Dana White did not mince words on Jake Paul’s knockout loss to Anthony Joshua in their heavily-promoted boxing match on Netflix in December.
“It’s crazy that that fight was even allowed to happen,” White told Complex. “Crazy.”
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Paul took on a challenge far too strong when he stepped into the boxing ring with two-time undisputed heavyweight champion Joshua and survived until being stopped in Round 6 with a punch that broke his jaw.
UFC CEO White cautioned the matchup as a bad idea when it was first rumored, and thought it played out in predictable fashion.
White has said many times in the past that he is not interested in the way Paul selects matchups for his career. He felt Paul vs. Joshua was not an event worthy of praise.
“I don’t know (what Paul’s future is),” White said. “As long as people want to pay to watch him fight, I guess he can keep doing it. It’s just not what I do. To even comment on it, I think everybody that was involved in that thing should be embarrassed, No. 1. And No. 2, it’s just not what I’m into. Not my thing.”
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Dana White gives harsh criticism of Jake Paul’s loss to Anthony Joshua
