He pushes relationships to the brink when negotiating and has a way of leaving people afraid that if they don’t do what he wants, they’re out. Then he cast an eye toward boxing.Haymon’s business plan for Premier Boxing Champions is as tightly guarded as a nation’s nuclear codes. “It’s not about what other people think of him. PBC would dominate boxing for years.Except it hasn’t happened. But he has gone beyond that. He always kept his word with me.”There’s a marked contrast between Haymon’s enormous influence in boxing and his studied ghostlike presence. So I started calling record companies, calling buildings around town, and trying to introduce myself as a promoter so I could learn about the business and try to find out what was going to be my strategy to enter it. And in all likelihood, it won’t happen.Winston Churchill once said of Russia, “It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” The same words could be used to describe Al Haymon. I don’t know if you know who I am.” And before I could get another word out, Al said, ‘How could anyone in boxing not know who Jim Thomas is?’ He was very gracious.
People who’ve done business with him for years know next to nothing about his personal life (which is even more under the radar than his professional one).“I have no idea how Al processes emotion,” one business associate says. I’m trying to be a businessman. He and his wife amassed a video archive of fights that were televised between 1979 and 2015. King recalls that Haymon’s father was a clergyman and that the promoter made occasional financial contributions to the latter’s church programs.Haymon’s mother was an accountant. In most instances, he’s not even in the picture.Haymon has an aversion to being interviewed by the media and operates largely out of public view. He said that everyone in the room should think of themselves as part of a team. There was a huge floor set augmented by giant video screens. ANDRE BERTO OPENS UP ON AL HAYMON RELATIONSHIP; RECALLS BEING ONE OF HIS "FIRST YOUNG BOYS" - Duration: 10 ... Floyd Mayweather Interview (2/20/07) - Duration: 10:32. But he knows how to close a deal.Brian Kweder ran ESPN’s boxing program as senior director of programming and acquisitions from late-2013 through January 2016. More than a few times – and I’m paraphrasing now – Al has said to me, ‘Look, that’s the way it has to be. Laila Ali, B.J. Many of these videos were of prospective opponents for Haymon’s fighters.
Shortly before a March 7, 2015, fight card in Las Vegas, Al Haymon did something that was totally out of character: He made a speech.For months on end, the boxing community had buzzed with rumors: Haymon was amassing a war chest totaling hundreds of millions of dollars with the help of a venture capital fund in an effort to take over boxing … Haymon was signing hundreds of fighters to managerial and advisory contracts … Haymon was planning some sort of TV series … time-buys on multiple networks for an entity called Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) were confirmed.March 7 marked the rollout of Haymon’s plan. He’s now a part-time consultant for Haymon.“Boxing has its share of swindlers, liars and thiefs, “Kweder says.
Some were willing to talk on the understanding that they could be quoted but not for attribution. Speaking from personal experience, he made me feel as though I was on his team. It was difficult because I didn’t have any money. “Al opened a lot of doors for us at the premium cable networks. Al Haymon is an adviser, manager, and/or promoter to many top boxers in the United States. He often pulls people in and pushes them away as serves his purposes.Jim Thomas is best known in boxing circles as the attorney who guided Evander Holyfield through the most profitable years of Holyfield’s ring career.“I had one dealing with Al,” Thomas recalls. Al is accessible when he wants to be.
People who’ve done business with him for years know next to nothing about his personal life (which is even more under the radar than his professional one).“I have no idea how Al processes emotion,” one business associate says. I’m trying to be a businessman. He and his wife amassed a video archive of fights that were televised between 1979 and 2015. King recalls that Haymon’s father was a clergyman and that the promoter made occasional financial contributions to the latter’s church programs.Haymon’s mother was an accountant. In most instances, he’s not even in the picture.Haymon has an aversion to being interviewed by the media and operates largely out of public view. He said that everyone in the room should think of themselves as part of a team. There was a huge floor set augmented by giant video screens. ANDRE BERTO OPENS UP ON AL HAYMON RELATIONSHIP; RECALLS BEING ONE OF HIS "FIRST YOUNG BOYS" - Duration: 10 ... Floyd Mayweather Interview (2/20/07) - Duration: 10:32. But he knows how to close a deal.Brian Kweder ran ESPN’s boxing program as senior director of programming and acquisitions from late-2013 through January 2016. More than a few times – and I’m paraphrasing now – Al has said to me, ‘Look, that’s the way it has to be. Laila Ali, B.J. Many of these videos were of prospective opponents for Haymon’s fighters.
Shortly before a March 7, 2015, fight card in Las Vegas, Al Haymon did something that was totally out of character: He made a speech.For months on end, the boxing community had buzzed with rumors: Haymon was amassing a war chest totaling hundreds of millions of dollars with the help of a venture capital fund in an effort to take over boxing … Haymon was signing hundreds of fighters to managerial and advisory contracts … Haymon was planning some sort of TV series … time-buys on multiple networks for an entity called Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) were confirmed.March 7 marked the rollout of Haymon’s plan. He’s now a part-time consultant for Haymon.“Boxing has its share of swindlers, liars and thiefs, “Kweder says.
Some were willing to talk on the understanding that they could be quoted but not for attribution. Speaking from personal experience, he made me feel as though I was on his team. It was difficult because I didn’t have any money. “Al opened a lot of doors for us at the premium cable networks. Al Haymon is an adviser, manager, and/or promoter to many top boxers in the United States. He often pulls people in and pushes them away as serves his purposes.Jim Thomas is best known in boxing circles as the attorney who guided Evander Holyfield through the most profitable years of Holyfield’s ring career.“I had one dealing with Al,” Thomas recalls. Al is accessible when he wants to be.