Turki Alalshikh has huge plans for Francis Ngannou in each boxing and MMA.
Alalshikh is the Saudi cash man who has put collectively many of the huge boxing occasions over the previous two years. Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will struggle for the second time this 12 months on December twenty first due to Turki’s deep pockets, and he’s additionally the person who put “The Predator” within the ring in opposition to Fury and Anthony Joshua.
Regardless of Ngannou shedding each of these fights — one controversially, one in devastating vogue — Alalshikh continues to be trying to arrange some extra boxing fights for him. And maybe the largest MMA struggle of all in opposition to Jon Jones?
The Riyadh Season magnate was on the DAZN Ariel X Ade present and teased his plans, which can contain Deontay Wilder if “The Bronze Bomber” nonetheless appears critical about preventing after two passive losses in a row.
“Why we not see Ngannou in opposition to Wilder?” he requested. “I want to take a seat with Wilder. Two minutes to see his situation, I can catch it from two minutes if he’s prepared or not. I don’t wish to waste money and time anymore. I have to verify first if he’s nonetheless obtained it.”
“Francis will come to me in December to observe the [Usyk vs. Fury] rematch,” he stated of the previous UFC heavyweight champion. “We now have quite a lot of enterprise collectively. I’ve on the desk two choices for Francis: one in MMA and one in boxing I wish to talk about.”
When pressed if he wished to arrange Ngannou vs. Jones, Alalshikh gave a non-direct reply.
“The MMA, you recognize on a regular basis, my reply is on a regular basis we wish to do the largest issues,” he stated. When instructed how not possible it might be to get the UFC onboard, he added “We have to ship Dana White to the moon.”
If there’s one man who can ship a suggestion sufficiently big to make the UFC rethink its exhausting stance on not co-promoting, it’s Turki Alalshikh. Alternatively, if there’s one man who can resist the urge for a giant Saudi fee now with the intention to preserve the UFC’s low payscale intact for the long run, it’s Dana White.
