Will Turki Alalshiki make Saudi Arabia the Mecca of Boxing?

[RENE JUNIOR]

Damn near every position in SA's govt is someone related or someone loyal and close to the King and defacto ruler (Prince MBS).

I meant to say I am extremely ignorant with middle east affairs and people...

Wow buncha of wealthy big shots it sounds like.

I understand they get their wealth from oil right???

[El_Mero]

I meant to say I am extremely ignorant with middle east affairs and people...

Wow buncha of wealthy big shots it sounds like.

I understand they get their wealth from oil right???

That's correct. 2nd biggest, used to be the biggest, oil reserves in the world

[The D3vil]

I certainly hope so.

They don't give a fxck about how much money the spend.

Hell, they give the WWE $10 million a year just because His Excellency liked Hulk Hogan growing up

They make fights that nobody else can make happen AND the fights don't start at midnight here in the Midwest.

I actually got to watch Fury/Usyk at 5:30PM while I was barbecuing instead of having to wait until midnight.

[Rockybigblower]

Yeah that dude uses dollar bills and napkins for dinner or something.

Is he some oil tycoon or something?

Human trafficking, slavery and drugs

[RENE JUNIOR]

That's correct. 2nd biggest, used to be the biggest, oil reserves in the world

Gosh man.

Them dudes are swimming in money WOW.

[RENE JUNIOR]

I certainly hope so.

They don't give a fxck about how much money the spend.

Hell, they give the WWE $10 million a year just because His Excellency liked Hulk Hogan growing up

They make fights that nobody else can make happen AND the fights don't start at midnight here in the Midwest.

I actually got to watch Fury/Usyk at 5:30PM while I was barbecuing instead of having to wait until midnight.

Man you are so right!!!

All in all what Mr. Turki is doing all around definitely benifits the fans as opposed to FIRST benifiting greedy selfish promoters.

I hope Turki is here to stay in the sport man and keeps smacking these promoters upside the hide by showing them how it's done.

[RENE JUNIOR]

Human trafficking, slavery and drugs

Nah man, let's not go down that conspiratorial rabbit hole

[Aztekkas]

I feel like the "Mecca" of boxing is wherever the money is. It currently resides in Saudi. The atmosphere may not be there, and may very well never be. However, it's where top notch fighters are willing to do combat at because that is where they are getting paid. I would say it currently flagships the sport and is at the helm, but that title is never permanent.

[Pac=Duran]

I really hope they stay around until all the American "stars" that made the mistake of signing their life away with vampires like Floyd Haymon and Arum all retire, so that we can have structured divisions with a constant conveyor belt of talent developing, and have a logic pathway of no.1 contenders and champions for each division.

keep the belts so we know roughly who the best 3 or 4 guys are in each division, and have them all on the line once or twice a year.

It would be so great if Arum Haymon, shirley finkel Floyd and all those other pos gimps were chased out of boxing forever.

[ELPacman]

I feel like this will only last as long as Turki pumps money into this. How long will he continue to do so? I can't imagine he's got much return on investment considering the massive fights he's been putting out with a few weeks in between. He certainly has to be eating the losses with the idea that it will provide more exposure to Saudi Arabia for future events. Considering the money they have and his evident love for the sport, he's willing to go all in and not care that they're not making profits in return.

That said, atmosphere wise, it's almost night and day compared to US arenas or the UK. They're very silent, but somewhat come alive once a man is truly hurt and stumbling everywhere. Not so much on every punch that lands where you will get that feedback at other arenas around the world.

For now, we should just be thankful for the events he's been putting on and the matchups people want to see. How long will it last? Probably as long as Turki is involved and pumping money into it at a loss.