Boxing did not run out of fighters when major U.S. broadcasters pulled back from the sport. According to Zuffa Boxing executive Nick Khan, the people trying to put fights on television were frustrated by how long it took promoters to make basic decisions.
“This is what the network executives told us that decisions that should take 2 hours, take 2 weeks, and you can’t get straightforward answers from your partners,” Khan said during an appearance on The Varsity with John Ourand.
That complaint cuts through the nostalgia for boxing’s supposed golden era before Saudi money entered the sport. Fans had plenty of talented fighters to watch, bu
