The Saudis have proven all it takes to make the best fight the best is money

[-Kev-]

They’re proving it…all it takes is money. Throw money at fighters and all the “ducking” goes away.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Yes, but Saudis will not overpay divas like Tank and Canelo that want to overprice themselves.

[-Kev-]

Yes, but Saudis will not overpay divas like Tank and Canelo that want to overprice themselves.

We’ll see. This is a fairly new phenomenon that is going on in modern boxing, in the social media era.

They might not pay Canelo $150m-$200m for Benavidez but they may be the only one’s come close to that price tag.

[JakeTheBoxer]

We’ll see. This is a fairly new phenomenon that is going on in modern boxing, in the social media era.

They might not pay Canelo $150m-$200m for Benavidez but they may be the only one’s come close to that price tag.

No chance man. Canelo is big in America only, not in Europe and middle east

[HandsofIron]

His Excellency making offers one cannot refuse.

[ELPacman]

I think the Saudis can also clean up boxing. They give you a mega paycheck unlike anything you've seen before. Then you sign on the contract that if you're caught dirty, they collect your head. Literally. I think it would make fighters think twice about it.

[alexnation]

What theY also did was making every boxer believe that he will get paid tens of millions to fight as long as they wait. As a result, we see bland resumes, fight marinating beyond believable etc

[Pac=Duran]

They’re proving it…all it takes is money. Throw money at fighters and all the “ducking” goes away.

UFC did it without the money. They anchored everyone to the brand and made the best of them very well paid. Like WWE.

Maybe the Saudis will overpay for a while until the stage is set. Then will make a single UFC style organisation

[HisExcellency]

The Saudis are willing to throw around huge sums of money without expecting a profit in return. I don’t know how sustainable of a business model that is nor who else would be willing and able to copy it.

Agreed...surely they CAN'T be making money by staging so many megafights this frequently with super-stacked undercards including getting rival promoter's to do business with each other.

Bizarre and unsustainable to say the least.

[billeau2]

People tend to underestimate the Saudis and their financial acumen. Just ask Vegas around the time Hunter Thompson was being his gonzo journalist self. Vegas heard a bunch of Rich Saudis where coming in, and prepared to fleece them with Glee.

The rest is history. The Saudis had a system best represented by when they played roulette. Because they had unlimited money and really didn't give a s*** how much they lost in some interim they would start a bet and keep betting on the same number increasing the bet each time...by the time they hit even if it took a while they were wiping the banks out. You can't do that to this day in Vegas.

Imagine having lost a million dollars on the same number then 2 million and increasing the bet each time to the point where you hit on that number with something like an insane amount of money on the number.

What The Saudis realize is the potential market. As much as they're paying these fighters things are very expensive over there and when it comes to people as a potential market somebody has figured out money is to be made.