Hahaha @ Billy Joe Saunders, dude's a complete joke... Figured Pac/Roach/Ariza triangle had to be mentioned. Monzon + his wife has to be #1.
Can't listen to it right now...was one of them Lamon Brewster leaving his manager, Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon, for Al Haymon? Sam had bankrolled Lamon's career for years up to that point. He said Lamon $50k a year on top of his fight purses and let him live rent-free in a house he owned. He cared for Lamon and intended to take care of him after retirement. Lamon viewed him almost as a father figure. After his upset of Wlad in 2004, Al got ahold of Brewster. Soon after, Brewster added Haymon and Don King to his team, and Al didnt return Sam's phone calls. At his next fight, in Vegas, Brewster called Haymon and handed the phone to Simon, at which point Haymon told Simon, “You’re out of a job.” A contract was then slid under the door of Simon’s hotel room. His commission had been reduced to 1 percent. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/sports/behind-the-scenes-haymon-is-shaking-up-the-fight-game.html Sam blamed Haymon for it, and called it the greatest betrayal in his life. Lamon regretted the decision and the two eventually patched things up before Sam died of cancer, at least.
Haven't watched the video yet but Dave Coldwell post-Hammer fight immediately defending himself by saying that he had nothing to do with Price's conditioning training and also that he had Price sparring 12-rounders and then throwing Price under the bus by saying he has problems with nervous energy warrants mention because he loves to portray himself as some sort of nice guy in the sport. Even if the bit about nervous energy is true, his trainer should never say that immediately post fight. He should be there to accept some responsibility but Coldwell's sole interest was to absolve himself of any blame the little midget rat.
And who could forget JDJ-Kovalev. Kovalev has a track record of being difficult to train and deal with, but the honorable thing to do from the trainers perspective is cut ties. Not take the paycheck and then call up the other team's camp to campaign for a job offer and sell secrets to them. You only have so much room to complain about your fighter if youre fine cashing the checks. Nobody looked good in that fiasco, but JDJ might've damaged his career the most in the long run with those Benedict Arnold tactics. Should've manned up, left, and kept his integrity.
