Turki Alalshikh, the Saudi government official who controls Saudi boxing and has a seemingly unlimited budget, prefers Terence Crawford over Naoya Inoue as his pound-for-pund best boxer in the world. More importantly, Alalshikh 's latest tweet implies he may be setting up his own boxer rating system: "Inoue is a great boxer, but Crawford is the pound-for-pound number one. I don’t know how the ranking works or if there’s a clear criteria, but it seems like there are some personal opinions and inaccuracies involved. I believe that boxing needs one entity to evaluate with transparency and credibility. Soon, I will support a project for that matter…!"

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April 30, 2024: Turki Alalshikh, the Saudi government official who controls Saudi boxing and has a seemingly unlimited budget, wants to match Deontay Wilder against Jared Anderson in August, if Wilder gets by Zhilei Zhang on June 1st im Saudi Arabia. Alashikh, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority (GEA), tweeted: "The talented Jared Anderson is with us now on the August 3rd Riyadh Season card at Los Angeles against the Bronze Bomber Deontay Wilder - if he's ready by then to fight after 1st of June's fight against Zhilei Zhang. I always believe that boxing would be at its peak when you have young American heavyweights like Jared Anderson which I also believe in his talent and his promising future. my advice to him is to focus on your future, training, and commitment and you will reach to your goals. Happy to collaborate with Top Rank again - Riyadh Season card 3rd of August in LA, will be one for the history!"