Comments Thread For: An inconvenient take on the night Anthony Joshua was stopped by Daniel Dubois

[Moz_boxing]

so turki did what every promoter does since decades. i will give an advise to boxingscene - cry a bit louder because not everyone can hear you. the event was great and the saudi anthem is as useless as playing god save the king but it is what it is. when it comes to the whole sportswashing or women rights b.s i would say care about whats wrong in our western countries because there is a lot more wrong here than over there. I rather live in a country where they donīt respect women that choose to be wh.ores than in countries that tell our childrens that a girl can be a boy and a boy can be a girl and let drag queens brainwash childrens at the school, Can you PLEASE write an article about this?

[Tatabanya]

Until yesterday, fighters fought for WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO.

Now they're fighting for NWO.

[Poopdick]

yall need to do a piece on how annoying , incompetent, and pathetic that ref was.

[gjakovic]

I can remember a time, not so long ago, when a certain streaming boxing network was bending over backwards to get into the good graces, and deep pockets, of Turki. My my, how times have changed.

[57Blues]

is he doing anything that other promoters have not done?

Such courage such deep convictions such uninteresting writing ............................

[57Blues]

oh dear lol

turki doesnt like the way u have changed your thread order either

OH Dear, dear dear dear dear..........................

[Liondw]

I'll tell you a few things:

(1) it's great that Turki makes big fights happen that might never have happened, (2) Joshua-Dubois was exciting, although not most of the card, and (3) I got a bit of a strange feeling seeing the Saudi anthem played at Wembley.

I'm guessing you felt the same.

[M111]

It sounds like the FA (football association) are likely to take legal action as a Daily Telegraph reporter was also barred from attending the fight, so this isn’t an isolated case by any means.

All very well in Saudi, but if his Excellentwat thinks he can screw around with the rights of the free press in the west, he’ll get his ar5e kicked back to the sand dunes.

Keep your dodgy humans rights to your own country is the message. Great article and long, long overdue. Anyone who doesn’t believe this is a serious problem should go live in Saudi for a bit and see how they get on.

It’s great fights are happening. It’s not great he’s using it as a vehicle for sports washing and trying to impose their crappy approach to rights our predecessors have fought hard to earn, a free press that holds people to account being one of them.

[thack]

If you let the money men in they will always want their way, unfortunately the Saudi's have got skeletons in the cupboard and want to buy their way around that matter.You have to take the rough with the smooth as it's the price we have to pay. If it was left to the greedy promoters these fights wouldn't happen , they didn't when there was no Saudi money , so that we know. It's human greed at its peak and when they talk about 'Holy places' and suck up to these people in such a way is sick. We all know if it wasn't for the money the Saudi's would be looked at completely different , as they were before. Uncomfortable as it is make the most of these fights as this can't last forever. Joshua with his brutal loss should never be part of that , certainly not as a headliner , but we know , the kid paying will get his favourites at any cost ! this is about names and not ability . Enjoy the ride , even the sharp bends!

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

Nobody is going to Saudi Arabia for vacation. All of the Riyadh Season advertising in the world is not going to change that. Who wants to take the risk of having fun and offending religious fanatics that can jail and torture you for life ? What's there to do anyway ? You sure aren't going to have anything to do with ladies involved. Such a shame too because there are lots of beautiful women in the Middle East , before they are turned into brood mares and property. Walk around some dusty old streets ? See some old mud buildings ? Buy a carpet ? GTFOH with that . I can see a Camel at the zoo.
If they want to put on fights , by all means , please continue , but you aren't going to make the world love your medieval country like that.