Dana White claims that the boxing industry has been failing at the amateur level and that it has historically suffered from poor leadership and short-term thinking.

“one of the things that that I started to notice about boxing was um it started to fall apart at an amateur level I was involved in the amateurs back then and it was really dirty and [ __ ] corrupt”

Mike Tyson believes that boxing legends like Ali, Joe Gans, and Sugar Ray Robinson were the true masters of the sport.

“about the masters, I'm talking about Ali, Joe Gans, Roberto Duran, you know what I mean? Um Um these These guys went 100 and what? It was like 52 rounds. Joe Gans the battle of Nelson. Nobody do that.”

Shakur Stevenson views Muhammad Ali as the greatest boxer of all time due to his resilience through various challenges, despite having career losses.

“to me the to me the the greatest probably fighter of all time is Muhammad Ali he got a bunch of losses but just the trials and tribulations that he had to go through the setbacks that he had to go through”

Muhammad Ali would have defeated Mike Tyson in a hypothetical matchup due to his tactical superiority.

“I give it to Ali by decision. Barely. barely cuz his foot movement, the ability to fight backwards, the jab, the combinations, the slight reach, it'd be hard to hit Ali.”

The heavyweight champions from the era of Jack Johnson to Muhammad Ali possessed a mythic quality that distinguishes them from later fighters.

“I mean every one of those guys seemed like a god they didn't seem like they were mortal they just there was nothing about them that seemed normal”