Comments Thread For: Chad Dawson Inks Agreement With Al Haymon

[sugarsmosley]

I hope to see Chad bounce back and get some good wins under his belt before retiring.

same but do u give dawson a shot at stevenson the rematch? crazily enough i think dawson can win that fight. i dont think stevenson is superman like he says

[Ray*]

He needs a big fight/win to be able to get a Stevenson rematch. Maybe he should try the Kovalev fight.

[parrish duke]

1st Al Haymon is not a boxing guy, he does business differently. He made his $ by being the biggest concert promoter- he used to do the budweiser super fest tours etc.. he used to invest floyds $ in alot of his shows so they became very good friends because Haymon is a harvard grad with integrity - He had floyd invest in one of 50 cents tours this is how floyd and fiddy became very close at one point. You cannot compare him to the street opportunist Don King - Haymon just bailed Tarver out of jail and paid off his ******** debt, Tarver is 45 YEARS old and is on his down slide so it was not a business move, this is why everyone gets down with Haymon - he gets you paid more, he takes care of his fighters - Period -

[ИATAS]

Another fighter signs a deal with this amazing "personal advisor". Is that like 10 in the past month or so? Nothing going on here folks, move along.

[-Kev-]

Actually...Hard to say what Haymon delivrs for his clients. He's one of those pieces of opacity in the boxing world. FMJ appears to have prospered, and every other signing appears to believe they're they're on the verge of the big time (Stevensonson apparently believes he can become a crossover star).

After 4 years the only big success story is Floyd, though it's apparent that many guys have bought the rainbows.

Make no mistake, this isn't an attack on Haymon, or even a suggestion that there's anything wrong with him, but he ain't some kinda wizard who can magic boxing revenue outta the ether.

I'm old enough to remember when Don King was supposed to have the 'magic touch'..and well...you see where I'm going

Haymon gets his fighters dates on Showtime/HBO and gets them paid, and gets them the big fights.

He made Matthysse vs Garcia immediately after signing Matthysse.

He's gotten Lara fights with Martirosyan, Angulo and Trout, soon after signing with him.

He got Trout two big fights with Cotto and Canelo.

He's given Chris Arreola multiple title fight opportunities, with a vacant WBC HW title on the line next.

He got Andre Berto multiple million dollar pay days.

He has fighters like Danny Garcia, Marcos Maidana, Keith Thurman, Lucas Matthysse, Paulie Malignaggi, Luis Collazo, Devon Alexander, Josesito Lopez, at 140-147 and we should expect to see all of these fighters face each other sooner or later thanks to Al Haymon/GBP. Al Haymon doesn't use the formula of overly marinating a match up and watching it go up to sh-t, like Gamboa vs Lopez. Haymon is not afraid of putting his best fighters against each other, he showed that with Lara-Trout, Garcia-Matthysse, Alexander-Porter, etc.

[arraamis]

Im starting to think haymon is bad for boxing......

Based on what, exactly??????

The dude just won Manager of the year, and every one of his fighters are singing his praise. Look at the final press conference where Santa Cruz praised him so much that even Shaeffer joined in.

I'm starting to think some of the so-called fans are Bad for boxing.

[ИATAS]

Based on what, exactly??????

The dude just won Manager of the year, and every one of his fighters are singing his praise. Look at the final press conference where Santa Cruz praised him so much that even Shaeffer joined in.

I'm starting to think some of the so-called fans are Bad for boxing.

So he's a manager or personal advisor?

[Saul_Good]

Don't know where parrish duke or -kev- got their info on Haymon, but I can dig it.

Haymon is a solid guy, personal advisor/manager, or not.

[ИATAS]

Haymon gets his fighters dates on Showtime/HBO and gets them paid, and gets them the big fights.

He made Matthysse vs Garcia immediately after signing Matthysse.

He's gotten Lara fights with Martirosyan, Angulo and Trout, soon after signing with him.

He got Trout two big fights with Cotto and Canelo.

He's given Chris Arreola multiple title fight opportunities, with a vacant WBC HW title on the line next.

He got Andre Berto multiple million dollar pay days.

He has fighters like Danny Garcia, Marcos Maidana, Keith Thurman, Lucas Matthysse, Paulie Malignaggi, Luis Collazo, Devon Alexander, Josesito Lopez, at 140-147 and we should expect to see all of these fighters face each other sooner or later thanks to Al Haymon/GBP. Al Haymon doesn't use the formula of overly marinating a match up and watching it go up to sh-t, like Gamboa vs Lopez. Haymon is not afraid of putting his best fighters against each other, he showed that with Lara-Trout, Garcia-Matthysse, Alexander-Porter, etc.

Al Haymon gets his guys paid, everything else is speculation or inaccurate. Lara (GB) vs Vanes (TR) was only made because the WBC ordered it and it went to a purse bid which Top Rank won. Without a promoter he hasn't done anything for Gary Russell jr. a

Obviously there is some shady stuff on whether he's a manager or personal advisor, since it's illegal for a manager to put two of their fighters against each other and get paid from both (The Ali Act).

[arraamis]

So he's a manager or personal advisor?

Apparently, he's acting as both for his clients.