“Turkey wants to do only one championship belt and reduce the number of divisions”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
Chairman of the Saudi Arabian General Administration on Entertainment Entertainment Turkey Al-Sheikh and TKO Group Holdings, which owns UFC, signed an agreement to create a new boxing organization. Turkey spoke about this cooperation.
Turkey plans to modify boxing. Al-Sheikh plans to reduce the number of weight categories in boxing. He also plans to make sure that there is only one championship in boxing, not a few, an example for Turkey is a UFC system.
Since 1963, at least two elite championships from two organizations have been played in boxes. Now the most prestigious organizations are WBA, WBC, IBF and WBA. Each organization has its own championship belt.
Earlier, Al-Sheikh announced a large boxing match, which will also be the status of absolute world champion.