Robert "Bob" Arum (born December 8, 1931 in New York City) is professional boxing promoter. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, He also worked for the US Attorneys Office for the southern district of New York, in the Tax division.
Arum attended Erasmus Hall High School, New York University and Harvard Law School. Erasmus Hall Campus High School is a three-year Public high school in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, operated as part of the New New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University. He was worked as an attorney and in the United States Department of Justice, and had little interest in boxing until 1965. For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department [1] He used his education and business savvy to become a boxing promoter, and during the 1980s became a driving force behind the sport, rivalling Don King. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, Donald "Don" King (born August 20 1931) is an American Boxing promoter particularly known for his hairstyle and flamboyant personality Arum put together superfights like Marvin Hagler vs. Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler, in Newark, New Jersey, May 23, 1954) is a former American Roberto Durán and Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns. Roberto Durán (born June 16 1951 is a retired professional boxer from Panama, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all-time Background to the fight By 1985 "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler had been the undisputed champion of the middleweight division since September 27 1980 after having been widely
A particularly touching moment happened when Arum mounted the Hagler-John Mugabi, Hearns-James Shuler double header in Las Vegas April 1986. John "The Beast" Mugabi (born March 4, 1960) is a former boxer and World Jr James Shuler (born May 29, 1959 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) was a U Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally After the Hearns-Shuler fight, Shuler, who had lost by knockout in the first round, showed up at Arum's hotel room to thank him for the opportunity to fight Hearns. Ten days later, Shuler was dead in an unfortunate motorcycle accident.
Arum kept producing big-scale undercards and superfights, including the Hagler-Sugar Ray Leonard bout, the Leonard-Hearns rematch, Evander Holyfield vs. Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956) is a retired American professional boxer. Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is a professional boxer from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the Cruiserweight George Foreman and many others. George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Some of Arum's superstars from the 1990s include former world Flyweight champion Michael Carbajal and current boxing superstars includes five-time world champion Oscar de la Hoya, three-time division champion Erik Morales and reigning and defending Super Featherweight World champion Manny Pacquiao. Michael Carbajal (born September 17, 1967) is a Phoenix, Arizona, U Oscar de la Hoya (ˈɒskər dɛlə ˈhɔɪə (born February 4 1973 &mdash nicknamed "The Golden Boy" &mdash is an Mexican American boxer Érik Isaac Morales Elvira (born September 1, 1976 in Tijuana, Mexico) is a retired Mexican professional boxer. Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao (born December 17, 1978) simply known as Manny Pacquiao is a Filipino professional boxer.
Arum has concentrated largely on promoting Hispanic fighters in recent years, citing surveys which show boxing is among the most popular sports within the Hispanic community. He has had great success with fighters such as Miguel Cotto, who has won world titles at 140 and 147 pounds, and Antonio Margarito, who held a 147-pound WBO belt from 2002-2007. The World Boxing Organization ( WBO) is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional Boxing world champions
He has concentrated many of his shows in the Southwestern portion of the U. S. , in cities with large Spanish-speaking populations. He's also the promoter of many of the cards on Telefutura, a Spanish language network.
Arum is a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame. The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall
Controversies
- On the first week of January 2004, FBI agents raided Arum's Top Rank office in Las Vegas. Arum was on vacation when his office was raided, and the FBI originally declined to comment on the raid. The media reported that the FBI was investigating allegations that Top Rank was involved in fixing the rematch between de la Hoya and Shane Mosley. "Sugar" Shane Mosley (born September 7, 1971) is a boxer from Pomona California. Although this seemed odd considering De La Hoya lost and Arum was De La Hoya's promoter. Also De La Hoya has the bigger name, and if anything the match should have been fixed in De La Hoya's favor to set up the second rematch. The federal agency also announced that it was investigating some of Eric Esch's fights, as well as the Jorge Paez-Verdell Smith fight. Eric Scott "Butterbean" Esch (born August 3, 1968 in Bay City Michigan) is a professional Super-Heavyweight boxer, Jorge Adolfo Febles Páez (born October 27, 1965, in Mexicali, Baja California) is a Mexican boxer, Actor and Verdell Smith, aka Tommy Bowles, aka Tim Brooks (born November 1, 1963, in Oklahoma City Oklahoma) was a professional The investigation closed in the summer of 2006 with no charges being filed.
- Arum was penalized $125000 by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for a 1995 bribe to get a fight sanctioned.
- Floyd Mayweather feud: ("Cut the middle man out and see what you can get. You were talking about paying me $2 or $3 million when it really should have been $6 million. And once I cut the middle man out, it became $15 or $30 million. ") [1]
- Forty year feud with Don King, who called him a "rat fink" in 2000. Donald "Don" King (born August 20 1931) is an American Boxing promoter particularly known for his hairstyle and flamboyant personality [2] [3]
- 2003 feud with Nevada State Boxing Commission [4]
- 2007 accusations of "sucking the life out of the sport and not putting anything back in," [5] and unethical behavior. [6]
- Arum has been accused of being racist by Robert Lee, disgraced former head of the I. B. F. Lee said: "I pin the racism charge on him because he once told me: `We will let the Blacks and the Latinos fight in the ring and we will count the money on the outside'. " [7]
- De La Hoya feud [9]
- Goossen feud: “It’s obvious Bob hasn’t learned one thing from his latest bag of false and inaccurate accusations. Oscar de la Hoya (ˈɒskər dɛlə ˈhɔɪə (born February 4 1973 &mdash nicknamed "The Golden Boy" &mdash is an Mexican American boxer . . " [10]
- Arum has suggested that the UFC is “a bunch of white guys that can’t compete in any other sport. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world ”[2]
References
- ^ Berkow, Ira. "ARUM IS PROVEN RINGMASTER", The New York Times, April 7, 1987. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Accessed December 3, 2007. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "Why not? After five months since the signing for the fight, the man who came from Brooklyn, who went to Erasmus Hall High School, New York University and Harvard Law School, and who worked as a taxation expert on Wall Street, for the District Attorney's office in New York City, in the Justice Department during the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, and who until 1965 had no interest in boxing - in two guys clubbing each other over the head - was about to make a profit for himself of somewhere between $3 million and $6 million. "
- ^ Sports - A new rival enters the ring - sacbee.com
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