Turki Alalshikh, who serves as Chairman of the Normal Leisure Authority in Saudi Arabia, just lately teased a reduction in pay-per-view (PPV) prices for marquee boxing matches. The aim is to assist reduce piracy in combat sports and supply higher entry to economically-challenged struggle followers.
In consequence, the IBF heavyweight title struggle between British bruisers Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois, set for Sat., Sept. 21, 2024 at Wembley Enviornment in London, England, will cost just $19.99 to stream. That’s a whopping $50 cheaper than “AJ’s” most up-to-date struggle, a thunderous knockout victory over former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou earlier this yr in Riyadh.
If the Joshua vs. Dubois title struggle strikes vital PPV items, anticipate future boxing playing cards to stay within the $20 neighborhood. If the endeavor proves to be a expensive affair, it could stand to cause that promoters will return to the upper price ticket. As well as, not everyone in the combat sports community is on board with the Turki discount, regardless of a “big relationship” with the Normal Leisure Authority.
The IBF title turned accessible earlier this yr when Oleksandr Usyk surrendered his strap (as expected) to pursue a big-money rematch against Tyson Fury.this October in Riyadh. The winner of that struggle may very well be in line to throw fingers towards the winner of Joshua vs. Dubois, or maybe resurgent Chinese bruiser Zhilei Zhang.
