Fourth of five parts. When one looks at Haymons history in boxing, he left HBO worse off than when he found it. I came out of Watts and Compton, so we could relate on that level. In the Spring of 2015, Golden Boy Promotions filed a lawsuit against Al Haymon. Not a single fighter on ESPNs Top-10 pound-for-pound list is a PBC fighter. Meanwhile, its worth considering the thoughts of one promoter who has been watching Haymon for years: Im not an investment analyst but I know how to count. Then the card was delayed until April 2, when it was to be televised in the afternoon on ABC with a second card scheduled for April 30 in prime time on ESPN. Rhett Butler is a Boxing Writer Association of America Journalist, Play-By-Play Commentator, Combat Sports Insider, and Former Mixed Martial Arts and Boxing Promoter. Advertising for boxing is a hard sell. While the Netflix world is devouring the intense real story of the male victims of the. Al Haymon is an adviser, manager, and/or promoter to many top boxers in the United States. Even then, he was driven. Richard Schaefer once observed, In boxing, money alone doesnt bring success.. He gets what he wants and does things the way he wants. Alan wasnt a political activist but he was clear in his support. And the way he sets things up, we dont even know what the pieces are., Sometimes the only person who knows what Al is doing is Al. At the same time, Haymon stepped out of the PBC bubble again to match Charles Martin against Anthony Joshua in London on April 9. These inaugural cards are wisely scheduled around the NCAA March Madness tournament and before the start of the NBA playoffs. NBC was televising the inaugural PBC offering, a fight card featuring Keith Thurman vs. Robert Guerrero and Adrien Broner vs. John Molina Jr. Haymon had poured an enormous amount of money into TV production for the event. All rights reserved. Bela Szilagyi was a concert pianist who loved boxing. To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. And Haymon has started sending PBC fighters outside of the PBC universe. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. While the Netflix world is devouring the intense real story of the male victims of the Central Park 5 case, there is another life story not to be missed. Wilder vs. Povetkin then went to a purse bid that was won by Russian promoter Andrey Ryabinsky. Each time, he said, Hey, nice to see you and turned away to talk to someone else.. But Al can always say he never got it. He pushes relationships to the brink when negotiating and has a way of leaving people afraid that if they dont do what he wants, theyre out. His brother, Bobby Haymon, fought professionally from 1969 to 1978 and had a record of 21-8. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. Backed by an estimated half-billion dollars in venture capital, Haymon was planning to revolutionize boxing. "There were 15 or 20 people there. There was a lot of polarization at Harvard in those days, black vs. white. I never heard from him again. I know Al doesnt like me, Rafael says. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. On Feb. 3, 2016, the Los Angeles Times reported, Television advertising tracking firm Kantar Media said (PBC) collected $12.5 million in total ad revenue from 27 fight telecasts from March through September (2015), an average of $462,963 per show. The NBC telecast averaged 3.37 million viewers, including 554,000 in the 18-to-34-year-old age group and 1.38 million in the 18-to-49 demographic. On Feb. 5, 2016, a New York lawyer named Jake Zamansky sent out a press release announcing that his law firm was investigating the departure of Mr. Caldwell (from Waddell & Reed) and whether the Funds breached duties owed to shareholders.. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp_MsziYf4s. This series is an attempt to shed some light on who he is and his journey through boxing. He advises the world's highest-paid athlete in Floyd . On May 20, 2015, NBC Sports Group chairman Mark Lazarus, CBS Sports . And Al wouldnt talk with me. Sylvia Browne and Brad Owens often ordered videos from the Szilagyis. But once he gives it, he lives up to it. [1] In 1999, he sold 50% of A. H. Enterprises to SFX Entertainment. I had to do a lot of digging to get the financials, King continues. Why cant PBC match winners against winners and its best against its best? He should use that money to make the best, most exciting fights he can make. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. Browne has been with Haymon since he was in business school in the late-1970s. Schaefer recently told this writer, There are a number of things, including some real estate deals, that Im working on now. