Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says the Terence Crawford vs. Shawn Porter fight could be announced as early as next week for November 20th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Promoter Bob Arum is irate about the Florida Commission giving 58-year-old Evander Holyfield permission to fight this Saturday night in an eight round fight against Vitor Belfort in a boxing match on Triller PPV.
Bob Arum has been keen to make a massive fight between Terence Crawford and Josh Taylor for some time, and now, in speaking with Sky Sports, the Hall of Fame promoter has spoken of the possibility of WBO welterweight champ Crawford fighting undisputed 140-pound champ Taylor next year – if both champions win their upcoming fights.
Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue will be fighting in November or December, possibly against Nonito Donaire in a rematch in Japan. Bob Arum says IBF/WBA bantamweight champion Inoue (21-0, 18 KOs) will be fighting in Japan, and there’s a chance his opponent WBC 118-lb champ Donaire (41-6, 27 KOs) in a unification.
What if Anthony Joshua loses his upcoming fight with Oleksandr Usyk? There is a rematch clause in place, so if the Ukrainian southpaw did pull it off on September 25 there would almost certainly be an immediate rematch (providing AJ wasn’t so badly beaten and demoralised he decided to quit).
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum can’t wrap his head around the idea that Anthony Joshua is an elite heavyweight at this point in his career.
Bob Arum is worried about his fighter WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury as he heads into one of the most important fights of his life against former WBC champion Deontay Wilder on October 9th.
Tyson Fury’s promoter Bob Arum was livid about how lax things had gotten during his training camp before he ultimately tested positive for COVID-19, which resulted in his July 24th trilogy match against former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder being postponed.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says the WBO-ordered fight between 147-lb champion Terence Crawford and challenger Shawn Porter will be taking place in November on pay-per-view.
Promoter Bob Arum says Josh Taylor will be moving up to 147 to challenge Terence Crawford for his WBO welterweight title in early 2022 in Edinburgh, Scotland.