He's making the fights that weren't being made before, but if this keeps up we'll get to a point when big fights will be even rarer due to boxers holding out for Saudi money. I'm not gonna get into Saudi politics because this is a boxing forum.
Thats what I've been thinking lately.
How long will he have an open piggy bank from the Prince????
When will their sports marketing campaign end???
What metric are they looking to move to determine if their master plan is working????
Its good for boxing fans in the interim if they keep putting on shows regularly.
But it honestly creates an atmosphere where it makes financial sense for guys like Benavidez, AJ, Canelo, Crawford, Fury, Bivol, Biev, Monster, Tank, Haney, Francis, & Stevenson to hold out these ridiculous paydays. I can't fault them.
I bet both Crawford & Spence are saying dam if only we held out for like another half a year...lol
The only thing that creeps me out is the pundits & the promoters bending knees and going overboard with the royal title stuff. Like it's really creepy to keep addressing mortal men by all these elaborate titles. Its so forced and off putting. Like everytime they mention Turkey or the Prince they have to go into paragraphs of how pure and noble they are. As an American it really is a culture shock to see how people react to royal status.
I did think what Turkey said about Oscar was hilarious & as long as he's not a tyrant or bully I can dig his banter. As long as he can take it back. I just always worry that royals have a completely different public persona than they do when the cameras go down.