This Ortiz mess is the latest in a string of blatant disregard for the the Ali act and should be extremely concerning to fans. I believe the only reason he hasn't been officially investigated is due to his 'advisory' role, however he is still advising fighters and their promoters to turn down huge sums of money & blocking them from facing fighters under non-PBC banners. The Ali act was put in place for this very reason, Haymon is exploiting fighters and advising them away from lucrative contracts and world titles all so he can keep PBC afloat. At what point in this exploitation does the federal government step in and shut this racket down?
Oh please. PBC fighters work with other promotions all the time. Fighters leave PBC to fight for other promoters. Other fighters leave promotions and come to the PBC. Hell, Luis Ortiz has fought for Golden Boy, Matchroom and PBC in the last five years. Somebody call Congress.
Yeah he fought for matchroom and Goldenboy before signing with Haymon, what does this have to do with the point I'm making?
The blame of Al Haymon for his fighters not wanting certain fights is reminding me of UK politicians blaming the EU everytime they didn't want to do something. It's lazy, inaccurate and just a case of fighters using Haymon as an excuse because they know he doesn't talk to the media and won't contradict it. If an Al Haymon fighter wants to take a certain fight, he won't block it. He didn't block Danny Jacobs from signing with Matchroom and HBO then DAZN. He doubtlessly wouldn't block Charlo from signing with DAZN if he wanted to. He wouldn't block Spence fighting Crawford. It's just simply the case that Spence doesn't want the fight, and regularly admits he doesn't want the fight. He didn't block Ortiz from taking the Joshua fight, Ortiz didn't want it. He didn't block Wilder from taking the DAZN deal, but he did leverage the DAZN offer into getting more money out of Showtime.
The Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act, commonly referred to as the Ali Act, is a federal law that was introduced in 1999 and enacted on May 26, 2000 by the 106th Congress to: (1) protect the rights and welfare of boxers; (2) aid state boxing commissions with the oversight of boxing; and (3) increase sportsmanship and integrity within the boxing industry (See 114 Stat. 321(3)(2000)). The Act amends the 1996 Professional Boxing Safety Act by expanding upon legislation against exploitation, conflict of interest, enforcement, as well as additional amendments.[1] The Act was enacted in response to widespread abuse of boxers by means of exploitation, rigged rankings, and rigged matches. More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_Boxing_Reform_Act Sadly....the USA Congress, is as corrupt as the "boxing business" they passed the law against.
This. One of my old roommates was and might still be signed with Haymon and he was never forced by Haymon to do anything. In fact he often overruled Haymon’s recommendations and every other guy signed with Haymon has the power to overrule Haymon if they don’t agree with his advice.
Just ask Julian Assange if he doesn't die in some black site interrogation room. The Truth will get you killed in reality.
Doesn't really make a difference. Also, a fighter doesn't necessarily need to be a great fighter to land a big money deal or a big money fight. My point was that Haymon has an advisory agreement with all of his fighters and can't force any of them to do anything if they don't want to. Floyd, who by far was and still is a bigger name than any current fighter overruled Haymon many times. Showtime on the otherhand was able to tell Floyd what to do because they were paying him a ton of money.
