Olympians Strike Gold: Four U.S.Boxers sign with Al Haymon

by James McGrady

Despite being part of one of the worst Olympics outings in American boxing history, six of the United States fighters found a silver lining in their Olympic cloud. Terrell Gausha, Errol Spence Jr., Dominic Breazeale, Jamel Herring, Marcus Browne, and Rau’shee Warren have all signed contracts with powerhouse advisor Al Haymon.

This is a huge opportunity for the amateur standouts, in addition to having a man like Haymon on their side; CBS is slated to air the professional debuts of the fighters giving them wide exposure to a free TV audience. No specific dates were set for the fighters, but all are said to be making their professional debuts before years end.

Haymon already holds an impressive stable of fighters that includes Floyd Mayweather Jr., Adrien Broner, Seth Mitchell, and Peter Quillin, to name a few.

Errol Spence Jr.: welterweight (152 lbs.)
Ranked number one in the U.S. in 2009, 2010, 2011 and number five in the world in 2011
Lost in Olympic quarter finals, decision to Russian Andrey Zamkovoy

Terrell Gausha: middleweight (165 lbs.)
U.S. National Champion
Lost in Olympic round of 16 to India’s Vijender Singh

Dominic Breazeal: Super Heavyweight (unlimited)
Number one rated super heavyweight in U.S.
2012 National Champion
Lost in Olympic round of 32 to Russian Magomed Omarov

Rau’shee Warren: Flyweight (114 lbs.)
Three time U.S. Olympian’
2011 World Series of Boxing gold medalist
Lost in Olympic round of 32 to Frances Nordine Oubaali by one point

Jamel Herring: Light Welterweight (141 lbs.)
2011 , 2012 Armed Forces Championships gold medalist
Lost in Olympic round of 32 to Kazakhstan boxer Daniyar Yeleussinov

Marcus Browne: Light Heavyweight (178 lbs.)
2012 U.S. National Amateur Boxing champion
Three time N.Y. Golden Gloves champion
Lost in Olympic round of 32 to Australian boxer Damien Hooper

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