Eddie Hearn has publicly accepted the idea of a boxing match with Dana White, and the two promoters are now arguing over how big that spectacle would actually be.
White spent part of the weekend mocking the idea and downplaying where a fight like that would even belong on a card. Hearn answered by leaning all the way into it, first on The Ariel Helwani Show and then again in a separate interview with IFLTV. The latest back-and-forth also sits alongside Hearn’s recent move with Tom Aspinall, another point of friction between him and White as the boxing and MMA business lanes keep colliding.
White’s latest shot came during the weekend.
“Eddie Hearn’s a p***y. Eddie Hearn ain’t boxing anybody, f***ing posting pictures of himself hitting the speed bag. It looks like it’s in slow motion,” White said. “Let me tell you what. If that did happen, me and Eddie Hearn are bums. We would be the first fight of the night. These guys are talking like we’re gonna headline a card.”
Hearn gave one response on The Ariel Helwani Show.
“We would make 30 million each,” he said via The Ariel Helwani Show. “So, I’m all over it. So, stick me in, put my name down, find me a pair of shorts and I’ll travel. He called me out, I accept.”
“I’m very limited but I’ll have a right go, I’ll tell you. I’ll get myself in good shape and I’m a big lump and I think I’ll knock him out,” he continued. “But also, if I get knocked out and I make $30 million, it’s not the saddest day in the world and people would find it quite amusing.”
He doubled down again when he spoke to IFLTV.
“He called me a p***y and it would be the start of the night. No it f***ing wouldn’t! It will go main event on probably Netflix,” Hearn said. “And if you generate… it’s probably the biggest fight out there right now other than AJ.”
“You said right categorically, you’ve said this in one of my interviews, that he does 1 million buys minimum. Are you being serious? 1 million buys easy. EASY,” Hearn said. “So does Dana, who’s obviously clued up about that, think this would go the first fight of the night? I don’t know what he’s going on about.”
Eddie Hearn questions why Dana White didn’t attend Conor Benn’s fight after a $15M investment:
“I was quite surprised that you’d make that unbelievable investment and not even turn up… You must have some serious money if you’re just willing to spunk 15 million up the wall in a… pic.twitter.com/oEZKV3aKnR
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 14, 2026
Eddie Hearn claims a showdown with Dana White would do “minimum” 1M PPV buys 👀💰#MMA #UFC pic.twitter.com/QQrz0Fd2oz
— Scott (@ScottishProbl) April 14, 2026
Dana White continues taking shots at Eddie Hearn pic.twitter.com/PJSB6SfUu8
— Best MMA Moments (@XcellentMMA) April 12, 2026
Eddie Hearn and Dana White disagree on whether this is a novelty fight or a real draw
The split is obvious. White framed the matchup like a sideshow between two non-fighters who would not belong near the top of a card. Hearn took the opposite view and argued it could do major business, even tossing out a $30 million figure for each man and saying it could headline on Netflix.
That is also why the story fits into the larger fight-business debate around White’s move into boxing. The wider policy angle still connects to recent debate around the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act, while White’s recent White House card comments show how often his bigger combat sports plans become part of the news cycle.
