Last June, Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, began talks with several boxing promotions to launch a league worth $4 billion.
In an interview with TalkSport, Turki Alalshikh confirmed that he has a plan to create a boxing league.
“We have a plan for the future to have something like a league,” Alalshikh said. “We don’t discuss about the belts until now. But in my opinion around 68 world champions is a crazy number.”
During the Contender Series press conference, UFC CEO Dana White was asked if TKO Group Holdings (UFC’s parent company) could help Alalshikh to form the boxing league.
“Anything is possible. Anything is possible. Who knows?” White said.
Reporter: Turki Alalshikh wants to create a league in boxing that he wants to apparently launch early 2025. Is that something TKO Boxing could help with?
— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) September 4, 2024
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