Last night’s gala Ring Magazine Awards 2024 16 Strings was attended by many boxers and celebrities from around the world. The legendary publication The Ring, recently acquired by Sheikh Turki Alalshikh, has launched its new phase in party style. Under this iconic seal – along with the Riyadh season – the president of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority now works, which seems like a great marketing move.
The ceremony brought together much of boxing royalty in the painted hall of the Old Royal Naval College and many conversations were exchanged in its halls. However, the most interesting thing is to know Alalshikh’s wish list for this year 2025. The Saudi leader has named five fights he wants to take on, but the season will start strong. Remember that there is already evening mourning in Riyadh on February 22 Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitri Bivol 2. It also stars Shakur Stevenson.
Aside from this all-important rematch, Alalshikh has five more fights on his list. “I want to see Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Connor Benn; I would like to see, of course, Tyson Fury Opposes Anthony Joshua”He commented. It didn’t end there: “I want to see Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford”He assured. The clash doesn’t seem far-fetched, as the Mexican met privately with the new boxing boss and talked about a possible fight against ‘Bud’: “There’s always a chance, we’ll see, we’ll see. But there’s always a chance, and we’re here to make the best deals, and there’s always a chance.”
Alalshikh is also keen to see a bid that will no doubt be very commercial, but we will have to wait until the end of the year for that to materialize: “Devin Haney vs Ryan Garcia The Rematch”. De La Hoya, ‘King Ryan’s’ publicist, warmed to a possible reunion: “I don’t need it. “Ryan Garcia ruined it and that’s it.” Finally the Saudi heavyweight spoke about the king. His Excellency said: “Olexander Usyk will wait until the February card. He wants to do one or two more fights and that’s what I want to see A rematch with DuBois.”
