Nico Ali-Walsh on Zuffa Boxing
Nico Ali-Walsh believes Zuffa Boxing are exploiting his grandfather Muhammad Ali's name in trying to get the Ali Revival Act passed. He would have fought against it, the boxing prospect says in a new interview. Thoughts?
النص (en)
You're exploiting my grandfather's name. You're putting his name on an act against something that he would have fought against. So it's not something I'm happy with. And just spreading the knowledge on it kind of helps because most fighters have no idea what the Ali Act is or what the Revival Act is. I'm not someone who's big into politics. This is my first time even speaking on matters like this. And the reason that I'm doing it, obviously, is it's because it's my name. It's affecting, you know, me. It's affecting my legacy. It's affecting me as a fighter. And they're using my grandfather's name to benefit themselves when they're not benefiting the fighters, which was my grandfather's whole point to begin with. That was the reason that the ALI Act was put into place. But of course, there's, you know, there's a middle ground that we can meet that would be perfect for the fighters. I just don't know if they would be willing to meet in that middle ground. Because of the meetings that we are having almost every single day with these senators and how shocked they are to see how the Revival Act and how the Ali Act is affecting the current state of boxing today. The fact that they're so shocked, I'm absolutely certain that some changes are going to be made. If not, the Revival Act will not be made into law at all. Thank you.
