The boxing world ha෴s been put on notice by the 5 vs. 5 card that wiౠll see five Matchroom Boxing fighters versus Queensberry Promotions fighters on June 1 in Saudi Arabia. 

Turki Alalshikh challenged promoters Eddie Hearn (Matchroom Boxing) and Frank Warren (Queensberry Promotions) to pit fighters against each other from their respective rosters, and the idea has gone over well wi෴th fans.

The card will feature high-profile fights such as De🌠ontay Wilder versus Zhilei Zhang and Raymond Ford versus Nick Ball. In some cases, these are good fights that weren’t being made because of political lines that were not being crossed – or in reality the money wasn’t there for two promoters to work together.

In a recent conversation with Golden Boy president Eric꧙ Gomez the idea of such a concept using the Golden Boy roster is a very real possibil𒉰ity. 

“We are open to do t𒀰hat with anybody,” Gomez told BoxingScene. 

But Gomez ad🙈ded that Golden Boy had already come close to making it happen already this year. 

“We w✤ere approached early this year from Top Rank and Bob Arum,🔜 and he wanted to get something together,” explained Gomez. 

The idea of seeing fights like Teofimo Lopez versus Ry꧋an Garcia and Shakur Stevenson versus William Zepeda would get most fight fans excited. To hear it has been thought about adds hope. 

“I think in t🧔he near future you will see something very likely with any of the big promoter🐈s,” Gomez said. 

Though Saudi-backed investment in boxing has been complicated, one thing is clear. It is fo🌟rcing interesting match-ups to be made because money talks. 

Fights that used to ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚstall are now being made and the possibility of another promoter versus promoter series of fight♍s in the future is good for the sport.