Saudi Arabia may very well be the savior followers are searching for, with His Excellency Turki Alalshikh saying in the present day that he plans on bringing ‘The Face of Boxing’ Gervonta Davis and Devin Haney to his nation for a mega-fight in 2024.
Alalshikh says he’s already despatched a message to Gervonta’s supervisor, Al Haymon of PBC, to inform him about his curiosity in making a Haney-Davis battle in Saudi Arabia.
“I would like him [Gervonta Davis], and I ship a message now to Al Haymon – let’s do the job, brother. I wish to see Haney in my nation. I’ll attempt to do it in 2024,” mentioned His Excellency Turki Alalshikh to DAZN Boxing.
With Turki Alalshikh’s capability to place collectively huge fights, there’s a great opportunity that he’ll be capable of work with PBC to place collectively a deal between Tank (29-0, 27 KOs) and Haney (31-0, 15 KOs).
We’ll see if the Saudis could make this battle. There are nonetheless numerous hurdles that they’ll want to beat financially, notably with the load.
If Tank goes to be outweighed by 20 to 25 lbs on the night time by a 165-lb Haney, he’s going to wish to need it to be worthwhile for him to be giving up that a lot weight.
Ambition for a World Stage
Saudi Arabia is changing into the place the place the largest fights are occurring, at the least to this point, for heavyweight playing cards. Now, it’ll be fascinating to see if the Center East can develop into a touchdown spot for the highest 135 & 140-pounders, like Tank Davis & Devin Haney.
The 2 fighters have definitely proven curiosity in combating, however Devin’s cussed stance of not agreeing to any weight stipulations and believing he’s on the identical degree as Gervonta has undermined his trigger.
Though his dad, Invoice Haney, has been working arduous at angering and shaming Tank into agreeing to battle him, it hasn’t labored. Tank is a bit more worldly than that to get fooled into combating Haney with out having any A-side concessions.
Fueling the Hearth
What’s fascinating is that Alalshikh’s preliminary method to creating the Haney-Davis battle is by sending a message to Haymon, the supervisor for Gervonta, letting him know that he needs to convey him over to Saudi Arabia for this conflict. He’s now not with Mayweather Promotions as of April of final yr.
