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Dana White in superior talks with Turki Alalshikh to start out Saudi Boxing League

Dana White’s arrival in the boxing world as a main promoter is seemingly imminent with the UFC boss in advance talks with Turki Alalshikh to start a new boxing league. Since its inception 32 years ago, Dana White has been the main driving force behind the huge success of the UFC, growing the promotion exponentially

Dana White in superior talks with Turki Alalshikh to start out Saudi Boxing League

Dana White’s arrival within the boxing world as a foremost promoter is seemingly imminent with the UFC boss upfront talks with Turki Alalshikh to start out a brand new boxing league.

Since its inception 32 years in the past, Dana White has been the principle driving drive behind the large success of the UFC, rising the promotion exponentially every year.

2024 noticed the promotion have its finest yr but, breaking its personal enviornment information and internet hosting a number of monumental occasions, together with the milestone UFC 300.

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Dana White in superior talks to being boxing league with Turki Alalshikh

Regardless of the success he has had in MMA with the UFC, boxing was at all times White’s sport of alternative and when he was youthful, he even competed at a good degree within the ring.

With him having had expertise within the boxing ring as a teen and into his early 20’s, it appeared solely pure that when he had turned the UFC into one of many largest sport’s promotions on the earth, he would flip his consideration to boxing.

That shift is seemingly imminent because the UFC boss is now in superior talks with the Chairman of the Basic Leisure Authority in Saudi Arabia, Turki Alalshikh, in keeping with The New York Times.

Alalshikh is extensively thought to be the saviour of boxing contemplating among the blockbuster fights he has hosted within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, bringing the game collectively as soon as once more and placing on among the most extremely desired fights.

This previous September, White hosted his first event as a boxing promoter when he took an occasion to the 3Arena in Dublin, Eire. White has managed boxing prospect, Callum Walsh for a number of years now, and is seemingly taking a more in-depth step to his profession.

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In accordance with the New York Instances report, Alalshikh is in superior talks with TKO Holdings, the corporate that owns each the UFC and WWE, and they’re partnering to create a brand new boxing league.

For a number of years now, Turki Alalshikh has advocated for boxing to all be underneath one umbrella, just like the UFC, as a substitute of there being totally different governing our bodies just like the WBA, WBO and so on.

Not solely would this be simpler for followers of the game to comply with however it will additionally make it simpler for the promoters to create the massive fights that followers want as every little thing could be unified.

Dana White and Turki Alalshikh have already labored carefully collectively on large UFC occasions

The connection between the UFC boss and Turki appears to be one that’s budding right into a fruitful one. The 2 have labored collectively a number of occasions in 2024 with UFC 306 this previous September being sponsored by Riyadh Season.

The monumental occasion resulted within the highest-grossing UFC occasion of all time and it was the highest-grossing single occasion on the Sphere, with a gate of $22m.

The UFC additionally hosted their inaugural occasion in Saudi Arabia earlier this June and can return to Saudi this coming February for an additional occasion within the nation.

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