is such a talented speaker. He’s enjoyable to listen to even when I disagree
Chael is an amazing communicator. Listens to evidence of others opinions and unbiasly judges its merrits. He sometimes even adjust his opinion which some people are not even capable of...
Enjoyed every second of this
one of the biggest challenges in boxing, is language barrier, if you can't understand your favorite fighter how are you supposed to be a fan
Phil Knight?? Chael is something else with names 😂 It’s Phil Jackson!
Boxing on the up.... Eddie Hearn is taking it to a new level!
posted the teddy atlas video if anyone wants to see it
I had to check if I had the video on 1.5. Chael talks so freaking fast.
Librarian chael is the goat
This was a really good conversation
Big fan of Chael's.
Tony fergusen the type of guy to wear chaels reading glasses to a long range archery match
Teddy is the only one in the boxing world with a brain.
Eddie Hearn?
Hi cheal why are you not talk about jds vs derrick
The NBA and NFL saw ratings dips, just because key players were being rested, and then they forced the teams to play those players regardless? That's insane... If a player needs resting then they need resting, that's the point of a squad.
Love you Chael. I'm a huge fan from the mean streets of Oxford England. 😂
football doesn't rest players chael they only got 16 games
@4:42 'Wimbleton' lol
There were some noticeable instances of wrestlers forfeiting this season. I don’t recall many wrestlers missing any matches besides a serious injury but I could be wrong.
If chael was promoting egg throwing championships I'd tune in. He is the best salesman I've ever seen
Personally I prefer "furher"
Is Felderer a popular player now?
He's just the most successful player in tennis history, but don't worry Chael ;)
Thank you Teddy Atlas.
It’s great to have an honest voice.
Exactly switch dictator for leader because you have no problems with sanctioning bodies like boxing and so many people in charge instead of just one
Hey look who I found :p
yep, such a bummer that probably we ll not get Wilder x Fury 2
Uncle Chael with glasses is the best one
All boxing needs is to make the fights fans want to see . And get rid of bought off judges
Btw askren predicted more belts/weight classes a few weeks ago
It would be SO much better if Boxing was all under one major organisation and there was one heavyweight belt which held real weight.
There would be so much more riding on the title fights, and more people would likely be following the fights, and particularly tuning in to the title fights, especially.
Randy Couture won an interim title against Chuck at UFC 43 when Tito was holding out for more money. Then it was Champion vs Champion UFC 44 when he fought Tito.
It does..... Eddie Hearn.
Every Territory gets their champion and then they fight to become champion of the world!!!
Felderer, the man who after he plays tennis commentates on the ufc panel.
I agree with teddy atlas' statements, teddy should come on this podcast with chael
The fact that Fury will not fight Joshua is bad for everyone and this would never happen in the UFC. Even though he is not likable he books great fights.
Tony Ferguson the type of guy to shadow box himself in the mirror and win by split decision
And on this day, Uncle Chael became Grandpa Chael
Boxing has a Dana white his name is Eddie hearn! The problem in boxing is all these old ass promoters like Bob Arim, Shirley finkle and Frank warren that stop the growth of the sport.
Boxing is doing great Canelo just signed the biggest contract in sports history.
So ONE guy signing a huge contract means BOXING is doing great....?
@@tiggie_96 No the fact that it's on more channels than ever and all the top guys getting million plus payday lol
@@tiggie_96 Do you know who maurice hooker is ?. No nobody does still 1.4 mill his last pay day and hes nobody
That means Canelo is doing great. Not boxing
@@EGoltz Dazn gave Eddie Hearn a billion dollar budget is he also Canelo Anthony Joshua Wilder Fury Thurman Porter Spence Garcia all multi millions 90k at every Anthony Joshua fight more televised dates than any no competition lol you clearly have no clue each weight class has more fighters in than all the UFC you plus a massive amateur system lol come back when you have a clue and teddy is nothing but a clown in boxing circles and as for Chael 😂😂
4:13 Tennis does have that though. So does golf. These guys have to play a certain amount of tournaments to keep their ranking points.
Yeah people complain about UFC but it's nothing compared to boxing. I really like boxing but it's all over the place. It's hard to even keep up with. Joshua should not be allowed to duck everybody. Why would I even want to watch him fight anyone than Fury or Wilder? Mikey Garcia should be fighting Lomo. Boxing fans won't admit but a lot of the smaller fights are exciting because people don't know what it means if they win.
8:01 "You've got HBO" .😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Pro wrestling was at its best when it had two competitive companies wcw vs wwf.
Teddy is an amazing man , inspirational and very wise.
Not really they just need Roman
Chael I want to see you sit and talk with Anderson Silva. Please, give us what we need!
although i hate boxing politics with all my heart, you can't directly compare it with the ufc because while the ufc is one organisation having contracted fighters under one boss, the boxing realm is divided into multiple separate organisations with complicated fighter/promoter relationships. one thing all avid boxing viewers loath about the sport is when the best don't fight the best. however, although you get it once in an every long while in boxing, how often do you see a ufc champion fighting e.g a bellator champion to unify the belts? none, right? and now, just for the sake of argument think of how long, exhaustive and difficult would the negotiations be for the two sides to finally agree on terms? i'll tell what it would look like. it would just look like boxing.
Yea there’s other organizations like Bellator, Onefc.. but the UFC is the big big leagues which has at least 90% of the big name stars(best competition) in the world and for the most part is where you can make the most money as a fighter. These smaller organizations are actually beneficial to the ufc because they are kind of like feeder leagues, where younger fighters can develop and gain experience then then sign with the ufc.
Still true 3 years later.
Boxing needs a Chael Sonnen
5 rounds is more damage. Only for title fights. Make the title fights special. Strip inactive champions.
Down for brazilian, euro, ect. belts. with or without weight classes
I think Chael should replace Dana as the mouthpiece of the UFC when he's done.
"Felderer ... is there a player by that name?" ... I don't know if Chael was trolling here or not (and mixing UFC LW Paul Felder's name with Federer) but I laughed really hard. Roger is the greatest male tennis player of all time, a living legend of the sport.
One problem with the top boxers getting paid a lot, no incentive
Chael's eyesight tapped.
Off camera guy is smart, good counter to Chael.