Irish boxing sensation Callum Walsh goes all in on Dana White’s imaginative and prescient for the game.
Earlier this yr, White introduced that he was finally getting into the boxing business after greater than a decade of rumors and hypothesis. Although particulars stay beneath wraps, the UFC CEO ruffled some feathers when he revealed that this new boxing endeavor would operate outdoors of the game’s 4 main governing our bodies — the WBA, WBC, WBO, and IBF — and make the most of the UFC mannequin to rank fighters and crown champions.
Walsh excited for ‘UFC’s model of boxing’
Whereas not everyone seems to be on board with White’s try and restructure a centuries-old sport, Walsh believes White’s imaginative and prescient is precisely what the boxing world wants proper now.
“This can be a new period of boxing,” Walsh told MMA Junkie. “That is what we’re attempting to do. That is what Dana White’s concerned in. You recognize, we’re not placing on shitty fights the place individuals are going to run across the ring for 10 rounds, you recognize what I imply? That is—the UFC’s model of boxing and we’re going to struggle. We’re going to placed on entertaining fights and yeah, it’s going to be a very good one.
“I’ve been round it with the UFC for some time and I all the time hoped that boxing would get the identical thought, you recognize, make issues quite a bit simpler for the fighters for the week… The meals you get, they provide the burden lower stuff, the UFC employees are unbelievable. They make it very straightforward. And I believe that is how boxing must be.”
Touted as boxing’s subsequent large factor, Walsh (14-0) will step into the co-main occasion highlight this Saturday night time as a part of the Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford card in Las Vegas. There, ‘King’ Callum will sq. off with fellow undefeated fighter Fernando Vargas Jr. (17-0).
