{"id":72439,"date":"2026-04-22T15:57:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/for-billionaires-not-boxers-de-la-hoya-warns-over-ali-act-overhaul-in-senate-hearing\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:57:33","slug":"for-billionaires-not-boxers-de-la-hoya-warns-over-ali-act-overhaul-in-senate-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/for-billionaires-not-boxers-de-la-hoya-warns-over-ali-act-overhaul-in-senate-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018For billionaires, not boxers\u2019: De La Hoya warns over Ali Act overhaul in Senate hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Ali Act overhaul would allow unified boxing bodies<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Backers say centralized model would boost revenues<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Critics warn fighters could lose leverage and rights<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A US Senate hearing on the future of boxing laid bare a sharp divide over the sport\u2019s direction on Wednesday, as longtime boxing figures including Oscar De La Hoya warned of proposed changes that could erode fighters\u2019 rights while executives aligned with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/ufc\">Ultimate Fighting Championship<\/a>-backed push for a centralized model argued they would bring structure and investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen one system controls access, choice becomes theoretical, not real,\u201d professional boxer Nico Ali Walsh told lawmakers, framing the stakes of a debate that could dramatically reshape boxing\u2019s economic model. \u201cWhen that happens, you fight who you\u2019re told to fight or you don\u2019t fight at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/apr\/22\/oscar-de-la-hoya-senate-hearing-boxing-ali-act\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Act overhaul would allow unified boxing bodies Backers say centralized model would boost revenues Critics warn fighters could lose leverage and rights A US Senate hearing on the future of boxing laid bare a sharp divide over the sport\u2019s direction on Wednesday, as longtime boxing figures including Oscar De La Hoya warned of proposed &#8230; <a title=\"\u2018For billionaires, not boxers\u2019: De La Hoya warns over Ali Act overhaul in Senate hearing\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/for-billionaires-not-boxers-de-la-hoya-warns-over-ali-act-overhaul-in-senate-hearing\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018For billionaires, not boxers\u2019: De La Hoya warns over Ali Act overhaul in Senate hearing\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}