Al Haymon
Al Haymon (born April 21, 1955) is an American businessman and boxing manager. He was the manager of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and has won the Boxing Writers of America Manager of the Year Award five times.
Early life
[edit]Haymon was raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and studied economics at Harvard.[1] He also has an MBA from Harvard.
Music career
[edit]His first career was in music promotion, where he promoted such acts as M. C. Hammer, New Edition, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige and Rick James. He branched out to other entertainment areas, such as when he worked with Eddie Murphy.[1] In 1999, he sold 50% of A. H. Enterprises to SFX Entertainment.[2]
Boxing career
[edit]Around 2000, Haymon ventured into boxing when he managed Vernon Forrest.[1] Over the next decade, he gained considerable influence in boxing, mainly due to his connection to Floyd Mayweather Jr.[1] In 2005 and 2013, he won the Al Buck Award (Manager of the Year) from the Boxing Writers Association of America.[3]
Haymon founded Premier Boxing Champions, which held its first event in 2015.
Greg Bishop, formerly of the New York Times and now of Sports Illustrated, suggests that Haymon functions as both promoter and manager, against the principles of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act, which was designed to separate boxing promoters from boxing managers.[1] He has also been criticized by fans and writers alike for the inactivity of many of his fighters.[4][5][6]
Notable client list
[edit]Fighters who are currently or were previously represented by Haymon include:[1][7]
- Dominic Breazeale (since 2012)[8]
- Marcus Browne (since 2012)[8]
- Sergiy Derevyanchenko (since 2014)[9]
- Joe Joyce (2018–2019)[10]
- Josesito López (since 2012)[11]
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. (since 2006)[12]
- Luis Ortiz (since 2017)[13]
- Manny Pacquiao (since 2018)[14]
- Caleb Plant (since 2014)[15]
- Guillermo Rigondeaux (since 2018)[16]
- Andy Ruiz Jr. (since 2019)[17]
- Errol Spence Jr. (since 2012)[8]
- Deontay Wilder (since 2013)[18]
- Devon Alexander
- Cristobal Arreola
- Jean-Pierre Augustin
- Andre Berto[8]
- Adrien Broner[8]
- Brian Castaño
- Chris Colbert
- Danny García[8]
- Amir Khan
- Austin Trout[8]
- Adonis Stevenson[19]
- Julio César Chávez Jr.[20]
- Peter Quillin
- Artur Beterbiev
- Hugo Centeno Jr.
- Jermell Charlo
- Jermall Charlo
- Erislandy Lara
- Gervonta Davis
- Jarrett Hurd
- Domonique Dolton
- Lamont Peterson
- Anthony Peterson
- Seth Mitchell
- Gary Russell Jr.
- Dominic Wade
- Antonio Tarver
- Sakio Bika
- Vernon Forrest
- Leonard Bundu
- Artur Szpilka
- Lamon Brewster
- Jermain Taylor
- J'Leon Love
- Omar Figueroa
- Paul Williams
- Léo Santa Cruz
- John Molina, Jr.
- Lucas Matthysse
- Chris Pearson
- Marcos Maidana
- Keith Thurman
- Paulie Malignaggi
- Tugstsogt Nyambayar
- Robert Guerrero
- Shawn Porter
- Luis Collazo
- Travis Kauffman
- Rances Barthelemy
- Semajay Thomas
- Roberto García
- Kevin Bizier
- Lucian Bute
- Andre Dirrell
- Anthony Dirrell
- Andrzej Fonfara
- Carl Frampton
- Abner Mares
- Eddie Chambers
- Gerald Washington
- Julian Williams
- Sergey Lipinets
- Mark Magsayo
- Eumir Marcial
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Behind the Scenes Haymon is Shaking Up the Fight Game". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ Adam Sandler (21 May 1999). "SFX turns up urban beat". Variety.
- ^ "Al Buck Award: 2005 Manager of the Year: Al Haymon". BWAA. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- "BWAA Boxing Awards". bwaa.org. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013. - ^ "Eddie Hearn Continues to Take Swipes at Al Haymon And The Inactivity of His Fighters". www.ringnews24.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Bob Arum: Top Rank held talks with Al Haymon fighters about signing deals". The Ring. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Lightweight Herring strikes deal with Top Rank". ESPN.com. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Rafael, Dan (17 October 2012). "Lopez, Lara sign with Haymon - Dan Rafael Blog - ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g Michael Walters (27 September 2012). "Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s Advisor Al Haymon Signs 6 U.S. Olympians". Bleacher Report.
- ^ Rick Reeno (26 October 2014). "Sergey Derevyanchenko Inks Pact With Al Haymon Jean-Pierre Augustin". Boxing Scene.
- ^ "British heavyweight contender Joe Joyce teams up with Al Haymon, US debut imminent". World Boxing News. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- Tom Gray (25 April 2019). "Joe Joyce signs co-promotional deal with Queensberry Promotions and Ringstar Sport s". The Ring. - ^ Dan Rafael Blog (7 June 2013). "Lopez, Lara sign with Haymon". ESPN.
- ^ Greg Bishop (22 December 2014). "The man with the plan". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ "Luis Ortiz Inks Pact With Al Haymon – Boxing News". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Al Haymon and Manny Pacquiao Link Up Shows Haymon Still As Influential As Ever". Boxing News and Views. 16 October 2018.
- ^ Ken Hissner (8 November 2016). "Caleb "Sweet Hands" Plant A Champion in the Making!". Boxing Insider.
- ^ "Guillermo Rigondeaux links up with PBC, will campaign at 122 pounds". The Ring. 24 October 2018.
- ^ Rick Reeno (11 January 2019). "Andy Ruiz Inks Agreement With Al Haymon, Heads To PBC". Boxing Scene.
- ^ Jake Donovan (6 May 2013). "Wilder Brings in Al Haymon To Reach "The Next Level"". Boxing Scene.
- ^ Lem Satterfield (18 February 2014). "Adonis Stevenson signs with Al Haymon". The Ring.
- ^ Rick Reeno (3 November 2014). "Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Inks Contract With Al Haymon". Boxing Scene.
- Living people
- African-American sports executives and administrators
- American sports executives and administrators
- Sportspeople from Cleveland
- American boxing managers
- American boxing promoters
- Harvard Business School alumni
- 1955 births
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople