Shouldn't we be thanking Al Haymon for the card this weekend?

[maguirre]

Wow. Al Haymon is a rock star now. His fans love him no matter what.

[jas]

I've said this in a previous thread

I'll say it again lol

I don't think any unified or lineal champ has ever fought the 77th ranked or below fighter in a lower weight class.......only then to change the weight to gain an even greater weight advantage

If salka got seriously hurt there would be massive outrage because the hardcore fans spoke so greatly against this mismatch

Just imagine if he had gotten seriously hurt. The commission, Showtime, al haymon and Garcia would have been vilified.

It would have been detrimental to the sport , a huge black eye for boxing. And salka getting seriously hurt was a real possibility. Not only was there a power advantage, add on top of that a skill advantage , a class edge, it could have been even more brutal.

That fight was a disgrace to boxing. And I'm gonna admit it was disappointing to me , as a hardcore true boxing fan, for it to take place.

The commission should never have allowed that fight to happen

And for those saying salka got a payday, salka himself said he was expecting a shot at Figueroa - the champion in his weight class who incidentally has hand issues - that is way more justifiable than jumping up above a weight class to fight a guy who packs power when you yourself have no power.

This is incomparable to Kovalev's fights.

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Basically, short and sweet. Fuck Al Haymon.

[Divine Hammer]

both haymon and his servant espinoza deserve to be arrested.

[KillaMane26]

I never hated him n the 1st....

[al-Xander]

Wow. Al Haymon is a rock star now. His fans love him no matter what.

It's Floyd-inspired fanaticism unprecedented in boxing. They love everything and everyone associated with him. They hate everything and everyone he hates. He can do no wrong.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

The only thing ******ed is you whining about al in this thread then desperately labelling anyone who didn't do the same as one of his fans because they didn't hate on him like you did.

#1 Al haymon and Showtime defendor right here. If you say anything bad about Showtime he'll come back like, would do the same for HBO?

saturdays card was pretty good, the main event was **** but the two fights before that were decent matchups and even the main event featured a world class fighter even if it was kind of an exhibition fight.

nobody said **** when kovalev fought capparello, a guy whos best win is allan green. a lot of hypocrisy on this site.



edit: one of the main reasons boxing fell off is the lack of talent in the HW division, a direct result of potential fighters turning to other sports like basketball and american football. while its less obvious in other divisions it shows there as well. it makes sense, more money, less risk and you can get an education out of it.

so if a guy like haymon and others like him can increase the amount of money fighters are making that will attract more athletes back to this great sport. something that will do boxing good.

not to mention the fact that as a fan of the sport who has seen two of his idols (ali and mcclellan) suffer serious brain damage in the ring im simply happy fighters are getting what they deserve as far as financial compensation. if haymon was around in the 90's perhaps mcclellan wouldnt be broke in addition to being blind, 90% deaf and unable to walk.

lay off dunn, you are the ones who are wrong. more money for the fighters is a good thing. naturally we all want to see great fights too, but nobody said they didnt. you clowns just pretend people do because you have no arguments to support your jealousy based anger over fighters getting the money they deserve.

Stop it. One good fight (Jscobs') doesnt make a whole card "pretty good". There was no reason for Peterson to fight Santana nor was it competitive. And the same goes for the main event.

[ИATAS]

#1 Al haymon and Showtime defendor right here. If you say anything bad about Showtime he'll come back like, would do the same for HBO?

Stop it. One good fight (Jscobs') doesnt make a whole card "pretty good". There was no reason for Peterson to fight Santana nor was it competitive. And the same goes for the main event.

And the Jacobs Fletcher fight was ordered by the WBA. Im seeing a pattern here lol

[SoulByThePound]

How anyone can actually be a fan of a boxing manager is beyond belief lmao.

the same way one cann be a constant hater and or envy him.

[Beater_of_ass]

The time honored NSB whine of "how can you be a fan of...."

Haymon is like one of those big time NFL agents that does everything in his power to get his client the most money

Wouldn't you agree that's better than king/arum etc etc who steal millions from their fighters?

What!? Chavez getting a 6 million guarantee per fight is stealing? Cotto making 7 million minimum to fight Martinez is stealing?