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. THE RING'S Thomas Hauser in this special series sheds light on the powerful and mysterious boxing impresario Al Haymon and Premier Boxing Champions. The broadcast networks might utilize inexpensive boxing telecasts as cost-efficient counter-programming against major events on other networks. He didnt talk for long, only a couple of minutes. The schedule is too cluttered now. Everything else, all the bells and whistles, is secondary to that., Schaefer concurs, acknowledging, One thing Oscar always said that I agree with is the best should fight the best. The final production meeting for the telecast was held in a meeting room at the MGM Grand. I was basically hustling, pulling money together for these events, and learning at the same time.. At the moment, that prospect looks bleak. Early victories are no guarantee of long term progress. More importantly, Haymon predicted that, after the time buys end, television networks will pay significant license fees for PBC fights. Or will the band stop playing altogether? His parents were proud of him but they were proud of his brother and sister too. Ratings are low. A lot of the black students wanted to join the elite. However, this also means that he has to work with promoters to put on his cards, and he has been reluctant to work with the big 2, Top Rank and Golden Boy, for several years now. Haymon is health conscious, eats a lot of chicken and vegetables, and drinks cranberry juice mixed with club soda. Alan had gifts as an athlete. He came out of Cleveland. In boxing, at any moment BOOM the fight might end. When Keith Thurman returned to the airwaves against Luis Collazo on July 11, 2015, to inaugurate PBC boxing on ESPN, the telecast averaged 799,000 viewers. None of it came easily. PRITTY Left Hook podcast, a polarizing combat sports insider's take featuring the world's biggest names. He talked to us about the importance of boxing and his desire to revive interest in the sport. Al Haymon is still boxing's most influential power broker. Contents 1 Early life 2 Music career 3 Boxing career 4 Notable client list 5 References Early life [ edit] Thomas Hauser can be reached by email at [emailprotected] His most recent book A Hurting Sport was published by the University of Arkansas Press. Join our newsletter to get info about latest events and deals! The defendant, Al Haymon, is the owner of Haymon Sports LLC (Haymon), a boxing management firm that represents over two hundred boxers including Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Amir Khan, and current welterweight champions Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman. He left Golden Boy worse off than when he found it. Who we are when were young shapes who we are as we grow older. The consensus is that Al Haymon is pro-fighter. Al said, Let me look at that and get back to you. And that was it. He was the manager of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and has won the Boxing Writers of America Manager of the Year Award five times. An investors suit against Waddell & Reed and the Haymon entities at some point in the future is possible. Spikes first PBC telecast (Andre Berto vs Josesito Lopez on March 13, 2015) was also its highest-rated, drawing an average of 869,000 viewers. But you cant reach Al when he doesnt want to be reached and thats extremely frustrating when youre doing business together. Haymon assumed that income from Premier Boxing Champions telecasts would come initially from multiple sources, including advertising, ticket sales, sponsorships and license fees for foreign rights. According to Al Haymon Vice President Tim Smith, a three-belt Errol Spence vs. Terence Crawford welterweight clash is not a fight worth making right now. Dr. Enrico Melson graduated from the University of California at Irvine with a medical degree in 1982. But PBC has failed to make new fans or energize old ones. I believe in Al and I believe that PBC can still be successful.. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Meanwhile, all of the issues discussed above should be viewed within the framework of an overriding question: Is Al Haymon good for boxing? Your destination for the best boxing news, videos and live streams! Right now, many prospective viewers dont know when or where to find PBC fights. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. ESPN2s Friday Night Fights was a small but respected brand and could be revived. For example, very few members of the boxing media were invited to the January 14, 2015, press conference at NBC that launched Premier Boxing Champions. He said that everyone in the room should think of themselves as part of a team. I remember, his brother was a professional boxer. Winston Churchill once said of Russia, It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. The same words could be used to describe Al Haymon. And he had platform shoes of all types. He isnt a lets-go-out-for-dinner-together kind of guy, says someone who has done business with him for years. In public, Haymon has long been noted as an "advisor" rather than a manager. Greg Cohen was Austin Trouts promoter when Trout brought Haymon in as an advisor. The powers that be in the sport created the conditions that made Haymons rise possible. But he can change direction in the future. And what is Haymons current mindset? He never wanted to be a public figure. And even if PBC survives, its unlikely to achieve the UFC-type domination that Haymon once envisioned. Paul Gift (@MMAanalytics) November 10, 2016. Haymon believed that, unlike most sports, boxing can be transformed by a drop in the ocean of water that flows through the venture capital market every day. It was always a challenge to find parking in Cambridge. Youre turning the model completely upside down. . Fewer people are traveling to the shows. PBC could stand for Premier Boxing Comps,' Steve Kim of Undisputed Champion Network wrote last year in commenting on Haymons practice of giving away tickets to paper the house and employing seat-filling services. He doesnt even like it when people tell nice stories about him.. An attorney for Haymon went so far as to send a cease-and-desist letter to the Times while Bishop was