{"id":508546,"date":"2026-04-02T07:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/508546\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T07:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:21:08","slug":"turki-alalshikh-lists-major-fights-to-answer-boxing-doubts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/508546\/","title":{"rendered":"Turki Alalshikh Lists Major Fights To Answer Boxing Doubts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cMissiles and drones coming to my country each day,\u201d Alalshikh said on X. \u201cThank God my country is safe and we are happy,\u201d revealing the situation outside boxing while making clear his involvement in the sport has not slowed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just did Shakur Stevenson-Teofimo Lopez, the biggest fight in Madison Square Garden history,\u201d he said, alongside Ryan Garcia-Mario Barrios in Las Vegas, which he described as one of the year\u2019s biggest fights.<\/p>\n

It sounds like Turki Alalshikh is using a \u201cshow, don\u2019t tell\u201d strategy to shut down the rumors. By listing out that massive lineup, he is making it pretty clear that his footprint in boxing is actually expanding rather than shrinking.<\/p>\n

The schedule he mentioned for the first half of 2026 alone is massive. Shakur Stevenson recently put on a clinic against Teofimo Lopez at Madison Square Garden, setting a record for the venue, and Ryan Garcia\u2019s win over Mario Barrios in Las Vegas was a huge commercial success.<\/p>\n

Alalshikh added that he will be in London next week for Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, before pointing to a planned heavyweight title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Rico at the Pyramids.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just the first half of 2026,\u201d Turki said.<\/p>\n

He then outlined the second half of the year, confirming that a September date is being finalized for Canelo Alvarez during Riyadh Season, while also planning two fights for Anthony Joshua and additional bouts for Fury and Garcia.<\/p>\n

By listing these specific fights, he\u2019s sending a few very clear messages to the boxing world and his critics. He is reminding everyone that he has the keys to the biggest venues in the world (MSG, Tottenham, and even the Pyramids). The message is: \u201cThe sport moves when and where I say it moves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd to prove your point that I am too busy and not interested in boxing anymore,\u201d Alalshikh said, before listing the schedule. He closed with a pointed line: \u201cThis is my schedule this year when I am busy. Imagine if I not.\u201d<\/p>\n

That closing line, \u201cimagine if I not\u201d, is pure bravado. It\u2019s designed to keep the fans and the media on the hook for the second half of the year. By confirming Canelo Alvarez for September 12 and teasing two Anthony Joshua fights, he\u2019s making sure he stays the primary protagonist in the boxing narrative for the rest of 2026.<\/p>\n

Tom Reynolds is a boxing analyst covering major fights and career turning points, with a focus on performance, trajectory, and long-term implications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cMissiles and drones coming to my country each day,\u201d Alalshikh said on X. \u201cThank God my country is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-508546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}