One of the regular contributors to Boxing247.com, Michael Collins, named the only condition under which a middleweight unification fight between the WBO/IBF world champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly and holder of the WBA belt Erislandy Laroi will take place, Sports.kz reports.
According to Collins, such a fight is possible only through the mediation of the influential super-investor of boxing from Saudi Arabia, Turki Al ash-Sheikh.
“If Turki Al ash-Sheikh does not show interest in financing the Zhanibek vs. Lara fight as part of one of his Riyadh Season events, then it will not take place. Lara is not going to lose her WBA title by fighting Alimkhanuly and losing to him by knockout. Although he does not receive such huge fees as Canelo…
