Sulaiman and Turki Alalshikh announce Grand Prix boxing tournament: a ‘World Cup’ in Riyadh

Turki Alalshikh and WBC president Mauricio Sulaimán are planning a major shakeup in boxing next year and they won’t stop. Calling it “the World Cup of sport,” they have introduced the WBC Boxing Grand Prix, a tournament designed to bring an old dream to the modern ring.

“It was a dream from the 60s, a dream of a great man, he died and did not see that dream. But thank God, his son Mauricio Sulaimán is still here and we will help him fulfill this dream,” said Alalshikh, preparing for Sulaimán’s great revelation.

Sulaimán took over: “We have created together the Riyadh season, the WBC boxing Grand Prix. It’s basically the dream my father had. “My father passed away dreaming of making the World Cup of this sport… Today I am grateful, grateful and very excited that this dream, thanks to the great support of (Alalshikh) and the passion for boxing, will come true.”

It’s not just a few fighters hitting gloves. “There will be four weight categories,” Sulaimán said, and they will have “innovative rules… with a review system, with a new scoring system… and a 30-second warning to make it more attractive until the end of the competition.” round”. Talk about mixing tradition with some fresh seasonings.

And the scale of this is enormous: “There will be 128 fighters, no more than 26 years old, no more than 10 to 12 fights,” Sulaiman explained. They will fight in the quarterfinals, semifinals and a “grand final” in Riyadh.

In short, their goal is to provide boxing fans with a massive, youthful tournament that honors the past, celebrates the present and welcomes a new generation to the ring, all under a truly global spotlight.