The end of Iron Mike Promotions, all contracted fighters signed with Haymon

[Dr.Pepper]

He has his fighters under oppressive contracts. He hasn't used the right of refusal much, but I predict he will more often until all fights are under his advisement. His grand plan could backfire since boxing is still such a niche sport.

LOL @ oppressive contracts.

Leo Santa Cruz(Haymon) made more fighting a nobody than Kovalev made fighting Hopkins.

Poor oppressed Leo.

Meanwhile

Arum is cleaning Pacman out.

[Dr.Pepper]

SMH.....Al Haymon is the Illuminati

What is Bob Arum??

[Dr.Pepper]

Al haymon slowly putting together a UFC type league with all inhouse fighters... As long as he matches everyone tough like ufc then I don't have a problem.. Eventually it will swallow up the competition

All in house is the Top Rank model.

[IMDAZED]

Interesting. If Iron Mike sold off his company, he must've gotten a pretty penny for it. Enough to make him wanna do that.

[Chex31]

Sad for Tyson, but it's good that they're going over to Al. Al takes care of his fighters.

at the expense of robbing the fans of the fights they want to see....

[Dr.Pepper]

at the expense of robbing the fans of the fights they want to see....

You're not a fan just a hater.

Is Arum giving us the fights we want to see?

[Weebler I]

Right now, no. But even the foreign fighters are not ******. They see the exposure and they see the purses. Most importantly, they see Haymon taking far less than the promoters. How long you think that's going to last, especially when these boxers move to the states.

Like kovalev and ggg, you don't think they see HBO is paying them a relative pittance for ratings that would get an American or Mexican twice or three times the amount?

Times are changing. Athletes in general have a much better idea of the game. Why pay so much for promotion when you can have a Twitter beef go viral and touch 10 times the people for free?

Haymon, like him or not, is at the forefront of the changes.

Foreign fighters are mostly just grateful for the opportunity.

It's like big US companies like outsourcing their jobs because foreign workers are willing to work for less while domestic workers, or fighters in this case, expect more.

In the unlikely event that GGG and Kova get really big and decide to jump ship, then two more will replace them, world is full of boxers willing to step in the ring and ultimately it's not just about names it's about the match-ups.

[Dr.Pepper]

Foreign fighters are mostly just grateful for the opportunity.

It's like big US companies like outsourcing their jobs because foreign workers are willing to work for less while domestic workers, or fighters in this case, expect more.

In the unlikely event that GGG and Kova get really big and decide to jump ship, then two more will replace them, world is full of boxers willing to step in the ring and ultimately it's not just about names it's about the match-ups.

Haymon has foreign fighters from poor Countries.

Maybe some are just dumber than others.

[The Big Dunn]

Foreign fighters are mostly just grateful for the opportunity.

It's like big US companies like outsourcing their jobs because foreign workers are willing to work for less while domestic workers, or fighters in this case, expect more.

In the unlikely event that GGG and Kova get really big and decide to jump ship, then two more will replace them, world is full of boxers willing to step in the ring and ultimately it's not just about names it's about the match-ups.

Maybe so, but once you move to America, things are different. Fighters do this to support their families. They see one guy making huge money and they want same.

I'm not suggesting Haymon can just come in and get everyone. But the better fighters and those with an established base are going to factor in how much they are losing.

It's going to be interesting.

[PainfromUkraine]

... Haymon took over: De La Hoya, Iron Mike and so on...
... I'm waiting for the moment when Pac, Canelo and Wlad will sign with him also...

Na, Wlad won't sign, I think K2 promotions are doing fairly well. GGG though, could be interesting in the next few years.