"Turki Alalshikh's Power Move: Grabs Coppinger from ESPN."

Turki Alalshikh’s The Ring Magazine isn’t playing catch-up. It’s dictating terms. And the latest move? Poaching boxing’s top news-breaker, Mike Coppinger, straight from ESPN—without even blinking. Ryan Glasspiegel from Front Office Sports revealed the shift, though you wouldn’t know it from anyone involved. Coppinger declined to comment. The Ring hasn’t said a word. His Excellency doesn’t need press releases when the move speaks for itself. This is a return for Coppinger, who worked at The Ring from 2017–2019 before stints at The Athletic, USA Today, and most recently, ESPN—where he became the sport’s most connected, most unavoidable reporter. If a major fight was happening, Coppinger broke it, he’s the one everyone else copies five minutes later. Now? He’ll be doing that for The Ring. Under Turki’s command.