Is Haymon paying his fighters extra after fights? I just wondering because Eddie Hearn has all this money 1 billion and almost everyone is turning him down. Broner was offered 6.75 million for 3 fights and on paper only got 1 million for the Vargas fight. Errol Spence turned down golden boy. Mikey Garcia said he is making more than Hearn offered. Charlos said the offer was decent but nothing spectacular. Im not sure if the amount reported for Haymon fighters is true, he might be paying them extra on the side, like Dana White back stage paydays?
It's rather clear that he's an exceptional manager. No extra payments necessary when he's doing what he's paid for to the max.
Or many of them are in a stranglehold, and just can't get out of their current contract. It was quite clear that the PBC was hemorrhaging money over the years, and now their fighters are just inactive for one big purse a year. It might be that some of them get a "bonus" from the Haymon, like the rumored Quillin 500k for dropping his belt and biggest payday, but not many of them. Because that would just be bad business, as shows lose quality and frequency but you still have to extra overpay to keep them within your ranks.
Unless its a spectacular offer, everyone always turns down the intial offer to try to renogiate back up. Also a lot of fighters prefer to only fight on a 1 fight contract basis in case their value goes up after a fight or given performance. With Hearn having over a billion in the bank, a lot of these guys want a bigger piece of the pie, but im willing to bet a few of them have signed on and will be announced in the next 6 weeks.
And yeah, when you fix fights like Stiverne and Scott rolling over in the first round against Wilder, all 3 guys get their bonuses under the table from illegal gambling/fight fixing. I wouldnt call having to fix fights exceptional management if thats what you have to do to make your fighters money, its just another reason Joshua shouldnt fight Wilder with their promoters in the US to watch Wilder roll over in the first round to set himself up for life.
Haymon pays as little as he can get by with. If you have a fixed fight, to get a fighter to take a dive costs a little more..................
There is some sort of extra money being paid. It makes sense, a lot of the boxers expenses are calculated as a percentage of the purse. So if the purse is only half of their payment they can avoid paying out more than they have to
There have been stories that Al pays some fighters a salary, but it might just be him managing their money for them, or it could be advances on future earnings like promoters do. I think these guys turned down the Hearn offers because Hearn wanted them to fight 3 times a year (with Al they fight once or twice), Hearn’s offer did not say it was net of his 30% promoter’s fee (Haymon would also get 10 or 15%), and I am sure Haymon himself discouraged them from taking the offers. These fights would be broadcast on internet streaming, would they not, instead of US TV? Also there would appear to be no potential PPV upside? So maybe slightly more money per fight, but fighting three times a year doesn’t seem attractive to these guys. As for vague claims that Haymon is a great manager, how many of these guys have endorsements? Haymon’s contracts give him control over endorsements. Where are they? His fighters generally become less known to the public, not more.
