IT IS just after 8:30 on a Monday morning in California and Amer Abdallah has broken away from a family reunion vacation to speak with Boxing News about life as perhaps the sport’s most important figure.
It is now just over six months since the former champion kickboxer assumed his role as Head of Boxing for Skill Challenge Entertainment (SCEE), the promotional company behind the emergence of Saudi Arabia as the most lucrative destination in the sport.
“I’ll be honest with you here,” he says. “I still pinch myself every day that I’ve got this opportunity and the blessing that has been bestowed upon me. It’s amazing. It’s a massive position and a massive responsibility. To me, it’s everything I dreamed of doing – being a part of one of the biggest movements in boxing.
“I’ll never take it for granted. I know how big this is and I have full intention to take this all the way to the top and to do things that are unparalleled in this sport.”
Boxing is no stranger to those who deal in hyperbole, but Abdallah
