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Does Saudi Arabia even have boxing fights?
Posted: 04 Feb 2018, 12:54
by klitoris
I haven't been able to find a single professional boxing fight in Saudi Arabia, prior to the WBSS CW Final that will take place there in May. Do they even have a professional boxing association or a board of control?
Re: Does Saudi Arabia even have boxing fights?
Posted: 04 Feb 2018, 12:59
by Ruthless-RKO
Saudi Arabia Boxing Federation
https://www.gsa.gov.sa/en/sport/Pages/f ... ation.aspx
Date of Establishment: 1980
Phone: +966 (11) 488-8903
Fax: +966 (11) 488-8904
P.O. Box: 27193 Riyadh 11417
Re: Does Saudi Arabia even have boxing fights?
Posted: 04 Feb 2018, 20:04
by Best Coast
Thoroughly checking out this website above reveals nothing about boxing in any of the pages. Looks like soccer is the only sport they take seriously. Checking other extensive amateur resources show that even the Saudi amateur program is extremely underdeveloped. No Saudi boxers have ever competed in Olympics, World Championships or even Olympic Qualifying Tourneys.
Looks like the only times Saudi amateur boxers have competed internationally have been in regional tourneys like Asian Games or Pan Arab Games. Saudi Arabia hosted its first ever international tourney in April 2016 with Gulf Countries Championships.
BoxRec has no record of any pro fight ever held in Saudi Arabia and only a handful of Saudi fighters who have ever competed abroad (including one guy who is active in UK).
http://boxrec.com/en/ratings?r%5Bcountr ... %5D=&r_go=
http://boxrec.com/en/results?c%5Bcountr ... %5D=&c_go=
http://boxrec.com/en/locations/event?l% ... %5D=&l_go=
Re: Does Saudi Arabia even have boxing fights?
Posted: 04 Feb 2018, 20:46
by Stuarty
They have plenty dough. They must obviously be financing the Sauerlands big style for the fight to be there. Wonder what time the fight was lol be on UK time. Not sure of the time difference.
Re: Does Saudi Arabia even have boxing fights?
Posted: 05 Feb 2018, 02:23
by Ruthless-RKO
Stuarty wrote: ↑04 Feb 2018, 20:46
They have plenty dough. They must obviously be financing the Sauerlands big style for the fight to be there. Wonder what time the fight was lol be on UK time. Not sure of the time difference.
Like 3-4 hours ahead.
Re: Does Saudi Arabia even have boxing fights?
Posted: 05 Feb 2018, 08:53
by Stuarty
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑05 Feb 2018, 02:23
Stuarty wrote: ↑04 Feb 2018, 20:46
They have plenty dough. They must obviously be financing the Sauerlands big style for the fight to be there. Wonder what time the fight was lol be on UK time. Not sure of the time difference.
Like 3-4 hours ahead.
Aye a checked last night actually lol. Hopefully it'll be around 1 or 2am here and not too late. It's one most folk will be staying up for I'm sure
Re: Does Saudi Arabia even have boxing fights?
Posted: 05 Feb 2018, 09:04
by Ruthless-RKO
Stuarty wrote: ↑05 Feb 2018, 08:53
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑05 Feb 2018, 02:23
Stuarty wrote: ↑04 Feb 2018, 20:46
They have plenty dough. They must obviously be financing the Sauerlands big style for the fight to be there. Wonder what time the fight was lol be on UK time. Not sure of the time difference.
Like 3-4 hours ahead.
Aye a checked last night actually lol. Hopefully it'll be around 1 or 2am here and not too late. It's one most folk will be staying up for I'm sure
Nooo! Stu!! They're ahead.. So if's its like 10pm in Jeddah, it will be around 7pm here!! It's not like Murica.
Us Brits will be good to go.
Re: Does Saudi Arabia even have boxing fights?
Posted: 05 Feb 2018, 09:14
by Stuarty
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑05 Feb 2018, 09:04
Stuarty wrote: ↑05 Feb 2018, 08:53
Aye a checked last night actually lol. Hopefully it'll be around 1 or 2am here and not too late. It's one most folk will be staying up for I'm sure
Nooo! Stu!! They're ahead.. So if's its like 10pm in Jeddah, it will be around 7pm here!! It's not like Murica.
Us Brits will be good to go.
What a retard
Cheers for clearing that up. Well that's pretty good then. They late nights knock my pan in nowadays!
Re: Does Saudi Arabia even have boxing fights?
Posted: 05 Feb 2018, 09:31
by Ruthless-RKO
Stuarty wrote: ↑05 Feb 2018, 09:14
What a retard
Cheers for clearing that up. Well that's pretty good then. They late nights knock my pan in nowadays!
Re: Does Saudi Arabia even have boxing fights?
Posted: 05 Feb 2018, 12:37
by Gnome
Best Coast wrote: ↑04 Feb 2018, 20:04
Thoroughly checking out this website above reveals nothing about boxing in any of the pages. Looks like soccer is the only sport they take seriously. Checking other extensive amateur resources show that even the Saudi amateur program is extremely underdeveloped. No Saudi boxers have ever competed in Olympics, World Championships or even Olympic Qualifying Tourneys.
Looks like the only times Saudi amateur boxers have competed internationally have been in regional tourneys like Asian Games or Pan Arab Games. Saudi Arabia hosted its first ever international tourney in April 2016 with Gulf Countries Championships.
BoxRec has no record of any pro fight ever held in Saudi Arabia and only a handful of Saudi fighters who have ever competed abroad (including one guy who is active in UK).
http://boxrec.com/en/ratings?r%5Bcountr ... %5D=&r_go=
http://boxrec.com/en/results?c%5Bcountr ... %5D=&c_go=
http://boxrec.com/en/locations/event?l% ... %5D=&l_go=
Wow, the Saudi bloke living in the UK has fought three opponents whose combined record is 24-341-9. There must be a record in that somewhere.
Re: Does Saudi Arabia even have boxing fights?
Posted: 05 Feb 2018, 14:27
by KiwiRider
If they have the money to throw at it, it's going to work.
I thought the same re: motorcycle racing, now Qatar is one of the best rounds of the GP and SBK all year and racing at night to boot.
Re: Does Saudi Arabia even have boxing fights?
Posted: 05 Feb 2018, 15:09
by keirw
The saudi all time lb for lb list makes for compelling reading
http://boxrec.com/en/ratings?r%5Bcountr ... %5D=&r_go=
Re: Does Saudi Arabia even have boxing fights?
Posted: 06 Feb 2018, 23:47
by Best Coast
And none of the 4 (or anyone else) has ever fought professionally in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi strategy in buying the WSBB final is clear. They want to present a "modern" image to the world while most of the country is mired in the
7th century. 
Women leaving the country without a male family member are
electronically monitored like cattle who wander from the herd:
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-ara ... -1.1109323
Denied the right to travel without consent from their male guardians and banned from driving, women in Saudi Arabia are now monitored by an electronic system that tracks any cross-border movements.
Since last week, Saudi women’s male guardians began receiving text messages on their phones informing them when women under their custody leave the country, even if they are travelling together.