By Wil Esco@wil_esco Badlefthook.com Former unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua obviously needs to get back to the drawing board to rebound from his huge upset loss to Andy Ruiz Jr. last weekend, and Top Rank promoter Bob Arum thinks Joshua has hurt his stock so much in that loss that there’s no point […]
Arum: ‘Pacquiao has a chance if Thurman is same guy as last fight’
By Chris Williams Boxingnews24.com Manny Pacquiao’s former promoter Bob Arum says he’s got a shot at beating Keith Thurman if ‘One Time’ performs the same way he did in his last fight against Josesito Lopez earlier this year on January 26. Thurman looked highly beatable against Lopez. That was Thurman’s first fight in 22 months, and […]
Bob Arum says Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez on course to fight next year
By Wil Esco@wil_esco Badlefthook.com In an interview with FightHype, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum discusses his plans for rising star Teofimo Lopez going forward, and when we might expect to see him square-off with Vasiliy Lomachenko in one of the most attractive fights at lightweight. The Hall of Fame promoter also […]
Leonard Ellerbe: Bob Arum playing the race card is ‘sad and embarrassing’
By Scott Christ@scblh1 Badlefthook.com The Terence Crawford-Errol Spence Jr dilemma is probably the biggest story in boxing right now, even bigger than Jarrell Miller’s drug test disasters or Amir Khan and his thigh-groin. One thing a lot of people have missed is this comment from Bob Arum, spoken to a group of reporters after […]
Bob Arum: No BS, we want Crawford vs Spence
By Scott Christ BAdlefthook.com Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr, Errol Spence Jr and Terence Crawford. It’s the welterweight fight everyone is talking about, most are demanding, and has promoter Bob Arum calling for boycotts of Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions shows if Haymon won’t allow Spence to take it. The […]