The end of Iron Mike Promotions, all contracted fighters signed with Haymon

[elgranluchadore]

Al haymon slowly putting together a UFC type league with all inhouse fighters... As long as he matches everyone tough like ufc then I don't have a problem.. Eventually it will swallow up the competition

ha! and when has haymon done that?

[PainfromUkraine]

Isn't that a violation of the Ali Act doe? Advisors/managers are supposed to be separate en****** from promoters to avoid a conflict of interest. Otherwise, you have one party fulfilling two roles that have two differing purposes, one is to market and maximize profits while the other looks out for the well-being of the fighter and his best interests.

If only one person does this, they will ultimately ensure that any and all deals work out for their best interest.

Yeah i'm not too sure what's going on with that. It's like fighters no longer need a promoter when they have Haymon, because he 'manages' them and essentially does the job of a promote without officially being one.

[Weebler I]

The only relevant fighter Mike had was Savigne. This is no big deal

36 year old Savigne...Haymon taking over doe.

He did get Khytrov though.

The takeover continues. Like I said the other days. Thre will come a point when so many relevant fighters sign with Haymom, relevant fighters not signed with him will become irrelevant.

Half the fighters Haymon has signed are filler bums and cans and half his "star" fighters are over the hill.

[betmen]

Al haymon slowly putting together a UFC type league with all inhouse fighters... As long as he matches everyone tough like ufc then I don't have a problem.. Eventually it will swallow up the competition

and maybe reality show about several boxers living together, kinda get bored with 24/7 or all acces showing us the same **** over and over again.

[alexguiness]

The cost of a high end ****** escort just went up 20%

[MDPopescu]

According to Kevin Iole, Iron Mike Promotions "is no more and all of his contracted fighters are now signed with Al Haymon".

Thoughts? Is it a good move?

... Haymon took over: De La Hoya, Iron Mike and so on...
... I'm waiting for the moment when Pac, Canelo and Wlad will sign with him also...

[The Big Dunn]

36 year old Savigne...Haymon taking over doe.

He did get Khytrov though.



Half the fighters Haymon has signed are filler bums and cans and half his "star" fighters are over the hill.

He needs these types of fighters to serve as opponents as he builds his young fighters and give established names a "name" to beat.

Isn't that what he should be doing.

[Weebler I]

He needs these types of fighters to serve as opponents as he builds his young fighters and give established names a "name" to beat.

Isn't that what he should be doing.

I agree, but it's a long way from a takeover of all the top talent that some are claiming.

There are a massive number of top boxers unaffiliated to Haymon, he doesn't even have a 20% of ring ranked fighters. Sport is too big, global and changeable to be taken over.

What he has done is sign many of the big name American fighters, which pushes HBO (and eventually Sho) towards international fighters like Klitschko, Provo, Kova, Pacquiao, Froch, GGG etc.

Ultimatley good for fans since more boxing on TV in the US, but it's not a Haymon takeover, he's really just another player in the game.

[Dr.Pepper]

One thing you're ignoring. Showitme was killing HBO because Haymon went there. Showtime is dying because Haymon left there.

50 cent and Roc nation were never anything. Thats absurd.

When did Haymon leave Showtime fool??

[The Big Dunn]

I agree, but it's a long way from a takeover of all the top talent that some are claiming.

There are a massive number of top boxers unaffiliated to Haymon, he doesn't even have a 20% of ring ranked fighters. Sport is too big, global and changeable to be taken over.

What he has done is sign many of the big name American fighters, which pushes HBO (and eventually Sho) towards international fighters like Klitschko, Provo, Kova, Pacquiao, Froch, GGG etc.

Ultimatley good for fans since more boxing on TV in the US, but it's not a Haymon takeover, he's really just another player in the game.

Right now, no. But even the foreign fighters are not ******. They see the exposure and they see the purses. Most importantly, they see Haymon taking far less than the promoters. How long you think that's going to last, especially when these boxers move to the states.

Like kovalev and ggg, you don't think they see HBO is paying them a relative pittance for ratings that would get an American or Mexican twice or three times the amount?

Times are changing. Athletes in general have a much better idea of the game. Why pay so much for promotion when you can have a Twitter beef go viral and touch 10 times the people for free?

Haymon, like him or not, is at the forefront of the changes.