Al Haymon (born April 21, 1955) is an American businessman and boxing manager. He was the manager of

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and has won the Boxing Writers of America Manager of the Year Award five times.

Early life

Haymon was raised in

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, and studied

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. He also has an MBA from

Music career

His first career was in music promotion, where he promoted such acts as M. C. Hammer, New Edition,

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and Rick James. He branched out to other entertainment areas, such as when he worked with

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. In 1999, he sold 50% of A. H. Enterprises to SFX Entertainment.

Boxing career

Around 2000, Haymon ventured into boxing when he managed

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. Over the next decade, he gained considerable influence in boxing, mainly due to his connection to

In 2005 and 2013, he won the Al Buck Award (Manager of the Year) from the

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. Haymon founded Premier Boxing Champions, which held its first event in 2015. Haymon is rarely seen and never interviewed.

Notable client list

Fighters who are currently or were previously represented by Haymon include: *

Dominic Breazeale Dominic Angelo Breazeale (born August 24, 1985) is an American professional boxer. He has challenged twice for heavyweight world titles; the IBF title in 2016 and the WBC title in 2019. As an amateur he represented the United States at the 20 ...

(since 2012) *

Marcus Browne Marcus Browne (born November 10, 1990) is an American professional boxer who fights at light heavyweight. As of December 2020, he was ranked the world's sixth best active light heavyweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, eighth by ' ...

(since 2012) *

Sergiy Derevyanchenko Sergiy Vyacheslavovich Derevyanchenko ( uk, Сергій В'ячеславович Дерев'янченко, Serhiy V'yacheslavovych Derev'yanchenko, born 31 October 1985), is a Ukrainian professional boxer who has challenged three times for w ...

(since 2014) * Joe Joyce (2018–2019) *

Josesito López José Manuel "Josesito" López (born July 19, 1984) is an American professional boxer and former world title challenger. Professional career NABF light welterweight championship On January 28, 2011 López took out undefeated Mike Dallas Jr. by ...

(since 2012) *

(since 2006) * Luis Ortiz (since 2017) * Manny Pacquiao (since 2018) *

Caleb Plant Caleb Hunter Plant (born July 8, 1992) is an American professional boxer who held the IBF super middleweight title from 2019 to 2021. As of November 2021, he is ranked as the world's third-best active super middleweight by the Transnational Box ...

(since 2014) *

Guillermo Rigondeaux Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz (; born 30 September 1980) is a Cuban professional boxer. He is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the unified WBA (Super), WBO and ''Ring'' magazine super bantamweight titles between 2013 and ...

(since 2018) *

Andy Ruiz Jr. Andrés Ponce Ruiz Jr. (born September 11, 1989) is an American professional boxer. He is a former unified heavyweight champion, having defeated Anthony Joshua to win the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO titles in 2019 to become the first ma ...

(since 2019) *

Errol Spence Jr. Errol Spence Jr. (born March 3, 1990) is an American professional boxer. He is currently a unified welterweight world champion, having held the IBF title since May 2017, the WBC title since September 2019, and the WBA (Super) since April 2022. ...

(since 2012) *

Deontay Wilder Deontay Leshun Wilder (; born October 22, 1985) is an American professional boxer. He held the WBC heavyweight title from 2015 to 2020, making 10 successful defenses. By winning the title, Wilder became the first American world heavyweight ch ...

(since 2013) *

Devon Alexander Devon Alexander (born February 10, 1987) is an American professional boxer. He is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the unified WBC and IBF light welterweight titles in 2010, and the IBF welterweight title from 2012 to ...

Cristobal Arreola Cristobal Arreola (born March 5, 1981) is an American professional boxer who has challenged three times for the WBC heavyweight title. He was ranked by BoxRec as the world's No.8 heavyweight at the conclusion of 2007 and as No.7 heavyweight fr ...

* Jean-Pierre Augustin *

Andre Berto Andre Michael Berto (born September 7, 1983) is a professional boxer who holds dual American and Haitian citizenship. He is a two-time former welterweight world champion, having held the WBC and IBF titles between 2008 and 2011, as well as the ...

Adrien Broner Adrien Jerome Broner (; born July 28, 1989) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including the WBO super featherweight title from 2011 to 2012, the WBC lightweight title from 201 ...

Brian Castaño Brian Carlos Castaño (born 12 September 1989) is an Argentine professional boxer. He held the WBO light middleweight title between 2021 and 2022 and previously held the WBA interim light middleweight title from 2016 to 2018, and the WBA (Regula ...

* Chris Colbert *

Danny García Danny Óscar Garcia (born March 20, 1988) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the unified WBA (Super), WBC, ''Ring'' magazine and lineal light welterweight titles betwe ...

* Amir Khan * Austin Trout * Adonis Stevenson * Julio César Chávez Jr. *

Peter Quillin Peter Quillin (born June 22, 1983) is an American professional boxer who held the WBO middleweight title from 2012 to 2014. He also challenged once for the WBA (Regular) middleweight title in 2015. Early life Peter Quillin was born in 1983 in ...

* Artur Beterbiev * Hugo Centeno Jr. * Jermell Charlo *

Jermall Charlo Jermall Charlo (; born May 19, 1990) is an American professional boxer. He has held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBC middleweight title since 2019 and previously the IBF light middleweight title from 2015 to 2017. His ...

Erislandy Lara Erislandy Lara Santoya (born 11 April 1983) is a Cuban-American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBA (Regular) middleweight title since 2021. Previously he held various versions ...

