Following the success of ‘King’ Callum Walsh’s function on UFC Fight Pass, CEO Dana White has actually teased that he might quickly be making a long-awaited relocation into the world of boxing promo.
Whilst there are those within the fight sports world who are emphatically versus Dana White going into the market, particularly in collaboration with Turki Alalshikh, there are likewise some huge names who are pleading the UFC CEO to get included.
Picture By David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile by means of Getty ImagesHall of Famer Teddy Atlas asks Dana White to sign up with Turki Alalshikh in boxing
When Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority Turki Alalshikh initially barged his method into the boxing scene, there was substantial reaction to what lots of fans considered to be ‘sportswashing’ from the Saudi Arabian federal government.
Here and now in September 2024, Alalshikh is being hailed as the guy accountable for the ‘conserving’ of boxing– having actually assisted work out (thanks to deep, deep pockets) a variety of unbelievable battles that lots of idea were practically difficult to put together.
Much of those exact same beliefs are now being echoed concerning Dana White, with Hall of Famer Teddy Atlas coming out to basically plead the UFC CEO to partner with Alalshikh in order to make the battles that the sport requires: “I ‘d state begun in, begin in– we require you!
“Turki Alalshikh has actually assisted boxing enormously by making battles that the promoters could not make or didn’t wish to make due to the fact that they didn’t own both sides, they didn’t manage both sides; they do not wish to cross the street to share.
“The fans suffered and didn’t get the battles that they desired, the sport suffered, the sport was getting less and less pertinent … This sport should not be unimportant, however it was becoming it since the promotors with their networks [and] with their sugar daddies, they were simply making battles to keep their guys unbeaten.”
Atlas, who coached the similarity Mike Tyson, Barry McGuigan and Alexander Povetkin, described how the core problem with boxing ‘pre-Turki’ was that promoters would mainly seek to make the greatest “non-competitive battles” that they could.
“Every when in a while, they ‘d toss you a bone, however it wasn’t enough, the fans were starving and after that Turki Alalshikh occurred from Saudi with the cash and he’s made battles that the sport requires.”
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Atlas thinks that a collaboration in between Alalshikh and Dana White might result in a brand-new age for boxing where the finest lastly battle the finest on a routine basis.
“Dana White does that; he’s been doing that permanently over at the UFC. I understand it’s one guy in charge and individuals call him a totalitarian, however if a totalitarian ain’t slicing avoid and he’s getting things done, often perhaps you might discover a little something.