Comments Thread For: Reported Saudi Arabia Concept Could Cure Many Boxing Ills

[Oregonian]

This is a great plan, despite the fact it’s the Saudis sportswashing.

If it consistently gives us the best fighting the best, every weekend or other weekend, that should help elevate the sport. That is all I want as a diehard fan.

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This “sports washing” this is an invention of envious Western nations. Everything that Saudi Arabia does is done or has been done by the great US and U.K.
The war in Yemen is literally a US led war. The whole world knows this. The invasion of Iraq was a US/UK coalition.

What Saudi is doing a great thing for the boxers who are underpaid by their own American or British brothers and sisters by paying them what they deserve. They are also making big fights happen by putting up money. Isn’t that what we want as boxing fans?

For every crime one can accuse Saudi Arabia of, we can point to thousands of cases in both the US and U.K.

[Oregonian]

Saudi oil money is a short-term solution. Without it, then what?
Standard was set so high that no fighter would accept anything less.
It's a band-aid solution that would worsen the long-term situation.

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So what? The average career of a boxer is 12 years. Like our sports guys in the US and U.K., they too wanna get paid.

[The Big Dunn]

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This “sports washing” this is an invention of envious Western nations. Everything that Saudi Arabia does is done or has been done by the great US and U.K.
The war in Yemen is literally a US led war. The whole world knows this. The invasion of Iraq was a US/UK coalition.

What Saudi is doing a great thing for the boxers who are underpaid by their own American or British brothers and sisters by paying them what they deserve. They are also making big fights happen by putting up money. Isn’t that what we want as boxing fans?

For every crime one can accuse Saudi Arabia of, we can point to thousands of cases in both the US and U.K.

The thread is about the Saudis and what they are currently doing.

I believe my post is fair and accurate. I also stated clearly I think it’s great, thus answering your question about what we want as boxing fans.

Look at it like this- we all wanted Garcia v Haney to be a great fight. We got that- until the PED tests came back, ruining it for everyone.

That is how I look at this. I as a fan will enjoy it, until the Saudis have another Kashoggi incident.

I think we can agree that will ruin it for all of us.

[Oregonian]

The Saudis are not doing this out of a love of boxing . It’s all about control. If they get ahold of the reins in the future Middle Eastern fighters will dominate the rankings,guaranteed . Everyone else will get treated like a red headed stepchild .

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Isn’t that what the US does globally by controlling price of every single global commodity? We also invade nations that don’t toe the line.

[Oregonian]

While they are at it, they should develop a health plan for boxers, 401K etc. so they don't end up like Joe Louis, Kid Gavilan and others.

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Why hasn’t the US developed a health plan for boxers? Joe Louis was American and we left him to the vultures. Had he been fighting in Saudi Arabia today, he would be super wealthy.

[Oregonian]

all governments are "sportswashing" it's always been a distraction piece lol. including yours yes. who cares who thinks what government is worse. they all do extremely bad things

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Truer words have never been spoken. These guys here love to brag about how “good and just” their beloved government and politicians are.

[Oregonian]

Anyway...sorry for the rant but I've been saying this for 10 years now except I didn't have the Saudis in mind to take over the sport. So I'll say it again: Al, Bob and Oscar need to join on one network (prime or espn). We don't need the Saudis for anything!

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Oscar, Bob and Al are as corrupt as Nigeria. THEY WILL NEVER WIRJ TOGETHER.
You may not need Saudis but boxers do and will get paid what they are worth.

[Poopdick]

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Truer words have never been spoken. These guys here love to brag about how “good and just” their beloved government and politicians are.

you better watch out, we ain't supposed to be agreeing lol

[Tatabanya]

Another big reason why boxing fails is because of idiots like this. A jealous anti-black fhiggot trying to masquerade as a real boxing fan. "Multiple losses soon for Haney and Tank"... hahahaha!! You're not man enough to beat them in the ring fair and square so you need to use steroids or run and go get a desert sugar daddy to help you out. Hahaha fuqing pathetic!!!

