“For my grandchildren,” Turki Alalshikh receives ‘historical gifts’ from Oleksandr Usyk from the undisputed heavyweight fight
Turki Alalshikh revealed that Oleksandr Usyk gifted him his belongings from the historic, undisputed heavyweight fight against Tyson Fury.
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The fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk was truly a fight of the century. The last time the sport had an undisputed heavyweight champion was when Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield back in 1999. As such, Usyk became the first undisputed champion from the heavyweight division in this century. Hence, the fight had a lot of historical significance. Surprisingly, Usyk decided to gift his belongings to Turki Alalshikh.
Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, Alalshikh, has been responsible for the biggest fights in boxing. He is personally a huge fan of the sport and wishes to revitalize it and bring it back to its former glory. Alalshikh has been doing this by hosting the matchups that boxing fans have wanted. Subsequently, as a tribute to him, Usyk decided to gift him his belongings from the fight.
ill keep those historical gifts for my grandchildren, and i will tell them about the story of this fight.Turki Alalshikh via X
The gifts include Usyk’s boxing gloves that he used in the fight and other items like his iconic Ring Walk attire. Since this fight holds a lot of historical significance for the sport, these items are extremely valuable. Furthermore, this is the first time an undisputed heavyweight champion has been crowned in the four-belt era.
As a fight enthusiast, Alalshikh seemed to be very happy after receiving the gifts and thanked the new undisputed champion. He even remarked how he would treasure them and tell his grandchildren about the historic fight.
Ryan Garcia reveals a hilarious story about Turki Alalshikh and Cristiano Ronaldo
Ryan Garcia has revealed a funny story from his time at the highly anticipated heavyweight match between Fury and Usyk. The fight took place in Saudi Arabia on May 18 at the Kingdom Arena. Furthermore, Garcia attended the event as a VIP alongside several well-known figures.
Hence, during his stay, KingRy met with several famous people and athletes. This included Alalshikh, Anthony Joshua, and Cristiano Ronaldo. As such, recently, ‘KingRy’ posted a funny story that was related to Alalshikh and Rolando.
Garcia said that he had lost his phone twice on the night of the fight. The first time he lost it, Ronaldo helped him find it. The second time, it was Turki Alalshikh who came across Garcia’s phone in the arena. As such, the young boxer expressed his disbelief about the whole occurrence.
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