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1. www.nytimes.com › saudi-boxing-leagueSaudi Arabia’s Next Billion-Dollar Sports Play: A Boxing ...

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   Jun 12, 2024 · Saudi Arabia has already launched a hostile takeover of professional golf. It has invested billions of dollars in world soccer. Now it wants to own professional boxing, too.

2. www.spectator.co.uk › article › are-the-saudisAre the Saudis really ruining boxing? | The Spectator

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   Jan 18, 2024 · The boxing commentariat say the Saudis are in it for themselves – they don’t really care about the sport. But fighters say they can’t turn down the money.

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4. www.espn.com › boxing › storyHow Fury-Usyk Saudi Arabia fight set up a future for boxing

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   Jun 5, 2024 · Boxing will return to Riyadh on Oct. 12 with the rescheduled Beterbiev-Bivol undisputed light heavyweight championship bout and Dec. 21 with the Fury-Usyk rematch. There are no plans for the...

5. www.thenationalnews.com › sport › other-sportSaudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman watches Usyk beat ...

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   Aug 21, 2022 · Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the heavyweight clash between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua at the King Abdullah Sports City Arena in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, August 20, 2022.

6. www.sportingnews.com › us › boxingSaudi Arabia's boxing takeover: What Riyadh Season ...

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   Mar 4, 2024 · Anthony Joshua's heavyweight showdown against Francis Ngannou is the latest blockbuster fight to land in Saudi Arabia. Is the Middle East state the new capital of the boxing world?

7. www.bbc.com › sport › boxingTyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk: A look at Saudi Arabia's boxing ...

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   May 14, 2024 · On Saturday, Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk contest the undisputed heavyweight world title fight in Riyadh – the latest high-profile fight to be held in the Saudi capital in recent months. Boxing...

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   Will Saudi Arabia own professional boxing?

   • Now it wants to own professional boxing, too. An ambitious and expensive Saudi plan that would reshape the economics, structure and future of boxing is in the final stages of approval, according to two people with direct knowledge of the plan. Saudi Arabia’s giant sovereign wealth vehicle, the Public Investment Fund, would finance the project.

   Saudi Arabia’s Next Billion-Dollar Sports Play: A Boxing Takeover

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   Does Sela have a boxing event in Saudi Arabia?

   • Sela, a sports events company, has already staged boxing events in Saudi Arabia, including the recent heavyweight unification bout between Britain’s Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine. In that fight, Usyk became the first unified heavyweight champion in more than a generation.

   Saudi Arabia’s Next Billion-Dollar Sports Play: A Boxing Takeover

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   Could Saudi Arabia be a center of the boxing world?

   • Saudi Arabia has positioned itself as a center of the boxing world by offering huge purses and staging title fights. Francisco Seco/Associated Press At that point, the P.I.F. would again provide what the project needs most: money.

   Saudi Arabia’s Next Billion-Dollar Sports Play: A Boxing Takeover

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   How has Saudi Arabia changed boxing?

   • He has been name-checked in interviews and in social media posts by top boxers, promoters and even major broadcast networks. And as Saudi Arabia has replaced Las Vegas, Los Angeles and London as the destination for the biggest fights, he is also helping to change the way the sport is broadcast.

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9. www.arabnews.com › node › 2336561Fourth Riyadh Season to begin with boxing spectacular

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   Jul 12, 2023 · JEDDAH: The fourth Riyadh Season will kick off on Oct. 28 with an opening ceremony and momentous boxing match featuring Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou.