{"id":13560,"date":"2025-03-08T06:37:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T23:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=13560"},"modified":"2025-03-08T06:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T23:37:46","slug":"dana-white-about-to-launch-new-boxing-league-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=13560","title":{"rendered":"Dana White About to Launch New Boxing League in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The rumored new boxing league fronted by UFC president Dana White became a reality this week as the MMA CEO announced a new promotion for pugilists with some heavy hitting financial backers. Here\u2019s 5 things we know so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have just done a deal to start a new boxing league with Turki (Alalshikh), who absolutely loves the sport of boxing,\u201d said Dana White in a press conference to announce the new promotion on March 5, 2025. \u201cI am very happy today,\u201d added Alalshikh, who is a Saudi Arabian adviser at the Royal Court and is Chairman of its General Entertainment Authority. \u201cI give the flag of boxing to the best man who can handle it. We have a tough job now, but I am sure we will deliver to the people and the fans the magnificent league and get boxing great again.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Dana White\u2019s New Boxing League Hopes to Restructure Boxing<\/h2>\n<p>White and company feel, like many fans, that the various bodies regulating different world titles such as the WBC, IBF, and WBO have made it difficult to organize championship matches without punching through some seriously complicated politics. The aim of the as yet unnamed league is to untangle this and form single undisputed champions in each division, similar to that of the UFC.<\/p>\n<h2>Turki Alalshikh Partnership Allows For Larger Cash Reserves<\/h2>\n<p>In order to entice existing icons of the sport, this new league will need to have some heavy-hitting financial backing, but this does not appear to be a problem. The promised promotion is being launched in partnership with Turki Alalshikh, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/dana-white-turki-alalshikh-new-boxing-league-b2709626.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sela Saudi entertainment conglomerate<\/a>, and TKO \u2014 owners of Ultimate Fighting Championship, World Wrestling Entertainment, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/flex-news\/watch-pro-bull-rider-jess-lockwood-shows-his-strength-pbr-tour-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professional Bull Riders league<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2757\ufe0f Dana White has OFFICIALLY announced the launch of his boxing promotion<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f He will partner with Turki Alalshikh<br \/>\u25ab\ufe0f Dana White and Nick Khan will lead<br \/>\u25ab\ufe0f ALL boxers will have access to the UFC performance institute<br \/>\u25ab\ufe0f TKO will produce the shows with state of the art broadcasts\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BJh4okxDyg\">pic.twitter.com\/BJh4okxDyg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ACD MMA (@acdmma_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acdmma_\/status\/1897294291778580832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>A Larger Emphasis on UFC Performance Institute Boxing Talent Development<\/h2>\n<p>While the new promotion is hoping to sign top ranked boxers like Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois, the feeling is that new undisputed championship belts will make box office stars out of fresh faces. To that end, management are going to put an epic emphasis on talent development, initially taking advantage of UFC\u2019s Performance Institutes, since they have locations in Las Vegas, Mexico City, and Shanghai. Talent could be selected from academies and combines, potentially leading to lucrative reality television series deals to boot.<\/p>\n<h2>The New Boxing League is Not Far From the Opening Bell<\/h2>\n<p>There is no confirmed date for the promotions\u2019 first card but according to various reports, the group are looking to put the gloves on somewhere between September 2025 and as early as possible in 2026. This will depend on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-white-and-turki-alalshikh-reveal-surprising-target-date-for-new-boxing-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the league agreeing a TV channel or streaming platform<\/a> to air the events. This is also still in progress.<\/p>\n<h2>Dana White\u2019s format Will Allow For Faster Boxing Events<\/h2>\n<p>Dana White has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/mma\/news-dana-white-takes-jibe-boxing-events-promises-fan-friendly-viewing-experience-won-t-one-fight-podcast-happens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously stated<\/a> that boxing events currently employ delays between fights that are too long, and he wants to speed this up. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/mma\/news-dana-white-takes-jibe-boxing-events-promises-fan-friendly-viewing-experience-won-t-one-fight-podcast-happens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">During a recent appearance on the Pat McAfee Show<\/a>, the UFC boss said that the runtime-to-match-ratio needs to be addressed. \u201cYou know how I run shows,\u201d he told McAfee, \u201cThe live event will change. It will be much better than anything you\u2019ve ever seen before. You won\u2019t have one fight and then a podcast happens,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd then another fight happens 45 minutes later, and you see four or five fights in six hours. All of that stuff is gonna change when we start running the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some critics have expressed concern that less championships will force the top ranked boxers to fight more matches per year, and this could be a safety concern. Others have welcomed the idea of shaking up what they feel is a stale system in boxing. Either way, it will be interesting to see how this new league fairs in the fight world.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/danawhite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To follow Dana White on Instagram, click here.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/features\/feature-news\/details-on-dana-white-launch-of-new-boxing-league-in-2025\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rumored new boxing league fronted by UFC president Dana White became a reality this week as the MMA CEO announced a new promotion for pugilists with some heavy hitting financial backers. Here\u2019s 5 things we know so far. \u201cWe have just done a deal to start a new boxing league with Turki (Alalshikh), who &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}