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
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If you think Barkley was mad before the fight, wait until he sees how many people are taking part of his purse
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Manny Pacquiao is the best fighter I've ever seen
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My matchmakers said Shane would make the most entertaining fight for the fans. For pure name recognition Shane Mosley is the best fighter for marketability.
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Shane Mosley is a dangerous fighter. He is bigger than Manny, strong and he still has his speed. He has never been stopped. He can take anyone's best punch and come back as strong as ever. He's so resilient. You can't hurt him.
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Nobody can count Shane Mosley out. He is a good, good fighter, especially when he fights an aggressive opponent like Manny Pacquiao.
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Hopkins is talking about fighting at Yankee Stadium but that's rubbish. If he fought at Yankee Stadium, even the ushers wouldn't want to watch him. Bernard Hopkins couldn't draw breath.
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James was, and is, very proud of his skills. He's so intelligent, he loves to fight; most guys today in boxing don't love to fight. They fight to get the money. James loves to be in the ring; that's where he feels the most comfortable. So there was always pressure on us when he was fighting for us to get him a fight, even if it was a low money fight.
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After the (Leon) Spinks loss (in February 1978), I asked him to promise me that he would never fight again.
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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.
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It's discretionary decision with the referee whether a fight will be canceled, and the referee (Richard Steele) decided to let the fight go on.
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You have two of the best lightweights in the world fighting each other. Either one of these two could very well be in the main event, or fighting for a world title very soon. Because both are that good, we can only expect a great fight between them.
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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.
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Ricky Hatton is not going to fight a real opponent until he drains all the money out fighting secondary guys, in my opinion. That's why we decided not to go after him.
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We believed (similar) fights had been wrongly marketed, to some extent. Urban audiences, African-American audiences weren't getting the attention they deserved.