Actually, in a Freudian slip, he wanted to type "TANK God", but a miserable "h" ruined everything.

[Phase III]

Jus imagine if they pull this off. No more frauding whatsoever lmao

God, we might just be entering a golden age of boxing. Undefeated records won't exist anymore. Best fighting the best. No more American A-side/B-side fraud behaviour

The stink of Floyd will be lifted from boxing.

That is Turkie’s plan. The UFC model works and Turkie sees that as the pillar for success. He knows, he doesn’t need TR, Matchroom, Warren, or PBC in the way. It’s his bat and ball and the Saudi’s have what all fighters want. $$$ w/o lazy promoters and managers sucking their fighters dry, while only creating traffic jams.

Dana White created the blueprint that boxing has desperately needed for years. The only exception, fighters will get paid handsomely for their efforts.

Turkie has been told to forget Canelo vs Crawford, and instead focus on Crawford vs Boots, that’s the fight Crawford wants no part of. Canelo vs Benevidez is also the fight everyone wants. Turkie knows that in the short term to make those fights he needs to deal with Matchroom’s, and PBC. He also knows that they really do nothing but suck the blood out of their fighters and basically do no real promoting. It will take some time, but the word will go out to fighters, be patient and don’t resign with your promoters once your contract expires.

One thing that Turkie has come to terms with is in order to have real fireworks, the fights must not be staged in Saudi where the atmosphere is abysmal. Look for the revival of Madison Square Garden. Vegas is not of interest because it goes against their culture with the ********, prostitution, and uncontrolled alcohol consumption.

Fighters will be evenly matched to avoid the horrific mismatches that promoters and sanctioning bodies have on a regular basis. Think of Thoroughbred Racing where horses are classified to avoid a Stakes horse for example running against a Claimer. There will be events such as USA vs Europe. Things are being hashed out to include fighters from Latin America and Africa. Fighter activity will be paramount. There could be a type of polling similar to College Sports There will be one event per month that will not go against a UFC PPV. All weight classes will be represented and weigh-ins will take place the morning of the event. Fighters will be required to go thru several weigh-in during a 30-60 day period to avoid fighters cutting massive weight and being at risk. There is even talk of a World Cuo of Boxing every four years similar to football/ soccer where each qualifying nations boxers will compete against other nations.

MSG and Dubai will be given priority, as well as the O2 in the UK.

The shakeup is coming. R.I.P Promoters, and Sanctioning Bodies.

Other plans in the works are an exclusive fight channel and a brilliant team of play by play and fight analyst. Mauro Ranollo has the inside track for US audiences and Adam Smith to satisfy the loyal UK audience. RJJ and Antonio Tarver are being given consideration as fight analyst. Tarver is seen as the Charles Barkley of boxing, his analysis is off the charts and he tells it like it is. Fight fans relate quite well to Roy and Tarver. They speak language that fight fans understand, and they are not network patsies like Tony Bellew for example.

Fights cannot end in a draw. Draws are one of boxing’s dirty little secrets where most fights involve hometown cooking by corrupt promoters. If there is a draw after 12 championship rounds, Round 13 will be called “This Is It” and fight fans will be on there feet cheering for an eventual winner. This will bring massive excitement to the sport. Turkie understands draws in boxing suck. He want a winner to be declared. There is also talk of having a fourth judge where if one judge scores look questionable, the fourth judge will decide the outcome. None of the four judges will know who may be the deciding judge in order to keep things free of corruption. The unusual scorecard will be thrown out. Judges and referee’s will be assigned on the merits and accuracy of their work.

Last, the Saudi’s will contribute to a fighters pension/401K fund to insure we don’t have any more Gerald McClellan tragedies. The money will be invested as part of the Saudi Wealth Fund.

Turkie is learning on the job, but the end result will be fabulous for fight fans. More updates will follow as the plans are more clear. Inshallah, boxing will soon return to its glory days thanks to Turkie’s vision and the Saudi’s financial backing.