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ENTERTAINMENT
SEX & CULTURE
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James Franco’s monthly
interview column from
Playboy magazine
I have come to Tampa in search of a
man. In newspapers and chat rooms,
on blogs and video, this man has been
referred to as the Phantom, the Wizard of Oz, the new Don King, Keyser
Söze, the Rasputin of Boxing and the
most powerful man in sports. There
are theories about him: that he’s turning boxing into the USFL, that he’s
killing boxing just as he killed Motown Records and, my favorite, that he
doesn’t actually exist but is a creation
of the Illuminati to launder money
through certain TV networks. I have
never met or even seen the man in person, so I cannot confirm nor deny any
of that. I am sure of only one fact: The
man’s name is Alan Haymon.
I’m told Haymon is not in Tampa. Physically, that is. Yet as I roam
the 10,400-seat Sun Dome, home to
the University of South Florida Bulls
and tonight’s ESPN show, it’s obvious Haymon is everywhere. Most of
the 20 fighters on the card, including
headliners Keith “One Time” Thurman (25–0, 21 KOs) and Luis Collazo (36–6,
19 KOs), are managed by Haymon. The entire mobile set featuring the dazzling Wall of
Thunder—a Times Square–size array of threemillimeter LEDs (costing in the neighborhood
of $2 million) displaying the fighters’ names
and head shots—was funded by Haymon. His
fingerprints are on ESPN too, this being the debut of an ESPN-Haymon monthly boxing series
that replaces the weekly Friday Night Fights.
To those with a stake in the sweet science,
Al Haymon has been known as the sport’s preeminent boxing manager–advisor for the past
decade. Some hailed it as a bold, long overdue move to revive a stagnating sport. Others
flipped out, claiming Haymon is attempting
to hijack the sport and put high-profile promoters (Top Rank, Golden Boy) and networks
(HBO, Showtime) out of the boxing business.
Instead of seeing Haymon as a savior, many see
him as a shady, secretive Suge Knight of boxing
who is way out of his league. “There are a lot of
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smart people with access to lots of money who
make stupid decisions,” said Kathy Duva, CEO
of Main Events promotions. “They set themselves into a hole and it blows up. This is gonna blow up.”
This meant the sport was returning—
regularly—to pedestrian TV, including five
prime-time shows, something the networks
hadn’t aired in three decades. The architect
and owner of the Premier Boxing Champions brand? Al Haymon. As if that news wasn’t
enough, over the coming months PBC announced what felt like a new TV deal every
week, including ones with CBS, ESPN, Spike,
Bounce and Fox Sports. As the story unfolded, it was revealed that Haymon had raised
$425 million to fund his attempt to return boxing to “free” TV and, in doing so, to the national zeitgeist. Some hailed it as a bold, long overdue move to revive a stagnating sport. Others
flipped out, claiming Haymon is attempting
to hijack the sport and put high-profile pro-
moters (Top Rank, Golden Boy) and
networks (HBO, Showtime) out of the
boxing business.
Instead of seeing Haymon as a savior, many see him as a shady, secretive
Suge Knight of boxing who is way out
of his league. “There are a lot of smart
people with access to lots of money who make stupid decisions,” said
Kathy Duva, CEO of Main Events promotions. “They set themselves into
a hole and it blows up. This is gonna
blow et thup.”
Back at the Sun Dome, however,
the only thing blowing up is the
7,000-strong crowd. Spotlights swirl.
The Alan Parsons Project’s “Sirius”
(the Chicago Bulls’ intro song) blares
over the sound system. “Ladies and
gentlemen, we are about to go live on
ESPN. Let’s make some noise for the
PBC!” With 11 cameras, glitzy staging
and palpable excitement for Clearwater, Florida native Thurman, tonight’s
production is a serious upgrade from
ESPN’s now-defunct Friday Night
Fights. “The PBC is bringing us fighters at
their pinnacle,” says Brian Kweder, senior director of programming and acquisitions. “That
belongs on ESPN.”
After a stunning ninth-round TKO on the undercard, the main event kicks off. The 26-yearold Thurman, stronger, faster and sharper,
dominates the first four rounds. But in the
fifth, the veteran Collazo hurts Thurman with
a left hook to the body. The younger fighter recovers, however, and a bloodied Collazo doesn’t
come out for the eighth round.
As I join the sated masses heading for the
doors, I run into Tim Smith, Haymon Boxing’s
vice president of communications, a.k.a. the
company flack. Genial and quick with a smile,
Smith, a former New York Daily News boxing
scribe, chats with a white-haired acquaintance
from the boxing business. They talk about the
fight, the changes afoot and the future of PBC.
“That Al is going to be like Dana White and
the UFC,” notes the old-timer.
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THE PLAYBOY
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