IBF Featherweight champ Lee Selby signs with Al Haymon
IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby has signed a deal to work with boxing advisor Al Haymon. As with most Haymon clients, Selby will still keep the services of his longtime manager, Chris Sanigar. Via press release Selby explained his feeling upon the deal. “I’m delighted to have signed with Al Haymon
Kovalev averages a million viewers last Saturday
Sergey Kovalev may still struggle at the gate in terms of drawing power, his presence on television are creating ratings in an upward trajectory. Though Kovalev fought in front of 2,000 people last weekend, his three round domination of Nadjib Mohammedi averaged 1.014 million viewers on premium cable (HBO). On the
Santa Curz-Mares Press Conference Quotes
Mexican boxing stars Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz (30-0-1, 17 KOs) and Abner Mares (29-1-1, 15 KOs) met today at Plaza Mexico to officially announced their Saturday, August 29 Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN showdown taking place at Staples Center. Below are some of the notable quotes from both fighters
Haymon’s attorney respond to Top Rank lawsuit
Once again, Lance Pugmire of the LATimes.com is on top of the story once again as he was able to get direct quotes from Haymon’s lawyers. “The lawsuit filed today by Bob Arum and Top Rank is entirely without merit and is a cynical attempt by boxing’s old guard to
So what’s going on with Al Haymon and all these lawsuits
[Editor Note: If you’re not a big fan of reading you can listen to a podcast on the topic right here.] So today Top Rank Inc. filed a lawsuit against Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions, citing that Haymon is trying to run every other boxing promoter out of business.
De La Hoya issues statement on Top Rank’s Al Haymon lawsuit
Golden Boy Promotions Founder and Chairman Oscar De La Hoya released the following statement today in the wake of Top Rank Boxing’s lawsuit against Al Haymon and his affiliated entities. “I applaud Bob Arum and Top Rank Boxing for stepping up on behalf of fighters not only in their own
Top Rank suing Al Haymon on grounds of monopoly
Per Lance Pugmire of the LA Times, who was the leading resource for the Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather fight, reported that Top Rank Inc. is suing Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions, to the tune of 100 million dollars. The suit is seeking compensation for what is being labeled “predatory practices” in which
CSAC says Haymon was sabotaging rival shows
In a very interesting exclusive with Ivan G. Goldman of BoxingInsider.com, California State Athletic Commissioner John Frierson says Al Haymon was purposely booking venues in California to sabotage rival promotions, in particular Golden Boy Promotions, who is currently suing Haymon along with the brokers who have funded his boxing endeavor.
Carl Frampton signs with Al Haymon
Al Haymon got another boxing superstar as he signed IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton to his stacked stable. The relationship between the Irish boxer and Haymon should potentially set up a bout with Leo Santa Cruz in the not so distant future as they’re now under the same boxing outfit. Frampton
PBC: Dirrell-DeGale nets 0.85 overnight rating
Saturday afternoon PBC Boxing on NBC draws 0.85 overnight rating http://t.co/9wbLSORlxt — Sports TV Ratings (@SportsTVRatings) May 26, 2015 As reported by Sports TV Ratings and Showbuzz Daily, the Saturday afternoon rendition of Premier Boxing Champions, PBC on NBC, Andre Dirrell vs. James DeGale netted an overnight rating of 0.85 which