Can Zuffa really take over boxing?

This is uncharted territory in boxing, we’re told. But Zuffa’s not the first organization or promoter to come along with promises of reform. Don King did so; Frank Warren did so; Oscar De La Hoya did so; Hearn did so. Furthermore, every promoter who came along with cash on the hip, or means to produce it, did so while driving the existing hierarchy bonkers. But in many ways, each of them, though fueled by ambition and hopes of a new and improved sport, merely facilitated existing bad habits in the long run. If Zuffa is to implement palpable improvements, and not just add an extra belt or a tweak to the rules, then it will have to prove it’s better than what came before. In turn, those who came before must prove that what exists is better than what might be coming.