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Boxing's Bob Arum Blasts Dana White, UFC for 'Cowboy Behavior' amid COVID-19

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Boxing promoter Bob Arum spoke candidly about UFC's return this coming Saturday amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Good luck to them," Arum said in an interview with BoxingScene.com's Keith Idec. "I just hope that they’re not endangering the safety of anyone. But this kind of cowboy behavior doesn’t do anybody any good."

Arum also told Idec he doesn't plan to stage any boxing events until at least the second half of June:

"We're looking now with Nevada, which we'll do in a sensible way, or California. We're working with [Nevada's] Bob Bennett and [California's] Andy Foster, and we're talking to the Texas commission.