Overview
- During a ringside interview at Zuffa Boxing 10 in Dublin, Dana White told streamer Nina Drama that “the UK won’t use ring card girls unless you have ring card boys,” and the clip went viral.
- Reporters corrected White by noting the show was sanctioned by the Boxing Union of Ireland, not the British Boxing Board of Control, and there is no BBBoC rule requiring male ring card holders.
- Promoters have recently used ring card girls at Dublin’s 3Arena and elsewhere in Ireland and the UK, so the absence of card holders at Zuffa Boxing 10 remains unexplained by Zuffa.
- White left the event before the final media duties and did not comment afterward, and his geographic error drew wide social‑media ridicule and on‑record pushback from boxing journalists.
- The card concluded with Aaron McKenna winning the vacant IBF middleweight title, and the episode has refocused attention on tradition, gendered roles and employment rules in boxing promotions.