Al Haymon facts for kids

Al Haymon (born April 21, 1955) is an American businessman and boxing manager. He was the manager of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and has won the Boxing Writers of America Manager of the Year Award five times.

Early life

Haymon was raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and studied economics at Harvard. He also has an MBA from Harvard.

Music career

His first career was in music promotion, where he promoted such acts as M. C. Hammer, New Edition, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige and Rick James. He branched out to other entertainment areas, such as when he worked with Eddie Murphy. In 1999, he sold 50% of A. H. Enterprises to SFX Entertainment.

Boxing career

Around 2000, Haymon ventured into boxing when he managed Vernon Forrest. Over the next decade, he gained considerable influence in boxing, mainly due to his connection to Floyd Mayweather Jr. In 2005 and 2013, he won the Al Buck Award (Manager of the Year) from the Boxing Writers Association of America.

Haymon founded Premier Boxing Champions, which held its first event in 2015.

Haymon is rarely seen and is almost never interviewed.

Notable client list

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

See also

In Spanish: Al Haymon para niños