Overview

• Congress is reviewing bipartisan amendments to the Muhammad Ali Act that would establish Unified Boxing Organizations with parallel rankings and a $150-per-round minimum pay nationwide.
• TKO Group’s proposal for a UFC-inspired governance model has drawn support from the Association of Boxing Commissions and Lonnie Ali.
• Promoter Eddie Hearn and boxing icon Oscar De La Hoya have criticized the changes for potentially weakening existing enforcement and concentrating power.
• Veteran trainer Teddy Atlas has offered conditional support, urging genuine improvements in fighter transparency, health safeguards and bargaining power.
• Observers point to past UFC antitrust settlements as a cautionary precedent in debates over consolidating boxing’s fragmented sanctioning system.