Bob Arum
Bob Arum
Robert "Bob" Arumis an American lawyer, boxing promoter and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Top Rank, a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas. He also worked for the US Attorney's Office for the southern district of New York in the tax division during his legal career before moving into boxing promotion...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth8 December 1931
funny lying yesterday
Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth.
fight won
Yeah, I know but he won that fight easy.
attention audiences believed fights urban wrongly
We believed (similar) fights had been wrongly marketed, to some extent. Urban audiences, African-American audiences weren't getting the attention they deserved.
bright hopefully knows lessons mature protect sinking wrong
Hopefully you mature as you get older. He's a bright kid. I think the lessons are now sinking in. I think he knows that as a celebrity, he has to protect himself. He can't go to the wrong places.
piece
After that, it's been a piece of cake.
asked february fight loss promise
After the (Leon) Spinks loss (in February 1978), I asked him to promise me that he would never fight again.
building date given steve talked
It's not completely finalized, but I talked with Steve (Wednesday) and he has given me a proxy to go ahead. It's not really 'official' official, but the building is on hold, and we've got the date (from Showtime), so we're just about there.
comparing fighter fights guys interested lack pen picking power promised signing situation
I'm not comparing him as a fighter to Marvin Hagler, because there was only one Marvin, but the situation is the same. But I promised Antonio I would do everything in my power to make 2006 his year. If he doesn't get those fights this year, it won't be for a lack of effort. It will be because guys aren't interested in picking up the pen and signing the paper.
god john king looking love together
I know some heavyweights are disaffected with King and are looking to do other things. If he can put together a tournament, God love him. But remember, you've got to put John Ruiz in it.
animosity fueled knew meant trying type
I knew what he was trying to do. That type of stuff, which really meant nothing, fueled the controversy and animosity between us.
meant period seen time
I have never seen a period of time when the heavyweight championship meant so little. It's clear.
call decision favor fight
Erik has to make that decision (whether to fight again). I'm not in favor of it or ... (opposed to) it. It's his call to make, not mine.
disaster guys happen hbo money names ready
It's a disaster ready to happen again. Why is HBO doing this? Is money so important, or are these guys who are the big names so important?
disaster guys happen hbo money names ready
It's a disaster ready to happen again, ... Why is HBO doing this? Is money so important, or are these guys who are the big names so important?