Turki Alalshikh has spent the past few years placing himself at the center of boxing’s biggest business moves, and now he says his focus is on ending the sport’s internal fights before his health takes away that chance.
Turki Alalshikh explains the one thing he wants to settle before losing his memory
In comments carried by Ring Magazine, Alalshikh said he plans to arrange a meeting soon with Dana White, Nick Khan, Frank Warren, Eddie Hearn and DAZN “to make peace” and drive what he called a revolution for boxing, adding that he hopes fans will “see the white smoke rise from the chimney.”
Alalshikh said he wants to make that meeting happen before losing his memory, and said he fears that by 2028 or 2029 he could forget his own name. That comment landed with extra weight because reports around boxing have pointed for some time to serious health issues, including cancer diagnoses dating back to 2015 and a brain tumor near the pituitary gland.
Alalshikh has become one of the sport’s main dealmakers, backing major events and helping force cross-promotional business that many in boxing had long treated as too difficult or too political to complete. His role has grown further through his connection to TKO’s boxing project with Dana White and Nick Khan, even as that push has added another layer to existing tension between promoters and broadcast partners.
White has traded shots with Eddie Hearn as Zuffa Boxing entered the space, while the wider boxing market remains split between promoters, networks, platforms and sanctioning interests that often move in different directions. Alalshikh’s idea appears to be a summit aimed at finding enough common ground to keep big fights moving instead of getting trapped in familiar turf wars.
Reports resurfaced a September 2025 social media post in which Alalshikh said his forgetfulness had reached an advanced stage and that he had started carrying a small notebook to keep track of things. That earlier post gave fresh meaning to his latest remarks, which many fans first read as dramatic until the health background came back into view.
Reaction across boxing was immediate, and Ryan Garcia was among the fighters who responded in public. Garcia wrote that it hurt to hear what Alalshikh was going through, praised his impact on the sport, and said his work had not been overlooked.
