Jermall Charlo is a slave to Al Haymon.

[Ray*]

Genuine question...... how is one man allowed to control and openly manage and promote fighters like this? I don't buy the promotional outfits each fighter supposedly owns... seems like a loophole to me and a violation of the Ali act.

Because Haymon is a very smart man. I give him credit for that. Would I want someone like that in my corner? No, in the beginning he was just an adviser, and he was about making the boxers more money than they would usually get.

But like every greedy person he has now put his own ambition in front of the boxers, he has become a promoter (Not legally), and he has put things in place, where he can NEVER be pinned down.

He has gain the trust of these uneducated boxers and he is now just manipulating them in a smarter way, it’s the same old game but different ways to play it. He isn’t any different to Don King, and I pray he gets driven out one day.

[ShoulderRoll]

This is pure deflection. You sure wouldn’t see me or most defending BJS or Smith, that’s the difference here. And for one Joe Gallagher manages Smith and he is very vocal, and BJS manages himself. From what am hearing those two wants the fight, they are returning with counter offers. This is NOT what PBC is about, they are not willing to deal with anyone else, unless they have zero choice or it benefits them more than the alternatives.

How is it deflection? I clearly said that what Haymon is doing with Charlo is bad for the sport.

Just like what BJS and Smith and their teams are doing is bad for the sport too.

I only ever see you criticize PBC for it, though. Never the other guys.

[sicko]

PBC and DAZN grossly overpaying fighters not to fight the best, but instead they're overpaying them to fight sh#t opponents and that now has EVERYBODY asking for more and more money

Haymon has to match or come close to matching what ever Eddie is offering, you cannot advise those guys to turn down big offers only to have them fight for Much Less

Look I get it, PBC has deals in place with FOX and Showtime so of course those Networks want PBC Fighters exclusively with them...BUT those Networks need to step up too make some Counter Offers to get Crawford, Andrade or whoever to come over to their platform! To be fair Andrade was indeed offered by Showtime before recently re-signing with Matchroom/DAZN and he as well turned it down

It Cannot Be about Building Up Brands and a APP>The Sport Of Boxing! We tune in to see the FIGHTERS not their Promoters or Advisers

[DumpkinsPlus5]

Because Haymon is a very smart man. I give him credit for that. Would I want someone like that in my corner? No, in the beginning he was just an adviser, and he was about making the boxers more money than they would usually get.

But like every greedy person he has now put his own ambition in front of the boxers, he has become a promoter (Not legally), and he has put things in place, where he can NEVER be pinned down.

He has gain the trust of these uneducated boxers and he is now just manipulating them in a smarter way, it’s the same old game but different ways to play it. He isn’t any different to Don King, and I pray he gets driven out one day.

I fear you may be right. Sadly, it seems it not about making fighters the most money. It's about winning. Al Haymon wants to dominate boxing, which to his credit, isn't any different from any other promoter. However, if he's stopping good fights from being made, he deserves the same scrutiny as everyone else.

[Boxing_1013]

Because Haymon is a very smart man. I give him credit for that. Would I want someone like that in my corner? No, in the beginning he was just an adviser, and he was about making the boxers more money than they would usually get.

But like every greedy person he has now put his own ambition in front of the boxers, he has become a promoter (Not legally), and he has put things in place, where he can NEVER be pinned down.

He has gain the trust of these uneducated boxers and he is now just manipulating them in a smarter way, it’s the same old game but different ways to play it. He isn’t any different to Don King, and I pray he gets driven out one day.

Well said Ray...starting to be my opinion on Haymon as well

[kafkod]

Wilder has sold PPVs in the US. BJS and Smith never have.

They bring nothing to the table in America. Those are just the facts.

Whatt the fuck do PPVs have to do with guaranteed fees to fight on a subscription based platform?

$120million wasn't a fair offer to Wilder ... but Smith and BJS should be grateful to get $4million for going on the road and putting their world titles on the line in a voluntary defense against a challenger who would be earning over 10 times more than them.

[ShoulderRoll]

Whatt the fuck do PPVs have to do with guaranteed fees to fight on a subscription based platform?

$120million wasn't a fair offer to Wilder ... but Smith and BJS should be grateful to get $4million for going on the road and putting their world titles on the line in a voluntary defense against a challenger who would be earning over 10 times more than them.

How many subscriptions do you think DAZN can expect to gain in the US from televising a Callum Smith or Billy Joe Saunders fight?

As opposed to televising a Canelo fight?

$4 million is being more than generous.

[Ray*]

How is it deflection? I clearly said that what Haymon is doing with Charlo is bad for the sport.

Just like what BJS and Smith and their teams are doing is bad for the sport too.

I only ever see you criticize PBC for it, though. Never the other guys.

Here we go, again you deflecting. See you guys are not as unbias as you try to make out. Am not here defending BJS or Smith, in fact am saying they should take the offer. But what is the offer? We do not know. Is it a money issue? Is it a weight rehydration issue? We do not know. This is the first offer to both.

None of those has history of doing what PBC are doing, getting offers, not responding, blocking fights, with offers that represents 4/5 times their usual payday.

But guess what? No one is defending them. We actually wanting to see what is going on. So this is why I said you are deflecting, because now we are NOT talking about Charlo, we are now talking about BJS and Smith.

We already have threads regarding those. And no one is here encouraging them to not take those fights.

[Ray*]

I fear you may be right. Sadly, it seems it not about making fighters the most money. It's about winning. Al Haymon wants to dominate boxing, which to his credit, isn't any different from any other promoter. However, if he's stopping good fights from being made, he deserves the same scrutiny as everyone else.

And that’s my issue with Haymon and the reason that I cannot defend him any longer, am all about the boxers and them reaping benefits of their careers. Early on Haymon was for the boxers, he didn’t have any network affiliation, he was about making sure the boxers are not manipulated by their promoters.

I saw it and I liked that about him, buying out Mayweather contract for 750k etc But now watch how over the last 4-5 years he has literally blocked fights, instead of the boxers fighting, they would get 100k from him to stay inactive.

Just because he isn’t in the public eye doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be scrutinised either, his business is in the public eye, I couldn’t care less if he hides or he is loud like Hearn, fact is he currently is bad for boxing.

[boxinggod101]

You got owned so bad that you didn’t have any logical response. I’m in red because I don’t have time to post 20,000K comments 2,000 comment a month LMAO. I actually have a life unlike you, I don’t have time to make 2000 comments a month crying about black fighters.

You have like 5 different account. You sure seems to have alot of time on your hand boy