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Looks like Thomas Hauser and Haymon were friends after all. =P
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Hauser was ok with Floyd and Haymon when they worked for his employer, HBO. Oscar also talked about creating a PBC type platform but he was more ambitious than Haymon
How does that actually happen? You want Golden Boy to replace them?
Absolutely. We need to sign all the talent and get all the TV dates; then you
can have your own agenda and have a schedule for the fans and the sport. You
can do a monthly PPV, a bi-weekly HBO fight, you can have the best fighters
fight each other. When you have five or six promoters, it's very difficult.
So, is your plan to take over boxing?
My plan is not to take over boxing, but really do what no other promoter was
able to do, and that is have unified rules and one commissioner and make sure
the fighter is taken care of and is not cheated out of anything. That's one of
the reasons boxing hasn't really taken itself to the next level, because we
cannot make those big fights and a lot of times promoters are the ones in the
way. We are very transparent with whatever we do with our fighters, and in a
way, yes, we do want to take over. Well, we don't want to take control of
boxing, but we want to do the right thing for the sport. Have one [entity]
running it like UFC. It's very confusing with all these championship belts-my
idea would be to have one champion in each division. There should be one
heavyweight champion, not 20 like we have now. Too much confusion. We have to
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Anyone with a brain in boxing or watches boxing knows the sport would be better in nearly every way under a centralized power structure of a NFL type league. Right now boxing is a bunch of guys looking out for their own best interest, boxing needs someone looking out for boxings history & interest like the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, UFC & virtually every other sport has for their own particular sport.
It shouldn't be surprising anyone in the sport has or had this idea. And really no one should have a problem with if Haymon, Oscar or whoever did this cuz its only gonna make the sport better long term even if you think a particular guy who actually organizes it and makes it happen isn't your cup of tea in the short term.Comment
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Well he does work for HBO. He used to write some good articles on HBO until he was hired by HBO. If you look at the media you'll find the people who criticize Floyd & Haymon the most also have connections to HBO or Top Rank or an affinity for Oscar. This isn't my opinon, this is a FACT!. Floyd spoke on Arum's manipulation of the media. He spoke from his experience while he was signed with Arum.
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If Haymon/Mayweather were smart men they would have been collecting the best fighters in the world and not just the brothas from the Americas.Comment
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