Ben Shalom

[Ruthless-RKO]

[SeanBrennan]

my initial reaction to this was good on Ben. They are a bit bullying towards him methinks.

[Ruthless-RKO]

my initial reaction to this was good on Ben. They are a bit bullying towards him methinks.

They are.

All he did was put his fighter in front as it was their face off and you can see Frank giving him a nudge as he was getting past. Frank really is something else ain’t he.

[SeanBrennan]

my initial reaction to this was good on Ben. They are a bit bullying towards him methinks.

They are.

All he did was put his fighter in front as it was their face off and you can see Frank giving him a nudge as he was getting past. Frank really is something else ain’t he.

He sure is buddy

[CaptainSpacerod]

Go on Frank !!!

[high tower 1]

OG Frank squaring up to him with grandmaster flash playing !

Re Ben. Good on him. He needs to get himself front and centre.

[margaret thatcher]

i mean it wasnt warren or hearn's fighter there, dont see the problem with shalom did. fwank is a moody one isnt he, prob had his solicitors send a cease and desist notice too

the whole promoter eagerly sticking his head between to get in the shot is anyway

[Coco]

FW brought DDD back, let's see what Shalom can do with Clarke, and Quitikker for that matter, he is yet to bring anyone through

[Ruthless-RKO]

the whole promoter eagerly sticking his head between to get in the shot is anyway

There should be only one man in the middle!

that's his excellency.

[Wales]

the whole promoter eagerly sticking his head between to get in the shot is anyway

There should be only one man in the middle!

that's his excellency.

You know when a man runs a tight ship and pays well when the first rule is “you refer to me at all times as his excellency and his excellency only. See that red spelt on the pavement at the bottom of that really tall building… Thats the last person who called me Turki Alla-sheesh-keebab”

[Coco]

the whole promoter eagerly sticking his head between to get in the shot is anyway

There should be only one man in the middle!

that's his excellency.

[forcefraser]

That section of the show where Turki was wearing the shades surrounded by his boys, addressing the crowd in Arabic and pushing the red button, was a thing of terror

The only thing missing were the words "World Dominance.

You then see Frank and Eddie almost hand in hand agreeing with each other in their uneasy ceasefire and you know that money really is the root of all evil

[JamesPhilips]

my initial reaction to this was good on Ben. They are a bit bullying towards him methinks.

They are.

All he did was put his fighter in front as it was their face off and you can see Frank giving him a nudge as he was getting past. Frank really is something else ain’t he.

Shalom, if you stop me when I’m walking again I’ll cut your fvcking Jacobs off

[Ruthless-RKO]

Ben Shalom explains exactly what happened during his altercation with allegedly in Saudi

Shalom started, “For those who don’t know too much about boxing, we’re a young promotional company that have grown really fast in an old, established industry, that the same couple of guys have been running for a long time, and that shows.

“We were over in Riyadh last week, and there was the usual promoter tricks of “you must come here” and “you mustn’t go there”, so it got to a stage where our fighters were confused and, as agreed with Queensberry, I was to represent BOXXER with our fighters, Frank [Warren] was to be there with his, and Eddie [Hearn] was to be there with his fighters.

“There was a wink as I got on stage and they tried, as they have on previous occasions, to make sure I couldn’t get near my fighters and do the face-off with them. By the way, I think the whole thing is ridiculous anyway as promoters shouldn’t be anywhere around that, but given they were, we were within our rights to do the same.

“Frank lost his cool and I think Eddie claimed I shoved him and, for the first time, I was relieved there were cameras and I think it’s given people an insight into what it’s like behind the scenes. The push is there for everyone to see.”

Ben Shalom stepped in front of allegedly as he ushered Chris Eubank Jr towards his face-off with opponent Kamil Szeremeta, which prompted an angered Warren to push Shalom just slightly with one hand.

The pair of promoters then engaged in a heated exchange on stage for everyone to see.

Ben continued, “As boxing is such a closed shop and because it’s all in the public eye, it’s perhaps a lot more overt than what you’d see in other forms of business. That’s all it is. It’s not personal. They’ve been running the sport for 40, 50 years and they’re not going to like anyone coming in.

“There’s a reason why nobody’s been able to break into the market before, but we’ve worked extremely hard to do so and it gets to the stage that they have to work with you, fights need to be made and then there becomes a level of acceptance.

