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Turki Alalshikh - 14 min Twitter Space Transcribed, talks Ring Magazine, no Promoter beef, future events, Canelo & Teo plans + more!

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  • Turki Alalshikh - 14 min Twitter Space Transcribed, talks Ring Magazine, no Promoter beef, future events, Canelo & Teo plans + more!

    Turki Alalshikh Twitter Space


    I want to talk today about what happen in boxing last two weeks and also what will happen from our side in the future.

    Last week, we announced the first league of boxing with TKO and Dana White. We focus on this league in the talent and to give the opportunity for the fighters and to make something the fans like. We have a lot of ideas. I will keep it until the right time for Dana because he is the CEO of the company and the league to announce it.

    This league is a project, not against anyone. Not against the commission, not against the promoters. This is my opinion, and this is from my side. It is a project that will have space in the market, and we will still see the four belts and the commission and the promoters. The market is huge, and no one can delete anyone from this market.

    For the Ring Magazine and the belt of the Ring Magazine, in this position, it is in the middle. The Ring Magazine will keep the legacy of 103 years. It will not be involved in any of these things. This is something separate. The Ring Magazine will focus on doing what the Ring Magazine has been doing for the last more than 100 years. There is a lot and a big upgrade for the magazine. There are a lot of people who will enjoy the company of the magazine. There is something big, and it will launch next January with the big company that will announce for the Ring Magazine to collaborate with big merchandise in the world. They will sell be a lot of things by the IP of the Ring Magazine, clothes, shoes, choosing Panini cards, different things. The Ring Magazine will start to have amazing and different cards. It will begin in London in Tottenham Stadium with the fights between Eubank and Benn. Then we will go to Times Square for the first time. Then we will now study to do something on the 12th of July in New York and in March next year in Alcatraz.

    The Ring Magazine is now working on doing animation, a TV series, a comic book, manga, a video game, a movie, and a TV series. There are a lot of surprises that will come to the market from the Ring Magazine. There are a lot of great people who will be involved in the magazine in the future.

    Now, let's get back to boxing and see what happened in the market in the last week. I understand the panic in the market because there are a lot of companies and a lot of promoters. What I want to say is we care about the fans and the fighters, and we will support the fans, and we will continue doing the big fights for the people. There is a full schedule I will say in a couple of minutes, but at the same time, the relationship between the Riyadh season and the relationship between the Ring Magazine and the promoters will continue for the next one or two years. This depend about their reaction and about what options they will give us. If it is good for us, we will do it.

    In this situation, I like what Matchroom and Eddie Hearn doing. Eddie still discussing with me and my team to doing the big fights around the work. And he decide to continue to work with us if we we are continuing doing business with him. This is the professional way. And we also have a lot of discussion with Golden Boy to have some fighters from them on different cards. The result of Times Square will affect the future of Riyadh Season cards.

    We want to see October. The rematch between Ryan Garcia and Haney. We want TeemaLeeFu (Teofimo) to have a big chance, maybe against Boots or someone else of the same level. After the third of May, we will announce the details about the Canelo and Crawford fight, the big fight in the history of boxing. We will not announce it before the third. All the details, and there is a surprise about who will be the promoter of this big fight and the platform. You will see the big fights in it. We finish everything, but I respect the request from Canelo. He wants to focus on his big fight and dangerous fight.

    We will have anyone from Japan in December in our country. there is a lot of options. I prefer him to fight Niktana from Japan if possible. We will push to have something like this in the future. Now, maybe today or tomorrow, maybe today or tomorrow maximum, we will announce the undercard of Canelo's fight on the third of May. There are a lot of surprises. We will announce it also for Tottenham and for Times Square. For the fans, it is about video games of Fetal Fury and our relationship with SNK. The fans will have a chance. Anyone who buys this game and registers with us will have a chance to play against KSI and Speed in the game and to have the chance to be ringside at these two big events and have some gifts also. It will be something special. We have finished all the details about Times Square. It will be a surprise for the world.

