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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There had never been a black guy up to that point who had been a television commentator in the U.S., so I suggested he hire a black guy to do the TV. He thought it was a great idea, so we tried to get Willie Mays.
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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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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 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?
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We're talking with HBO. We want to do this fight on non pay-per-view. We want to see if it's possible to do the fight on HBO, and I am optimistic we can do that.
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We've had preliminary discussions with the people there.
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