Bob Arum has been using Floyd Mayweather Jr. as a person to compare his fighter featherweight Shakur Stevenson with. Arum sees the unbeaten WBO 126-pound champion Stevenson (13-0, 7 KOs) as a southpaw version of Mayweather, and he feels he’s heading towards superstardom.
Like everyone else, promoter Bob Arum wants to see a Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua super-fight takes place. Arum, in speaking with Sky Sports, says the fight will be worked on for some time next year – if Joshua beats Kubrat Pulev.
Top Rank boss Bob Arum is negotiating a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Terence Crawford for the Middle East in Bahrain.
Earlier this week, a story surfaced that strongly suggested former WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder was agreeable to taking a $10 million step aside sum, to allow Tyson Fury to fight someone else (the someone else being Anthony Joshua in a massive all-British unification clash).
As fans know, Deontay Wilder is contractually due a third fight with Tyson Fury, and Wilder has made it clear he wants it.
Bob Arum says he’s got a way to make the Manny Pacquiao vs. Terence Crawford fight happen when the sport starts back up.
Arum has promoted 2,079 shows starting with the March 29, 1966 heavyweight world title showdown between Muhammad Ali and George Chuvalo
Bob Arum started at the top, and he’s still here.
Earlier this week, promoter Eddie Hearn got plenty of people quite excited when he stated how he and Bob Arum have been in talks regarding a super-fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua taking place as soon as this December.
It’s now official that Deontay Wilder has triggered his rematch clause for a trilogy fight with Tyson Fury for the summer, according to Top Rank Boxing promoter Bob Arum.
Tyson Fury’s promoter Bob Arum views Anthony Joshua as less talented as Dillian Whyte, and he says he’ll be the next heavyweight that he’ll be looking to have Tyson fight once he’s finished with his trilogy match with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder later this year.