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Al Haymon

{{short description|American businessman and boxing manager (born 1955)}}

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Al Haymon (born April 21, 1955) is an American businessman and boxing manager. He was the manager of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and has won the Boxing Writers of America Manager of the Year Award five times.

Early life

Haymon was raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and studied economics at Harvard.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/sports/behind-the-scenes-haymon-is-shaking-up-the-fight-game.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all |title=Behind the Scenes Haymon is Shaking Up the Fight Game |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2012-10-21 |url-access=subscription}} He also has an MBA from Harvard.

Music career

His first career was in music promotion, where he promoted such acts as M. C. Hammer, New Edition, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige and Rick James. He branched out to other entertainment areas, such as when he worked with Eddie Murphy. In 1999, he sold 50% of A. H. Enterprises to SFX Entertainment.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/1999/music/news/sfx-turns-up-urban-beat-1117502364/ |title=SFX turns up urban beat|author=Adam Sandler|work=Variety|date=21 May 1999}}

Boxing career

Around 2000, Haymon ventured into boxing when he managed Vernon Forrest. Over the next decade, he gained considerable influence in boxing, mainly due to his connection to Floyd Mayweather Jr. In 2005 and 2013, he won the Al Buck Award (Manager of the Year) from the Boxing Writers Association of America.{{cite web|url=http://www.bwaa.org/2005_haymon.htm|title=Al Buck Award: 2005 Manager of the Year: Al Haymon|publisher=BWAA|access-date=2012-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817095832/http://www.bwaa.org/2005_haymon.htm|archive-date=2011-08-17|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.bwaa.org/boxingawards.htm|title=BWAA Boxing Awards|work=bwaa.org|access-date=2013-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830143522/http://www.bwaa.org/boxingawards.htm|archive-date=2013-08-30|url-status=dead}}

Haymon founded Premier Boxing Champions, which held its first event in 2015.

Greg Bishop, formerly of the New York Times and now of Sports Illustrated, suggests that Haymon functions as both promoter and manager, against the principles of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act, which was designed to separate boxing promoters from boxing managers. He has also been criticized by fans and writers alike for the inactivity of many of his fighters.{{Cite web|title=Eddie Hearn Continues to Take Swipes at Al Haymon And The Inactivity of His Fighters|url=https://www.ringnews24.com/2018/09/17/eddie-hearn-continues-to-take-swipes-at-al-haymon-and-the-inactivity-of-his-fighters/|access-date=2021-04-13|website=www.ringnews24.com|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|date=2018-03-20|title=Bob Arum: Top Rank held talks with Al Haymon fighters about signing deals|url=https://www.ringtv.com/531546-bob-arum-top-rank-engaged-talks-al-haymon-fighters-signing-deals/|access-date=2021-04-13|website=The Ring}}{{Cite web|date=2018-01-17|title=Lightweight Herring strikes deal with Top Rank|url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/22124001/jamel-herring-leaves-long-adviser-al-haymon-top-rank|access-date=2021-04-13|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}

Notable client list

Fighters who are currently or were previously represented by Haymon include:{{cite web|last=Rafael |first=Dan |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/1405/lopez-lara-sign-with-haymon |title=Lopez, Lara sign with Haymon - Dan Rafael Blog - ESPN |publisher=ESPN |date=2012-10-17 |access-date=2012-10-21}}

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Category:Living people

Category:African-American sports executives and administrators

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Category:Sportspeople from Cleveland

Category:American boxing managers

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Category:Harvard Business School alumni

Category:1955 births

Category:21st-century African-American people

Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen

Category:20th-century American sportsmen