Controversial boxing insider Rick Glaser has once again taken an aim at Al Haymon‘s promotional company Premier Boxing Champions (PBC). This time, his criticism centers on fighters in Haymon’s stable who remain active but haven’t fought in years. The latest chapter in Glaser’s PBC expose saga involves two pugilists, Leo Santa Cruz and Danny Garcia, who haven’t “fought in 2.5 years”. Is there something fishy going on that prevents them from fighting more frequently?

Taking to X, while slamming PBC, Rick Glaser noted, “Leo Santa Cruz turns 36 today, has fought just 2 times in the 2020’s, & hasn’t fought in 2.5 years. You can’t tell if he’s retired or not, why, because most #PBC fighters are equally inactive, like Danny Garcia hasn’t fought in 2.5 years, they just got him off the couch to fight September 14. And most thought Danny was retired!”

Cruz hasn’t been very active since his loss to WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis in December 2020. The former bantamweight champion returned two years later in 2022 to fight Keenan Carbajal at Michelob Ultra Arena, Las Vegas, which he won via unanimous decision. Since then, there has been deafening silence from Cruz, with no fights in the pipeline. Interestingly, the 36-year-old fighter hasn’t even decided to call it quits even after being out of the squared circle for such a long time.

Following a similar kind of pattern, former welterweight champion Danny Garcia did not get a fight for two years after his loss to former unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. in December 2020. He returned to the ring in July 2022 to fight Jose Benavidez Jr., which he won via majority decision. Again, after a break of more than two years, he is finally slated to fight current WBA middleweight champion Erislandy Lara on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez‘s upcoming fight against Edgar Berlanga. Notably, the American boxer is also 36 years old and has shown no signs of retiring as well.

However, Glaser has remained cryptic about why such a pattern emerges among most PBC fighters who fight intermittently like the Charlo brothers, and Jose Benavidez Jr., to name a few. “It’s the PBC way,” he wrote on X slamming the PBC for their way of handling their fighters’ careers.

However, this isn’t the first time that Al Haymon and PBC have come under heavy criticism from Rick Glaser. Not too long ago, he also highlighted the promises that might remain unfulfilled by Haymon’s PBC.

Bail us out, please!

Not very long ago, the PBC signed a multi-year deal with Amazon Prime to air boxing matches after the sudden shutdown of Showtime Boxing at the end of 2023. Amidst the list of assurances the promotional company made to the public was the promise of non-PPV fights on Amazon Prime. But, Glaser took to X, to inform boxing fans that the particular commitment could be in jeopardy as the PBC was “cash strapped”, and was looking for a “new deep pocketed investor” to fund their costly endeavor.

“That’s what PBC has been all about. Remember that slogan PBC had “Freeeee Boxing” Well, now in reality it’s PPV for everything,” Glaser wrote on X. It must be pointed out that the last double header boxing event featuring Gervonta Davis and David Benavidez on June 15 was also a PPV fight. It remains to be seen if PBC will get the new investors they want to remove the pay-per-view price tag attached to their bouts in the future.

From Canelo leaving PBC due to disagreements regarding the payouts and the quality of his opponents to rumors about the company shutting down and in desperate need of new investors, Rick Glaser has consistently given us the scoop on the inner workings of the company and Al Haymon. The company’s current predicament poses a lot of questions about the fighters on its roster as well as the future of the promotional firm as a whole.

Do you think the PBC’s future in boxing is secure? Or is Rick Glaser simply hating on them? Let us know in the comment section below.