Al Haymon can't be stopped

Kendall Holt’s fight scheduled for Friday night against Octavio Navarez in Miami, Okla., has been canceled.

Holt, a Paterson, N.J. native, had verbally agreed to meet the Nicaraguan journeyman in a non-televised, eight-round junior welterweight bout, but a representative for Al Haymon informed Holt’s Clifton, N.J.-based attorney, Patrick English, today that the fight against Navarez (7-9-1, 4 KOs) was canceled for undisclosed reasons. Holt, 29, declined to comment on the situation, other than to say that he is “disappointed” that he won’t fight Friday night following seven weeks of hard training at the Passaic PAL boxing gym for what was designed to be a fight that would’ve helped him bounce back from the most discouraging defeat of the former WBO junior welterweight champion’s nine-year pro career.

Holt (25-4, 13 KOs) hasn’t fought since suffering a one-sided, six-round TKO defeat to 14-1 underdog Kaizer Mabuza (23-6-3, 14 KOs) on Feb. 28 in Atlantic City. That loss cost Holt, a guaranteed shot at the IBF’s junior welterweight title, since won by undefeated St. Louis native Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KOs).

Top Rank Inc. exercised an option to terminate Holt’s four-year promotional contract after Mabuza beat him. He hasn’t signed with another promoter, but the Woodland Park resident had hoped working with the extremely influential Haymon on a handshake basis eventually would’ve helped him land more meaningful fights.

Haymon could not be reached for comment. Though Friday’s “ShoBox: The New Generation” broadcast will be part of a Gary Shaw Productions date with the network, Haymon’s company is essentially coordinating the show.

Haymon is an adviser to former light heavyweight champ Antonio Tarver (27-6, 19 KOs), who will encounter Nagy Aguilera (16-4, 11 KOs), of Newburgh, N.Y., in the 10-round main event at Buffalo Run Casino. The 41-year-old Tarver, of Tampa, Fla., also serves as a color commentator for “ShoBox” telecasts.

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He's not really done anything bad, I was just surprised to see Al advising Holt

He's ruining boxing by advising all of his fighters not to fight.

hardcoreBEE24 wrote:

He's ruining boxing by advising all of his fighters not to fight.

+1

Funny but true...

I can see Haymon telling Holt he'd get him on Showtime and is canceling last minute because they wouldnt air a crappy mismatch

The inactivity has killed Holt. Lost a tight fight with Bradley (clearly lost most of the rounds but scored two knockdowns), then got tied up with his legal issues for nearly a year. He's coming off a bad loss and needs to get back in the ring ASAP.

Fuck Al Haymon, guy is hurting the sport big time.

Al Haymon is a cancer to the sport.

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Al Haymon is a cancer to the sport.

Diego,

Remember when I said this same thing about 3 months ago, and people acting like they didn't want to believe me.

The guy needs to be run out of boxing ASAP!!!

Hillsicc303 wrote:

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Al Haymon is a cancer to the sport.

Diego,

Remember when I said this same thing about 3 months ago, and people acting like they didn't want to believe me.

The guy needs to be run out of boxing ASAP!!!

Nah dude i dont remember you saying it, but good call though.

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Nah dude i dont remember you saying it, but good call though.

I said something along the lines of: He is ruining the sport, and I wish it was the old days so some Mobster could wack him lol....

But he is the advisor(whatever that means) of a lot of these Black fighters. The same Black fighters that have had a problem of fighting meaningful fights, and just flat out fighting period.

He needs to go...

Hillsicc303 wrote:

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Nah dude i dont remember you saying it, but good call though.

I said something along the lines of: He is ruining the sport, and I wish it was the old days so some Mobster could wack him lol....

But he is the advisor(whatever that means) of a lot of these Black fighters. The same Black fighters that have had a problem of fighting meaningful fights, and just flat out fighting period.

He needs to go...

He also "advises" Arreola and Andrade; both have a combined bouts of 3 this year.

This guy signed Gary Russell jr this year. Russell is an amazing prospect, too bad he did participate in the olympics because he would have made it far. My pops raves about this kid could proabably knock out Gamboa at this stage of his career lol (its possible). Hopefully Haymon doesnt fuck his career up because I love watching that dude fight.