Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act of 2026

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Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding and thank him for his work on this bill.

As a kid growing up in the seventies and eighties who was into sports, I loved watching boxing. Title fights were a big thing. It was comparable to watching the Final Four and the World Series. There were big fights people tuned into, and some of these names have been mentioned: Thomas ``Hitman'' Hearns I remember from Detroit, ``Marvelous'' Marvin Hagler, and, of course, I loved the Sugar Ray Leonard/Roberto Duran fights that took place, especially when Sugar Ray beat him the second time, the No Mas Fight.

Nothing compared to the heavyweight title fights: Ali/Frazier, Frazier/Foreman, Ali/Foreman, Ali/Norton, all of those guys--amazing fights.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman again for the work on this bill. I particularly thank Representative Jack for the good work he has done, hoping that we can revive boxing, this great sport, in our country, and do it in a way that will expand opportunity for young fighters who want to box and want to be in this game and do it in a way that is also healthy for them, healthy for the sport, healthy for everyone. That is what this legislation does.

Again, I thank the chairman and the committee for the bipartisan work that was done. In particular, I thank Representative Jack for the good work he has done shepherding this bill through, and I urge a ``yes'' vote.

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