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As a fan of PBC & it potentially becoming a NFL, NBA or UFC of boxing, I was curious what the PBC landscape of high level boxing looks like as we close out on the end of the first year PBC has been active. I decided to look into how many "elite" boxers PBC/Haymon has relationships with to determine a sort of saturation point PBC/Haymon has attained thus far.
To determine what is an elite boxer I decided to use a combo of the Ring, TBRB & ESPN rankings. These are all top ten rankings with Ring & TBRB adding an 11th boxer in some divisions as they have a champion sometimes. These seem to be the most respected &/or talked about "legit" rankings in the sport by most boxing fans, which is why I choose them, & they are largely in agreement. Combined all 3 rankings have 13 or less fighters listed in 10 of 17 weight divisions, the only division with a lot of disparity among the rankings is lightweight where the 3 disagree enough to have 17 fighters among them.
I combined all these fighters into a pool of 223 "elite" fighters covering every division. Any fighter that was ranked by one of these 3 rankings was considered to be an "elite" boxer. 11 to 17 fighters per division. I then researched to find who was signed with Al Haymon or who has fought on a PBC card in the first 9 months of its existence & usually is signed with a "Friend of Haymon" promoter. A "Friend of Haymon" promoter is one of numerous promoters who Haymon appears to have dealings with on a regular basis or frequently comes to terms with taking on some of their fighters to a managerial/adviser deal. Obviously some of this info is more or less reliable than other information as its not like contracts are readily available to the public, but I tried to make the best decision with the goal in mind of having the most accurate complete list of PBC/Haymon influenced elite level boxers.
The PBC/Haymon impact is impressive to say the least. At the end of the first year Haymon has 53 of the 223 boxers (23.7%) signed to a manager/adviser agreement. And 11 more are with "Friend of Haymon" promoters & have had a prominent PBC fight bringing the total PBC/Haymon influenced elite boxers to 64 (28.6%) as we close out 2015. More impressive is that between welterweight to light heavyweight, some of the more important divisions historical, PBC/Haymon has about half of the boxers with him or with PBC. 30 of 61 or 49.1% & has 26 (42.6%) of them signed to a manager/adviser deals.
I have listed the boxers below with details as to their connection with Haymon &/or PBC to give an idea how solid that relationship is & how secure it may or may not be moving forward. I have also including some more speculative information on potential boxers Haymon could sign in the future based on current relationships & past signings to potentially stir up some drama with "he would never sign with Haymon" type posts & I've including some alphabet ranked PBC/Haymon fighters & unranked prospects on the way up to give some depth on the web of influence PBC/Haymon has already at all levels of boxing.
Hope you find this interesting if nothing else. And if you see any errors or potential errors feel free to give me a heads up & I'll correct it or explain it to the best of my ability if we got a difference of opinion. I don't have a 0% error rate & I could have missed some guy leaving Haymon, a false signing or whatever.
To determine what is an elite boxer I decided to use a combo of the Ring, TBRB & ESPN rankings. These are all top ten rankings with Ring & TBRB adding an 11th boxer in some divisions as they have a champion sometimes. These seem to be the most respected &/or talked about "legit" rankings in the sport by most boxing fans, which is why I choose them, & they are largely in agreement. Combined all 3 rankings have 13 or less fighters listed in 10 of 17 weight divisions, the only division with a lot of disparity among the rankings is lightweight where the 3 disagree enough to have 17 fighters among them.
I combined all these fighters into a pool of 223 "elite" fighters covering every division. Any fighter that was ranked by one of these 3 rankings was considered to be an "elite" boxer. 11 to 17 fighters per division. I then researched to find who was signed with Al Haymon or who has fought on a PBC card in the first 9 months of its existence & usually is signed with a "Friend of Haymon" promoter. A "Friend of Haymon" promoter is one of numerous promoters who Haymon appears to have dealings with on a regular basis or frequently comes to terms with taking on some of their fighters to a managerial/adviser deal. Obviously some of this info is more or less reliable than other information as its not like contracts are readily available to the public, but I tried to make the best decision with the goal in mind of having the most accurate complete list of PBC/Haymon influenced elite level boxers.
The PBC/Haymon impact is impressive to say the least. At the end of the first year Haymon has 53 of the 223 boxers (23.7%) signed to a manager/adviser agreement. And 11 more are with "Friend of Haymon" promoters & have had a prominent PBC fight bringing the total PBC/Haymon influenced elite boxers to 64 (28.6%) as we close out 2015. More impressive is that between welterweight to light heavyweight, some of the more important divisions historical, PBC/Haymon has about half of the boxers with him or with PBC. 30 of 61 or 49.1% & has 26 (42.6%) of them signed to a manager/adviser deals.
I have listed the boxers below with details as to their connection with Haymon &/or PBC to give an idea how solid that relationship is & how secure it may or may not be moving forward. I have also including some more speculative information on potential boxers Haymon could sign in the future based on current relationships & past signings to potentially stir up some drama with "he would never sign with Haymon" type posts & I've including some alphabet ranked PBC/Haymon fighters & unranked prospects on the way up to give some depth on the web of influence PBC/Haymon has already at all levels of boxing.
Hope you find this interesting if nothing else. And if you see any errors or potential errors feel free to give me a heads up & I'll correct it or explain it to the best of my ability if we got a difference of opinion. I don't have a 0% error rate & I could have missed some guy leaving Haymon, a false signing or whatever.
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