researching his article. Leon Margules, who promotes fights for Haymon, acknowledges, Sometimes I see Al onsite when I promote one of his shows; sometimes I dont. Haymon has an aversion to being interviewed by the media and operates largely out of public view. When Premier Boxing Champions was launched, boxing fans gave Haymon the benefit of the doubt and wanted to believe in him. Clarence looked upon Al as the high achieving son.. He has earned a good living outside of the ring. That exemplifies the failure of the PBC brand to date. Im observing whats going on to see if, when and how I want to come back; not to come back for a year or two, but to build something for the long term., Schaefer also made the point, Al is the captain of the ship. But he has made his accommodations with them. I said, Hi, this is Jim Thomas. Haymons interaction with the world sanctioning organizations is also of interest. Al Haymon. But we spoke on the phone regularly. Al Haymon was challenging the established order of the sport. Its not uncommon for an innovative entrepreneur to believe that the prevailing logic in an industry is wrong and should be challenged. That shapes up as an entertaining card. By Alans senior year, he was mentoring some of the younger students like George Jackson (who later produced New Jack City). I dont know if you know who I am. And before I could get another word out, Al said, How could anyone in boxing not know who Jim Thomas is? He was very gracious. Haymon had the means to shape the presentation of Premier Boxing Champions any way he wanted to in building a brand. Al trusts Sylvia more than he trusts any other person on earth outside of his mother, one business associate says. Still, if hundreds of millions of dollars disappear, not all of the investors will go quietly. Now, a full six years after PBC - otherwise known as Premiere Boxing Champions - emerged onto the . Guy is extremely private but he's also a badass, too. At the other end of the spectrum, the reaction ranged from denial to panic. I met Alans family the day we moved in. And he leaves surprisingly few fingerprints for a man of his influence and power., If Als plane went down tomorrow, it would be a mess beyond belief.. But you learn from your mistakes. Together they invested $432 million. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. For bouts like Klitschko-Wilder, Stevenson-Ward, Quillin-Golovkin and others to take place, the promoters and networks will have to be willing to compromise and work together.For now, lets sit back and enjoy the show. He was at Harvard to learn how to do business and I was there to save the world. Their lawsuit alleged that Al Haymon was conspiring to create a monopoly in boxing, specifically in the promoting of Since then, he has served in a variety of positions, drawing in particular on his expertise in holistic medicine and other indigenous healing practices. Shifting from the concert promotion business to boxing management, Al Haymon first targeted Mosley, a then-lightweight champion who would proceed to defeat De La Hoya twice. Come on, four hundred million dollars? Upstate. There was at the start but its gone.. So was I. Now he has found venture capitalists who are willing to underwrite his plans on an extravagant scale. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. The final production meeting for the telecast was held in a meeting room at the MGM Grand. There is a man in boxing who is everything. Bad was the first solo concert tour by Michael Jackson. Haymon's Premier Boxing Champions enterprise has scooped up so many fighters (estimates vary between 140 . What we know about Al Haymon: Part III 23 Mar by Thomas Hauser THE RING'S Thomas Hauser in this special series sheds light on the powerful and mysterious boxing impresario Al Haymon and Premier Boxing Champions. The moment Al didnt need me anymore, he cut me off., When Al wants you to, you can talk with him, says Gary Shaw, who, in the past, promoted some of Haymons fighters. That means theres no time when boxing is alone on the stage. And right now, Premier Boxing Champions appears to be hemorrhaging money, not making it. But right now, theyre selling a time-buy; thats all. We know it cant go on like this, says a rival promoter. He and his family were bringing in his belongings. I went to the first PBC press conference in New York (on Jan. 14, 2015) which was for a show on NBC. In 2004, the Boxing Writers Association of America honored Hauser with the Nat Fleischer Award for career excellence in boxing journalism. PBCs March 7, 2015, debut telecast on NBC headlined by Keith Thurman vs. Robert Guerrero averaged 3.37 million viewers. He positioned himself as a reformer who was going to make the sweet science more popular and more equitable. You cant reinvent boxing. The staging has become less elaborate. His plan is based on the premise that theres a hidden audience for boxing that will watch fights on free television in numbers large enough to generate profitable ad sales. He was a good dancer. Dr. Melsons memories of Al Haymon follow: Let me start with how I met Alan. Boxing After Dark, in its early years, had the buzz and brand that PBC should be trying to duplicate. A source with knowledge of the relationship between Haymon and NBC says that NBC executives asked to see the PBC business plan and he declined to show it to them. Tournaments and playoffs work in every other sport. Al Haymon was a bright student and attended Harvard from where he majored in Economics in 1977 and later completed his M.B.A in 1980. Three iconic sports personalities formed the core of the NBC announcing team. He talked to us about the importance of boxing and his desire to revive interest in the sport. This mini-documentary details how Floyd Mayweather & Al Haymon take over boxing with their PBC banner.