“A year ago, or two years ago, they wouldn’t be doing fights with us, so now they are, that’s a testament to the fighters that we’ve built and the platform that we’ve built. Over time, things become easier.”

The simmering rivalry has seen calls for a BOXXER vs Queensberry event, which Shalom has instantly agreed with, “I’d love to. He’s on a very good run at the moment and that’s probably why his ego is where it is right now.

“We’d love to do a BOXXER vs Queensberry event, but it takes two to tango and we’ll see what happens.

“With Turki Al-Sheikh’s involvement and Riyadh Season’s involvement, they don’t care about the politics and now you’re seeing fights being forced to be made that otherwise wouldn’t be made.

“I’m sure it could be made in the future and it would be very tasty between the two businesses.”

[joshj909]

There are more entertaining fights in that than I thought. Some would be a bit one-sided though there are some competitive ones.
1) Bakole vs Dubois/Zhang/Parker/Fury
2) Eubank vs Sheeraz
3) Whittaker vs Cameron/Hutchinson
4) Azim vs O'Leary/Lee
5) C.Dubois/Price/Jonas/Marshall vs Cameron
6) Riley vs Zorro
7) Clarke vs Joyce/Itauma
8) Buatsi vs Parker
9) Azeez vs Taylor

I do agree with it being a closed shop, Warren's hate of Hearn over the years is just now redirected at Shalom, however, Shalom is desperately trying to get himself known which is understandable but he's currently got to realise he is running a tiny promotion compared to these other two.

[Coco]

Shalom clearly has the best stable of British, female former Olympians out there

[maverick23]

There are more entertaining fights in that than I thought. Some would be a bit one-sided though there are some competitive ones.
1) Bakole vs Dubois/Zhang/Parker/Fury
2) Eubank vs Sheeraz
3) Whittaker vs Cameron/Hutchinson
4) Azim vs O'Leary/Lee
5) C.Dubois/Price/Jonas/Marshall vs Cameron
6) Riley vs Zorro
7) Clarke vs Joyce/Itauma
8) Buatsi vs Parker
9) Azeez vs Taylor

I do agree with it being a closed shop, Warren's hate of Hearn over the years is just now redirected at Shalom, however, Shalom is desperately trying to get himself known which is understandable but he's currently got to realise he is running a tiny promotion compared to these other two.

I can’t see Frank doing it. They’ve already got the rematch 5v5 lined up in Feb with Matchroom and I just can’t see Shalom doing it unless his fighters are favoured to win.

I also think Bakole may be out of contract now with Boxxer. Billy Nelson was very critical of Shalom so wouldn’t be surprise me if Bakole moves to Matchroom. That would make sense to me as Matchroom have more dates and more opportunities for fighters given they’re more likely to do Saudi sponsored 5v5s than Boxxer are.

[maverick23]

Shalom clearly has the best stable of British, female former Olympians out there

He’s gone quiet a little bit with the women’s boxing. Tasha Jonas/Mayer have been critical that he didn’t deliver the rematch and Jonas seems annoyed that she hasn’t had another fight this year.

Kariss Artingstall, one half of British boxing’s power couple, hasn’t fought in 9 months. Considering she beat Skye Nicholson at the 2021 Olympics, there’s a massive difference in how they’ve been matched/built/promoted.

At least we’ve got Shannon Courtenay making her return this weekend.

[JamesPhilips]

Shalom clearly has the best stable of British, female former Olympians out there

He’s gone quiet a little bit with the women’s boxing. Tasha Jonas/Mayer have been critical that he didn’t deliver the rematch and Jonas seems annoyed that she hasn’t had another fight this year.

Kariss Artingstall, one half of British boxing’s power couple, hasn’t fought in 9 months. Considering she beat Skye Nicholson at the 2021 Olympics, there’s a massive difference in how they’ve been matched/built/promoted.

At least we’ve got Shannon Courtenay making her return this weekend.

LOL please tell me you’re joking

[joshj909]

I can’t see Frank doing it. They’ve already got the rematch 5v5 lined up in Feb with Matchroom and I just can’t see Shalom doing it unless his fighters are favoured to win.

I also think Bakole may be out of contract now with Boxxer. Billy Nelson was very critical of Shalom so wouldn’t be surprise me if Bakole moves to Matchroom. That would make sense to me as Matchroom have more dates and more opportunities for fighters given they’re more likely to do Saudi sponsored 5v5s than Boxxer are.

