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
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.
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.
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.
decided decision fight referee whether
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.
great knows public
The public knows this will be a great fight.
dedicated family gentleman pleasure pride promote trains
There is so much pride in Jose Luis Castillo. It is a pleasure to promote him. He is a gentleman and a family man. He is someone who trains and who is dedicated to the sport of boxing.
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.
fight optimistic possible talking
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.
people
We've had preliminary discussions with the people there.
best both either expect fighting great main title
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.