    My phone and my team are always happy to work with the promoters in boxing if they give us good options. We are now waiting and working at the same time with WBC for the competition, the Grand Prix of WBC and Riyadh Season. It will be something huge, and it will be giving the opportunity to discover new fighters and give them the chance. My focus from the beginning as a Riydah Season and as a person and as a fan and owner of The Ring is to support the fighters and to make the fans happy. We will try to deliver big cards with good prices in pay-per-view. There are a lot of surprises. We will announce them soon. I hope you are enjoying what we are doing. I like it. And I hope getting boxing great again. Thank you so much. This is what I want to say, and wait and watch. Thank you. Thank you.
    Last edited by FlatLine; 03-14-2025, 11:37 PM.

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    "After the third of May, we will announce the details about the Canelo and Crawford fight, the big fight in the history of boxing. We will not announce it before the third. All the details, and there is a surprise about who will be the promoter of this big fight and the platform"

    So Dana White.

    "The relationship between the Ring Magazine and the promoters will continue for the next one or two years. This depend about their reaction and about what options they will give us"

    This also sounds like he is confirming long term matchroom/goldenboy/queensberry are not in the plans and they will aim towards a ufc model with Dana as the head promoter

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Boxing 112 View Post
      "After the third of May, we will announce the details about the Canelo and Crawford fight, the big fight in the history of boxing. We will not announce it before the third. All the details, and there is a surprise about who will be the promoter of this big fight and the platform"

      So Dana White.

      "The relationship between the Ring Magazine and the promoters will continue for the next one or two years. This depend about their reaction and about what options they will give us"

      This also sounds like he is confirming long term matchroom/goldenboy/queensberry are not in the plans and they will aim towards a ufc model with Dana as the head promoter
      he picked Dana due to his ability to make a sport mainstream

      Boxing is so much cooler as a niche sport

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      • #4
        How would Dana react if his work with Turki ends up making tko bigger than ufc

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        • #5
          I'm so eager to see where this goes. I mean pro wrestling and ufc are pretty much a monopoly but how does he plan to do that with them and in boxing? Is he just gonna buy out their contracts or what?

          It could only be bad Honestly. I think alot of fighters now and days have the Jared Anderson mentality in terms of getting that payday and just quitting the sport. Anderson was so close before getting knocked out and now rebuilding but let's see how it goes

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Boxing 112 View Post
            "After the third of May, we will announce the details about the Canelo and Crawford fight, the big fight in the history of boxing. We will not announce it before the third. All the details, and there is a surprise about who will be the promoter of this big fight and the platform"

            So Dana White.

            "The relationship between the Ring Magazine and the promoters will continue for the next one or two years. This depend about their reaction and about what options they will give us"

            This also sounds like he is confirming long term matchroom/goldenboy/queensberry are not in the plans and they will aim towards a ufc model with Dana as the head promoter
            It does sound like the main promoters aren't in Turki's long term plans. Maybe this league format will take up the majority of Turki's events in the next couple of years. Although he also said earlier that "the future of the Times Square event will affect the future of Riyadh season cards" in general. That could be interpreted in one way as Turki saying that if the Times Square event is a success, he plans on investing more into US boxing on US soil.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by FlatLine View Post

              It does sound like the main promoters aren't in Turki's long term plans. Maybe this league format will take up the majority of Turki's events in the next couple of years. Although he also said earlier that "the future of the Times Square event will affect the future of Riyadh season cards" in general. That could be interpreted in one way as Turki saying that if the Times Square event is a success, he plans on investing more into US boxing on US soil.
              the future of the Times Square event will affect the future of Riyadh season cards. I think he is just referring to the October card here. If all goes to plan Garcia Haney Teo win he makes Garcia vs Haney and tries to make Teo vs Boots. If one or 2 lose in upsets then that affects his riyadh season plan

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