Yeah I agree with that. However, I think Bakole would be better off with Frank though (never thought I'd say it). Frank has Dubois (who could be his IBF opponent if he beats Kabayel), Fury ($$$), Parker and Zhang. Those guys make up everyone except Usyk and AJ that you think Bakole might want to face.

[maverick23]

Shalom clearly has the best stable of British, female former Olympians out there

He’s gone quiet a little bit with the women’s boxing. Tasha Jonas/Mayer have been critical that he didn’t deliver the rematch and Jonas seems annoyed that she hasn’t had another fight this year.

Kariss Artingstall, one half of British boxing’s power couple, hasn’t fought in 9 months. Considering she beat Skye Nicholson at the 2021 Olympics, there’s a massive difference in how they’ve been matched/built/promoted.

At least we’ve got Shannon Courtenay making her return this weekend.

LOL please tell me you’re joking

Of course I am!

[maverick23]

I can’t see Frank doing it. They’ve already got the rematch 5v5 lined up in Feb with Matchroom and I just can’t see Shalom doing it unless his fighters are favoured to win.

I also think Bakole may be out of contract now with Boxxer. Billy Nelson was very critical of Shalom so wouldn’t be surprise me if Bakole moves to Matchroom. That would make sense to me as Matchroom have more dates and more opportunities for fighters given they’re more likely to do Saudi sponsored 5v5s than Boxxer are.

Yeah I agree with that. However, I think Bakole would be better off with Frank though (never thought I'd say it). Frank has Dubois (who could be his IBF opponent if he beats Kabayel), Fury ($$$), Parker and Zhang. Those guys make up everyone except Usyk and AJ that you think Bakole might want to face.

The only reason I say Eddie over Frank is that Frank is stacked at heavy so may be worth joining Eddie in case Turki wants a few heavyweight fights in the 5v5.

[joshj909]

I can’t see Frank doing it. They’ve already got the rematch 5v5 lined up in Feb with Matchroom and I just can’t see Shalom doing it unless his fighters are favoured to win.

I also think Bakole may be out of contract now with Boxxer. Billy Nelson was very critical of Shalom so wouldn’t be surprise me if Bakole moves to Matchroom. That would make sense to me as Matchroom have more dates and more opportunities for fighters given they’re more likely to do Saudi sponsored 5v5s than Boxxer are.

Yeah I agree with that. However, I think Bakole would be better off with Frank though (never thought I'd say it). Frank has Dubois (who could be his IBF opponent if he beats Kabayel), Fury ($$$), Parker and Zhang. Those guys make up everyone except Usyk and AJ that you think Bakole might want to face.

The only reason I say Eddie over Frank is that Frank is stacked at heavy so may be worth joining Eddie in case Turki wants a few heavyweight fights in the 5v5.

If Bakole beats Kabayel then he has himself a guaranteed shot at the Joshua/Dubois winner. I don't see him willing risking that in a competitive matchup unless the money is really, really good.

[tony1234]

Shalom clearly has the best stable of British, female former Olympians out there

He’s gone quiet a little bit with the women’s boxing. Tasha Jonas/Mayer have been critical that he didn’t deliver the rematch and Jonas seems annoyed that she hasn’t had another fight this year.

Kariss Artingstall, one half of British boxing’s power couple, hasn’t fought in 9 months. Considering she beat Skye Nicholson at the 2021 Olympics, there’s a massive difference in how they’ve been matched/built/promoted.

At least we’ve got Shannon Courtenay making her return this weekend.

Lauren Price disappeared too, not that anyone would notice.

[maverick23]

Shalom clearly has the best stable of British, female former Olympians out there

He’s gone quiet a little bit with the women’s boxing. Tasha Jonas/Mayer have been critical that he didn’t deliver the rematch and Jonas seems annoyed that she hasn’t had another fight this year.

Kariss Artingstall, one half of British boxing’s power couple, hasn’t fought in 9 months. Considering she beat Skye Nicholson at the 2021 Olympics, there’s a massive difference in how they’ve been matched/built/promoted.

At least we’ve got Shannon Courtenay making her return this weekend.

Lauren Price disappeared too, not that anyone would notice.

My impression is that Shalom had signed several fighters up to high price deals and now he’s got a few more fighters and a fairly fixed budget he’s struggling to get certain fighters out. Particularly the ones that don’t bring in many viewers.