When is Al Haymon going to speak up for himself?

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Real G's move in silence

[Scipio2009]

I don't know how he does it.

I don't know how he has sat back and watched all these sports writers, promoters, etc defame his character.

At some point, I would've done an article interview or tv interview where I'm setting the record straight and actually promote my brand.

There's a time to be silent and there's a time to say something and defend your fighters, company and name. He is a man of great restraint because I would've been setting the record straight yesteryear.

Haymon could sit down for a 5-part, 6-hour expose with Steve Kim, and the moment the interview was over, Kim and the rest of the HBO/Top Rank machine would still spend their every breath trashing him.

If talking isn't going to actually change the minds of anyone seeing your vision as an existential threat to the "old way of doing things", why talk at all?

[Scipio2009]

It's killing his brand.

If Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nike and insert any other big brand name business was having there brand spoiled, they would speak up and start suing mother****ers for defamation.

Lou DiBella is doing what he can to fight for the name of the PBC brand, but he's outgunned.

It's not "killing his brand"; to parallel the cola wars, Haymon is facing a situation as if he's a revived RC Cola (having found a way to deliver a cola beverage without sugar/sweeteners) being reported on by en****** loyal to Coca Cola and Pepsi.

Haymon will focus in on executing his plan, having the promoters that he works with (DiBella and Tom Brown being the most recent) speak out, and getting a fair shake from the sports media that aren't tied to the old HBO/Top Rank guard.

Kevin Iole, Lance Puigmire, and a host of other just "straight from the hip" reporters, Haymon hopes, will judge what he does on the merits, and the real story will break beyond the HBO orbit of story-peddlers.

[Scipio2009]

If you are under serious pressure and criticsm all while being named in like half a dozen lawsuits and there are questions about whether what you are doing is even legal. the last thing you want to do is put the spotlight more on you with interviews. Let alone say something that can be used against you in court.

none of these alleged lawsuits, from what I've read of them, have nothing in them that has anything that'll actually stick (Top Rank's entire lawsuit is built on the notions that 1)Haymon has monopolistic control of an entirely new class of fighters and 2)there is anything in the Muhammad Ali Act that would compel an entity to have to do business with a promoter that they don't want to do business with; you add that, with Mikey Garcia's suit as clear evidence, in addition to Arum's own shiesty double-dealings with Pacquiao and the historic freeze-out of other promoters from HBO for decades, and the countersuit could wreck folks).

let me know when one of the suits actually moved forward.

[PRchamp]

He will soon be featured in a episode of "American Greed" but conning his way to steal millions from some idiot investors. Glad that PBC is featuring boxing but at the moment they have no stars who sell and are far from PPV stars but the same can be said about HBO's mismatch cards.

Boxing is in a standstill until they have a commissioner this sport is the nothing but a $$$ grab for the greedy promoters,networks and managers. I mean we got to wait years to see Canelo get destroyed by GGG because DLH saids it will sell like Mayweather-Pacquiao are you kidding me? That fight killed boxing for a couple of years nobody takes this sport serious and we got fans focusing more about ppv status,a side,lawsuits and other crap.

[boliodogs]

He is too busy counting his money.

[Eff Pandas]

I agree. The PBC PR dept. sucks balls. PBC needs a figurehead who can control the narrative of PBC better & at this point they need Haymon to do a one on one interview with Fat Dan, Real Sports or SI or someone that'll have mainstream appeal or at least mainstream appeal to boxing fans that'll show he isn't Satan.


And it not just to un-demonize himself. Its to get the idea of what he's trying to do out in the ether, assuming he is trying to do what all the speculation is with an NFL of boxing or something "bigger & better then the UFC" as I believe Sam Watson said one time. He needs more top boxers to become interested in & join into the PBC fold to accomplish this goal & he needs more people who probably still don't know boxing is on TV or where its on TV at. And maybe the timing isn't exactly right now, but I suspect this is coming at some point cuz Haymon's PR is so ****ty he's gonna need to house clean his image sooner or later by some means & nothing can humanize you more than a simple one on one interview. Even Fury was looking good for a few days after his Real Sports piece although sadly for him he says something offensive every other day, but Haymon only comes outta his coffin at night so one good interview for Haymon will keep his image spring fresh for years.

[Lester Tutor]

It's killing his brand.

If Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nike and insert any other big brand name business was having there brand spoiled, they would speak up and start suing mother****ers for defamation.

Lou DiBella is doing what he can to fight for the name of the PBC brand, but he's outgunned.

There's thing called ''propaganda tactics.'' Haymon is a civilized dude and approaches things diplomatically without drama... some call that true professionalism.

At least Arum respects the competitive business by statements like ''PBC offers insanse purses.'' That's practical to say when Arum himself has no platform protocol like PBC when he knows fully well Haymon isn't a promoter nor has insights about profit margins like Top Rank or GBPs. The ''problem'' is that Top Rank is so old school like salesmen commission. 10% profit commission at best where the company keeps 90%. As far as combat sports, Top Rank gets 80% of the profits. Why Arum told Mayweather 20 million was absurd when Heavyweights would make that...

All Hail Floyd!

[Nubia]

Let's be honest here, no one here really expects Haymon to go out on camera and do this huge interview where he spills his entire business plan out. People only mention it because they want to see him get defensive or to confirm (in their view) that he is in full damage control over revenue losses. Won't happen, sorry guys.

[Dr Rumack]

The silence thing is part of his image man. The godfather behind the scenes, pulling the strings etc. Haymon could never had the aura he has now if he actually spoke to the media. He could only be a disappointment.