Comments Thread For: Saudi Arabia's Next Step to Succeed Las Vegas: a Tyson-Endorsed Gym

[BoxingUpdates]

Like the Kronk, the Summit at Big Bear and the Wild Card Boxing club, Mike Tyson's new gym could become the next in a long line of classic training destinations - and the key to fully opening Saudi Arabia as the next great boxing market.
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[2fast2strong]

The most famous gladiator of his time being favored by Edomite royalty just like in the days of The Roman Coliseum

[MulaKO]

Tyson sell his soul ?
Hope it works out for him

[DClefthook]

Saudi will replace Vegas when they physically move Saudi to Nevada. Stop it!

[TMLT87]

They can burn all the money they want, they will never have the history, culture with the sport and atmosphere that Vegas, New York, the UK etc does.

[Combat Talk Radio]

“Boxing is not a mainstream sport,” Abdullah said. “There are two names people know, Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. "

Disrespectful.

'Sugar' Ray Leonard
'Sugar' Ray Robinson
Tommy 'Hitman' Hearns
'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler
Evander 'Real Deal' Holyfield
Arturo Gatti
Hector 'Macho' Camacho
Julio Caesar Chavez
Oscar De La Hoya
'Smokin' Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Roy Jones Jr.
Lennox Lewis
Larry Holmes
Rid**** Bowe
Antonio Tarver
Pernell 'Sweet Pea" Whitaker
James 'Lights Out' Toney

Etc etc etc. There are tons of mainstream fighters of the past whose name is recognized even in the modern day.

[Monty Fisto]

Disrespectful.

'Sugar' Ray Leonard
'Sugar' Ray Robinson
Tommy 'Hitman' Hearns
'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler
Evander 'Real Deal' Holyfield
Arturo Gatti
Hector 'Macho' Camacho
Julio Caesar Chavez
Oscar De La Hoya
'Smokin' Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Roy Jones Jr.
Lennox Lewis
Larry Holmes
Rid**** Bowe
Antonio Tarver
Pernell 'Sweet Pea" Whitaker
James 'Lights Out' Toney

Etc etc etc. There are tons of mainstream fighters of the past whose name is recognized even in the modern day.

These names are reognised within boxing. Some of them would be recognised outside boxing, but I doubt half of them would be known by a random casual sports fan in the street today. Foreman by far would be the best known name on the list.. and it would mainly be from his grill. Like it or not, boxing has become a niche sport.

Ali and Tyson are known like Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods or Pele -- they transcended their sports to be known by everyone; they are truly famous in a generation-crossing way that Camacho, Bowe or Toney simply are not. It's not disrespectful to describe reality.

[Phase III]

No matter how much oil money the Saudi’s pour into boxing, they will never be able to white-wash their history of human rights violations and their treating of women as second class citizens.

The Saudi’s lack of atmosphere at their boxing events will never raise to the level of excitement in New York or Las Vegas. The atmosphere there can be compared to a class outing at the museum.

Mike, get what you can before the Cabbage Patch Doll euphoria goes away and the Saudi’s finally figure out that they’re competing against themselves.

[Rockybigblower]

They will love him til they don't. Then he will be trumped up on weed charges and beheaded as the undercard to Fury/Joshua....somewhere around 2027.

[Boricua181]

No matter how much oil money the Saudi’s pour into boxing, they will never be able to white-wash their history of human rights violations and their treating of women as second class citizens.

The Saudi’s lack of atmosphere at their boxing events will never raise to the level of excitement in New York or Las Vegas. The atmosphere there can be compared to a class outing at the museum.

Mike, get what you can before the Cabbage Patch Doll euphoria goes away and the Saudi’s finally figure out that they’re competing against themselves.

I agree 100%! Doing business with *********, makes you you an unwitting silent partner, and complicit in their nefarious act's around the world!