Dana White is a boxing man right down to that yellowing ticket stub on display inside his plush Las Vegas office.
A trinket sitting atop a shelf, and just below Flea’s autographed guitar.
Nearby, a Samurai suit of armour so rare they say, a Japanese museum curator accompanied its shipping Stateside.
Up on a wall too, White has a Yakuza painting valued at $1.2 million.
But the fading ticket stub?
Well, that cost just $7.75.
Or at least it did way back in 1936.
When said slip gained some fella entry into Yankee Stadium’s lower tier – Row K, Seat 16 -- for that night Joe Louis fought Max Schmeling for the heavyweight title.
And White, he’s also a Joe Louis man.
Which is why that stub now sits on display inside a protective case.
And why when entering the foyer of these sprawling UFC