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Earlier this year, reports surfaced that Dana White had reached out to boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. The reports suggested that White wanted Joshua for his much-discussed Zuffa Boxing venture, and that he’d offered him an absurdly lucrative $500 million deal.<\/p>\n

Apparently, however, that just never happened<\/a>. Speaking at the UFC Liverpool post-fight press conference, White denied making such an offer to the boxer, and claimed they never even met.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never made him an offer ever,\u201d White said at the UFC Liverpool post-fight press conference (transcribed by Mookie Alexander for BloodyElbow<\/a>). \u201cWe were supposed to meet. We never met, we never talked money, we never did anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

That being said, White did have interested in Joshua. His intention, however, was not to swipe Joshua from his current promoter Eddie Hearn. He simply wanted to work with Hearn to help Joshua get a foothold on American soil.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat isn\u2019t even the kind of deal I was looking to structure,\u201d White said. \u201cBecause when we talked, [Joshua] had told me that he was going to stay with Eddie Hearn. He was never going to get rid of Eddie Hearn, and that was never the plan. It was never like I was trying to move in and steal him from Hearn.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe deal was that I felt we could add a lot of value to them in the United States,\u201d He continued. \u201cSo we could cut some kind of a deal in the US. He\u2019s big in England, everyone knows who he is in England. And I have the machine to make him big in the United States. That was the plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Joshua has repeatedly expressed interest in working with the UFC \u2014 and even in competing in mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like a good scrap would be, I think the guy from Congo,\u201d Joshua said on a March episode of Sky Sports\u2019 boxing\u2019s Toe 2 Toe podcast, referencing Francis Ngannou, who is actually from Cameroon. \u201cI think he just lost recently. Big unit, that\u2019d be a good scrap.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen you\u2019ve got Jon Jones, that\u2019d be a good scrap,\u201d Joshua added, dropping another huge name.<\/p>\n

Do you think Anthony Joshua will end up working with Dana White and the UFC in the future? Join the conversation in the comments section.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 5\/29\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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