The controversial Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act, H.R.4634, is now just a couple of steps away from entering into legislation after the bill passed the United States House of Representatives by voice vote on Tuesday.

There was only one audible vote against the bill.

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The TKO-backed piece of legislation, initially introduced this past July by two members of Congress — U.S. Reps. Brian Jack, R-Ga., and Sharice Davids, D-Kan. — allows for the creation of Unified Boxing Organizations (UBOs). UBOs would remove the separation between promoters and sanctioning bodies, as they would be able to run their own rankings systems, award titles and organize events under the same banner. The new bill essentially allows Zuffa Boxing sidestep the guardrails of boxing and run itself like another TKO product, the UFC.

The act was formally endorsed by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) in October after a unanimous vote in support of the legislation. It then moved to the U.S. House Education and Workforce committee, which made multiple key amendments to the bill before passing it with a 30-4 vote.

Before Tuesday’s vote, Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., and ranking member Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va. were given 20 minutes to speak about the bill, with the ability to pass on that time to other representatives.

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Nine representatives were afforded the opportunity to speak about the bill, and several noted that more work still needs to be done to improve the proposed act.

“Let me be clear, this work is not done,” Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who voted in favor of the bill, insisted. “We still need stronger financial transparency, stronger anti-monopoly provisions and stronger safeguards against coercive contracts, including forced arbitration clauses.

“I urge Senators to keep improving this bill.”

Only one representative, Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn, opposed the bill. Courtney argued that the piece of legislation would ultimately hurt boxers because it removes the separation between promoters, governing bodies and sanctioning bodies. Courtney also hinted that the bill could hand TKO monopolistic control of boxing, as some argue it has in the UFC.

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“The UBO organizations proposed under HR-4624 will replicate a model that has been extremely lucrative in other non-boxing mixed martial arts sports worlds that operate with few legal and economic protections for fighters, leading to a long history of litigation and allegations of coercive and anti-competitive practices.

“This includes the use of long-term contracts, including forced arbitration, blocking fighters from bringing a lawsuit for breach of contract, and class action waivers that waive a fighter’s right to be awarded damages in settlement on behalf of a group.”

Now that the bill has passed the House, it will be introduced in the Senate for a vote, where it will need a simple majority to pass before it lands on the desk of President Donald Trump, who can sign it into law.