Whatever people think of these Saudi cards they aren’t half sorting out the heavyweight division in a hurry. Fury humbled once and beaten once. Wilder’s reputation destroyed (or at worst, reset to where it should have been). Hrgovic sitting on his mandatory for too long and having it yanked. Zhang fighting regularly and finding his place and Kabayel and Parker too. We’ll soon see where AJ fits in. Haven’t seen anything like it since Tyson and King mopped up the division in the mid 80s and it’s great. Hope it’s extended to other divisions!
Yeah the last few Saudi cards have been great. Now they have plans to put on these type of events on here and in Ameica it will hopefully only get better. Now the plodder division is sorted let's get 140 or those 4 around that weight sorted. Hopefully Beterbiev recovers fine and we get the Bivol fight at Wembley!
Just need to sort the timings out. 5 competitive fights starting at 7pm would be great. If we get a few stoppages then it’s a 10pm ring walk, if they all go the distance then you’re looking at 11.30pm which isn’t horrendous but these main events starting at 1/2am are a bit of a slog.
Makes me laugh when Hearn & Warren make out they came together for the good of the sport. Absolutely nothing to do with Saudi cash.
There's a part of me thinks they're also doing it because they're boxing fans, and this is like being given the keys to the sweet shop. Now they don't have to bite and scratch to mix up big and small events, they can compete at a lower level while the big leagues take their stars. Ultimately you wonder where QP and Matchroom up if they're not really in control at the top end, and they've been suckered in for a pound note, but time will tell.
Turkey has consulted forum heavyweight guru @Mitch87 to ensure the right fights are made at the right time to prove his CV algorithm is in fine working order.
Yes, Turki may well be the recipient of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for bringing these 2 great philanthropists together!
Not going to lie, I fell asleep and completely missed the last two fights. But these are global events and although they're clearly anchored on UK promoters, we clearly can't dictate the timing. You'd have thought they'd want DDD-Hrgovic on at a better European time though.
