TKO-backed controversial boxing bill passes U.S. House of Representatives by overwhelming vote
The controversial TKO-backed bill that will reshape boxing is now just a couple steps away from entering into law.
The controversial Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act, H. R. 4634 , is now just a couple of steps away from entering into legislation after the bill passed the United States House of Representatives by voice vote on Tuesday.
There was only one audible vote against the bill. The TKO-backed piece of legislation , initially introduced this past July by two members of Congress — U. S.
Reps. Brian Jack, R-Ga. , and Sharice Davids, D-Kan.
— allows for the creation of Unified Boxing Organizations (UBOs). UBOs would remove the separation between promoters and sanctioning bodies, as they would be able to run their own rankings systems, award titles and organize events under the same banner. The new bill essentially allows Zuffa Boxing sidestep the guardrails of boxing and run itself like another TKO product, the UFC.