Right... REED Hasn't Contributed to BoxingScene in a HOT Minute, So He's a (Mostly) NEUTRAL Observer to This...Turki's TRIPPIN'...He's Been a Boxing GODSEND to This Point, But He's TRIPPIN' On This One... If He Wants to Keep PARTICULAR Boxingscene Affiliates Out of the Canelo-Crawford Mix, Cool, But Shitting on the ENTIRE Site Itself is Lame AF... REED
Even keeping certain team members off is a bitch move. He can dislike them all he wants, but he should respect all prominent boxing media platforms' right to cover this massive event.
Yep... Jake was Also Briefly with RING Magazine, Just Before Turki Bought It...Rick Reeno, Formerly of BoxingScene is Now a RING Magazine/Turki Guy...There was a Bit of an Online Dust-Up Between Jake and Turki Several Months Ago... There's Obviously Something PERSONAL, Something SINGULAR Behind All of This, Which is Sad...We're ALL Just a Bunch of Boxing DORKS @ the End of the Fucking Day??? Cock Blocking an ENTIRE Site of Quality Writers From Your Event is About as PETTY as It Gets... REED
I haven't really ever followed boxing journalism that closely, and the last 5 years or so just about not at all. I don't even know who Turki is.
This is the REAL World Though Bruh...You Know as Well as REED, RELATIONSHIPS Matter, Especially in Business...Personalities Clash and "Bosses" Tend to FLEX From Time to Time... w/That Said, , Turki's FLEX Should've Been SPECIFIC to Whomever Pissed Him Off @ Boxingscene, NOT the Entity Itself...Shitting On "BoxingScene" Proper is BRATTY, "Gimme My Ball, I'm Leaving" Type of Behavior... REED
Hie Excellency, Turki Alal-Sheikh... Deeeeep Pockets Having Saudi, Responsible for the Recent Wave of the Best Actually Fighting the Best in Boxing...A Glorified Fan w/MORE Money Than He Can Spend, Who LITERALLY Gets Greedy Ass Promoters to Shut the Fuck Up & Get OUT of the Way From Time to Time, for the Greater GOOD of Boxing... Predictably However, a Person w/THAT Much Money, Power and Influence Eventually REVEALS Himself... Recently Aligning w/Dana White was the 1st RED Flag...Freezing Out a REPUTABLE Media Outlet is Another...Turki Also Coined the Term"Tom & Jerry Fights", Aimed @ the Devin Haney's of the World and as Recent as Last Night's Canelo-Crawford Presser, was Demanding "Blood"... While Admittedly RESPECTFUL of Boxing and its HISTORY, Turki Ultimately Looks @ Fighters as Disposable Goods, Only Here to ENTERTAIN Him...Giving Off Vibes of Throwing a Fighter to the Lion's Den, if the Performance Isn't Up to HIS Standards... As Much as REED's Loooooving the LOADED Riyadh Season and RING Magazine Cards of Late, Turki's Motives are SELF Serving...The Looooooonger He's Involved w/Boxing, the More CONFLICTED REED Feels About Him...Just 6 MONTHS Ago, REED Referred to Turki as "the Best Thing to Happen to Boxing Since the Mouf' Piece"... Having 2nd Thoughts... REED
Turki has definitely been a plus for boxing in the short time he was involved but his long-term impact is much more uncertain. No matter how rich he is he cannot continue overpaying and losing boatload of money indefinitely. Plus, it's obvious that as an high ranking royal, he is not used to being criticized or simply denied. I'm no big Timmy fan, but the way he blasted him after his recent loss to Fundora was simply unwarranted and pathetic. Especially so since he actually tried to have him fight on a Riyadh Season card. I'm keeping a bit of hope that these are simply minor hiccups along the way but as you pointed out, him teaming up with White and TKO make me doubtful
Just did a quick research and he supposedly not an high ranking royal (only minor lineage) but mostly achieved his position of power through his friendship with MBS. There was also this juicy tidbits He has developed a reputation within Saudi high society for throwing embarrassing tantrums.
He's referring to Kashoggi (?sic). Whether he was involved in this or not, it's undeniable that he had scores of person imprisoned for criticizing his work
Yeah. I know everyone is cupping Turki's balls cos he's spashing cash making cool fights, but in my opinion the guy looks like a fucking soft cunt dork, talks a lot of shit for a soft cunt dork, and now he thinks pouting bald cunt Dana White can "save boxing"? It's so lame. At least Canelo called Kellerman out on that bunch of BS and good on him.
