{"id":217397,"date":"2025-06-27T01:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T01:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/217397\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T01:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T01:57:09","slug":"manny-pacquiao-pays-dana-white-massive-compliment-as-ring-legend-welcomes-ufc-boss-to-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/217397\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao pays Dana White massive compliment as ring legend welcomes UFC boss to boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Manny Pacquiao is one of boxing\u2019s greatest ever fighters, and he is welcoming UFC boss Dana White into the sport with open arms.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many within the <a href=\"http:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/boxing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boxing<\/a> business are unsure of White, who has made a number of high-profile enemies while building the <a href=\"http:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA<\/a> supremo into far and away the biggest brand in combat sports. But it appears that Pacquiao isn\u2019t one of them, insisting that his arrival is a good thing for the sport.<\/p>\n<p>The legendary eight-division world champion is currently preparing for a return to the ring at the age of 46. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/features\/mario-barrios-conquered-the-last-man-to-beat-manny-pacquiao-with-a-world-title-victory-in-2023\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will face Mario Barrios on July 19<\/a> in Las Vegas, looking to win yet another belt as he competes for the WBC welterweight title.<\/p>\n<p>Manny Pacquiao welcomes Dana White into boxing with massive compliment<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/manny-pacquiao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manny Pacquiao<\/a> has been working towards a return to the ring next month, and took part in a media workout yesterday in California. He invited the press, including Bloody Elbow, to watch him hit pads and train at the famous Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, later fielding questions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Asked by Bloody Elbow what he feels about <a href=\"http:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/dana-white\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dana White\u2019s<\/a> move into the boxing world, he said it was a positive for the sport given his ability as a promoter and his profile. He also noted that his much-anticipated meeting with <a href=\"http:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/conor-mcgregor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conor McGregor<\/a> was now becoming unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s good,\u201d he said of the move. \u201cIt\u2019s good because it really helps the boxing industry. He is one of the best [promoters in the world]. <\/p>\n<p>Dana White has always been a big fan of Manny Pacquiao<\/p>\n<p>While there hasn\u2019t been much of a relationship publicly between the two parties, Dana White has never hidden his admiration for Manny Pacquiao over the years. Back in 2012, he claimed to be \u201cthe biggest Manny Pacquiao fan ever,\u201d despite picking Juan Manuel Marquez in their fourth fight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2222329993-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Dana White smiles during the UFC 317 Press Conference\" class=\"wp-image-216344\" \/>Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC<\/p>\n<p>He branded Bob Arum, the legendary Top Rank Boxing boss, \u201ca moron\u201d for putting on the event, which saw Marquez finally knock out Pacquiao. \u201cWhy would you take that fight you idiot?\u201d He asked during a media scrum at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all about the money, that was a money fight, that\u2019s what it was done for. He should have fought [Timothy] Bradley, that was the fight that they should have done. He would have knocked Bradley out, got his belt back and now he\u2019s back in the position he should have been in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s one of the greatest fighters in the world\u2026 Bob Arum is one of the dumbest promoters in the history of the world.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao is one of boxing\u2019s greatest ever fighters, and he is welcoming UFC boss Dana White into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,4851,4778,27372,79,22178,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-217397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-canelo-alvarez","10":"tag-dana-white","11":"tag-manny-pacquiao","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-terence-crawford","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114752850995185965","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}