-----. The first few months of 2016 were slower than expected. As of Dec. 31, 2015, that investment was valued at $82,354,000 a drop of 84 percent in investment value. This contingency makes boxing compelling programming for premium cable networks that are built on subscriptions but its a problem for networks that rely on advertising. Sports seasons have expanded and are continuing to expand. That hasnt happened, perhaps because Schaefers involvement with PBC at the present time is considered too risky in light of the ongoing lawsuits against Haymon. Enigmatic is the word that comes to mind for me. So lets close for now with a final thought on Al Haymon. And we have a reputation for splitting things down the middle rather than taking sides. CBS has yet to match the 1.6 million average viewership that Adonis Stevenson vs. Sakio Bika engendered in its initial PBC telecast on April 4, 2015. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. You cant spend that kind of money, not even in boxing.. Al Haymon did his schooling from John Adams High School in 1973 and graduated from there. Boxing is two guys in the ring putting on what you hope is a great fight. Reminds me of a more refined James Prince, maybe not as hardcore, tho, idk. Haymon was born on April 21, 1955, grew up in Cleveland and graduated from John Adams High School in 1973. And wouldnt Thurman-Porter be even more exciting if viewers knew that the winner was slated to fight the winner of an equally high-profile match-up? And I stayed in the dorms over Christmas my freshman year to save the money it would have cost to fly back to California. Outside of Deontay Wilder, its hard to think of a PBC fighter who has a greater following or is more marketable now than he was a year ago. 24. Some were willing to talk on the understanding that they could be quoted but not for attribution. If I were Al, I would make fewer fights. Although Haymon already had a name in the music industry, the blessing of Avant catapulted him into the entertainment stratosphere. There have been and continue to be too many nobody cares PBC fights. Maybe Al isnt as smart as people think he is. Alan was cool with the idea if he could get a single room instead of a double. Shortly before a March 7, 2015, fight card in Las Vegas, Al Haymon did something that was totally out of character: He made a speech. The only reason theyre carrying Als boxing programming is that hes paying them to do it.. What complications lie ahead? So we brought in Al and that completely locked it down. If a fighter goes in tough and loses, PBC can bring him back any way it wants. He often seems scornful of and even hostile toward the media, particularly the boxing media. The issue wasnt whether we were smart enough to make it. On March 1, 2016, Rafael reported, ESPNs first Premier Boxing Champions card of 2016 was initially scheduled for January. HBO paid above-market license fees to promoters for years to lure fights away from ABC, CBS and NBC. You spend money to make money. But he seems to have done that successfully and its to his credit that he did. And then it got ugly. The bout is tentatively scheduled for May 21 in Moscow. To that, promoter Gary Shaw adds, Theyve given away so many free tickets to paper the house that its become increasingly hard for the rest of us to sell tickets because people are waiting for freebies.. Haymon founded Premier Boxing Champions, which held its first event in 2015. Al Haymons college graduation yearbook photo. Everything else, all the bells and whistles, is secondary to that. This co. But hes learning that trying to control and restructure the sweet science is like nation building in Iraq. He has a fiduciary duty to the fighters he manages to get them the most money possible. Well, Al Haymon's age is 67 years old as of today's date 11th January 2023 having been born on 21 April 1955. Haymons mother was an accountant. Schedule a fight that shapes up as an entertaining match-up and more people will watch. Al never answered his phone when I called again and none of my calls were ever returned.. And sometimes the entrepreneur fails. Promoters who have worked with Haymon and in some instances still work with him voice similar sentiments: Also, theres an interesting contradiction between Haymons low-profile persona and another aspect of his personality. I helped Alan carry his belongings down the hall and it was an experience. Also, there are rumors that Richard Schaefer will return to boxing as early as next month in a leadership role with Mayweather Promotions. Al has spent four hundred million dollars. But those numbers dont mean the money has been spent. But they also ordered a highlight reel of knockouts followed by victorious fighters proclaiming I want to thank Al Haymon.. Schaefers absence from the mix has been curious. And so far, the numbers dont add up. And theres another problem In boxing, at any moment BOOM the fight might end. Sponsored by Pepsi, the tour spanned 16 months, included 132 concerts and serviced 4.4 million fans across 15 countries. 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