Gervonta Davis Gervonta Davis ( ; born November 7, 1994) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the WBA (Regular) lightweight title since 2019; the IBF super featherweight title in 2017; ...

Jarrett Hurd Jarrett Hurd (born August 31, 1990) is an American professional boxer. He is a former unified light middleweight world champion, having held the WBA (Super), IBF and IBO titles between 2017 and 2019. As of September 2019, Hurd is ranked as the ...

Domonique Dolton Domonique Dorian Dolton (born November 20, 1989) is an American professional boxer. Amateur career Dolton lost to Keith Thurman at the 2008 Olympic Trials and missed out on the Olympic games. Professional career On April 4, 2008, Dolton won hi ...

Lamont Peterson Lamont Peterson (born January 24, 1984) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2019. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF light welterweight title between 2011 and 2015, and the WBA (R ...

Anthony Peterson Anthony Peterson (born March 16, 1985) is a professional boxer. He is the younger brother of Lamont Peterson. Amateur career Peterson had an outstanding amateur career, and was the 2003 National Golden Gloves Lightweight Champion. In 2004 he ...

Seth Mitchell Seth Mitchell (born May 29, 1982) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2013. He also played college football for Michigan State University. Early life Mitchell earned the nickname, “Little Superstar,” while gr ...

Gary Russell Jr. Gary Allen Russell Jr. (born June 5, 1988) is an American professional boxer who held the World Boxing Council, WBC featherweight title from 2015 to 2022. As of October 2022, he is ranked as the world's seventh best active featherweight by ''The ...

Dominic Wade Dominic Wade (born April 12, 1990) is an Americans, American professional Boxing, boxer. Professional career Wade was a featured fighter on Showtime (TV network), Showtime's ShoBox: The New Generation when he fought Sam Soliman in a bout which h ...

* Antonio Tarver *

Sakio Bika Sakio Bika (born 18 April 1979) is a Cameroonian-born Australian professional boxer. He held the WBC super-middleweight title from 2013 to 2014, and previously the IBO super-middleweight title from 2008 to 2010. In 2015 he challenged once for ...

Leonard Bundu Leonard Bundu (born 21 November 1974) is a Sierra Leone-born Italian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2016. He held multiple regional welterweight championships, including the European title twice between 2011 and 2016; the Eur ...

Artur Szpilka Artur Szpilka (; born 12 April 1989) is a Polish professional boxer and mixed martial artist. He has challenged once for the WBC heavyweight title in 2016. He holds a notable win over former two-weight world champion Tomasz Adamek. Profession ...

* Lamon Brewster * Jermain Taylor *

J'Leon Love J'Leon Love (born September 25, 1987) is an American professional boxer in the Super Middleweight division. Amateur career After his father turned him onto boxing, Love had an amateur career record of 115-5. His opponents have included Shawn ...

* Omar Figueroa * Paul Williams * Léo Santa Cruz * John Molina, Jr. * Lucas Matthysse * Chris Pearson *

Marcos Maidana Marcos René Maidana (born 17 July 1983) is an Argentine former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2014. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBA (Regular) super lightweight title from 2011 to 2012, and the ...

Keith Thurman Keith Fitzgerald Thurman Jr. (born November 23, 1988) is an American professional boxer. He is a former unified welterweight world champion, having held the WBA title from 2015 to 2019 (promoted to Super champion in 2017), and the WBC title fr ...

Paulie Malignaggi Paul "Paulie" Malignaggi (; ; born November 23, 1980) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017 and has since worked as a boxing commentator and analyst. He held world championships in two weight classes, including ...

* Tugstsogt Nyambayar *

Robert Guerrero Robert Joseph Guerrero (born March 27, 1983) is an American professional boxer. He has held world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF featherweight title twice between 2006 and 2008, and the IBF junior lightweight title from 20 ...

Shawn Porter Shawn Christian Porter (born October 27, 1987) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2021. He is a two-time former welterweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 2013 to 2014 and the WBC title from 2018 ...

Luis Collazo Luis Collazo (born April 22, 1981) is an American professional boxer who held the WBA welterweight title from 2005 to 2006. Professional career Collazo is of Puerto Rican descent, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Collazo won the WBA Wel ...

Travis Kauffman Travis Kauffman (born August 21, 1985) is an American former professional boxer. Background and amateur career Kauffman was born and raised alongside his brother Jason, in Reading, Pennsylvania. Kauffman's father, Marshall, a former 7–1 amat ...

* Rances Barthelemy * Semajay Thomas * Roberto García * Kevin Bizier * Lucian Bute *

Andre Dirrell Andre Dirrell (born September 7, 1983) is an American professional boxer who held the IBF interim super middleweight title from 2017 to 2018. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 2004 Olympics. His younger bro ...

Anthony Dirrell Anthony Dirrell (born October 14, 1984) is an American professional boxer. He was a two-time WBC super middleweight champion, having held the title in 2019 and previously from 2014 to 2015. He is the younger brother of 2004 Olympic bronze medal ...

* Andrzej Fonfara * Carl Frampton *

Abner Mares Abner Mares Martínez (born November 28, 1985) is a Mexican-American professional boxer who also works as a boxing analyst and commentator for Showtime. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the IBF bantam ...

Eddie Chambers Edward Chambers (born March 29, 1982) is an American former professional boxer. He challenged once for a unified world heavyweight title in 2010. He was ranked as the fourth best heavyweight in the world by '' The Ring'' at the conclusion of 200 ...

* Gerald Washington * Julian Williams * Sergey Lipinets

References

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