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Entries tagged with "Bob+Arum":

• Pacman Meets the Press – April 28th, 2011

  Wednesday was Pacquiao’s turn to meet the press, and the difference between him and Shane Mosley was like night and day...
  
  

• Hollywood in Las Vegas – May 4th, 2011

  In a sport where trash talk, badmouthing, and unsubstantiated putdowns seem the norm, Pacquiao and Mosley are paragons of class...
  
  

• Pacquiao-Marquez III? – May 10th, 2011

  
  
  

• Worth Its Weight in Gold? – May 11th, 2011

  If Manny lost to Sergio Martinez, suddenly you would see fans start to tsk tsk the legend of Pacquiao and call him a bum...
  
  

• Floyd Just Says No – May 12th, 2011

  
  
  

• Tex Cobb: Wisecracks R Us – May 15th, 2011

  “It’s one thing to call me white and slow. But to call me a fat, cowardly, cocaine-snorting, fight fixing cheat? Who are they calling fat?”...
  
  

• Sportsbooks: Boxing vs. MMA – May 31st, 2011

  There is zero comparison to the amount of cash that celebrities, whales, and fans put out for big boxing fights as there is for a standard UFC card…
  
  

• What Does That Tell You? – June 6th, 2011

  
  
  

• Will UFC Pay for Making Enemies? – June 17th, 2011

  Showtime's Ken Hershman found out that dealing with Dana White is not something to exactly be happy about….
  
  

• Friends Forever, Friends for Now – July 9th, 2011

  
  
  

• Ross Greenburg Gets the Boot – July 15th, 2011

  Greenburg might have pulled out all the stops to get Arum and Pacquiao back in HBO’s corner. Instead, he mealy-mouthed about this and that...
  
  

• Boxing's Brain Drain – July 16th, 2011

  
  
  

• Floyd Mayweather Sr. Has His Say – August 7th, 2011

  Floyd "Money" Mayweather is a great fighter, but beating a dead horse doesn’t do much for his legacy…
  
  

• Manny Pacquiao's Hit Parade – August 10th, 2011

  
  
  

• Is Kermit Cintron a Beaten Man? – August 11th, 2011

  Cintron had sunglasses on, ostensibly to hide the marks on his face, but the dark glasses failed to conceal his weariness and despair…
  
  

• Manny Says Fight Will Happen – August 12th, 2011

  
  
  

• Nonito Donaire: The Total Package – August 21st, 2011

  They keep themselves in shape between fights and they do not underestimate opponents. Sergio has it. Obviously Manny has it. Donaire most certainly has it…
  
  

• Pacman-Marquez: We Are the World – August 27th, 2011

  
  
  

• Manny: No Mayweather, No Sweat – August 27th, 2011

  
  
  

• Gamboa-Ponce de León Meet the Press – August 30th, 2011

  Yuriorkis Gamboa meets Daniel Ponce de León in what should be a terrific fight between two exceptional little big men…
  
  

• "Don King Unauthorized" Documentary – August 30th, 2011

  Don King is a national institution. A self-described "black Horagio Alger," his rags-to-riches, Cinderella story is the American Dream come to life. But if we pull back the curtain and look beyond the wild hair, smiling countenance, bespoke jean jackets, and flutterng flags, a darker picture emerges, a picture of a man for whom winning isn't the most important thing, it's the only thing...
  
  

• Pacquiao-Marquez Draw 70,000 – September 4th, 2011

  
  
  

• Arum on Mayweather/Ortiz 24/7 – September 6th, 2011

  
  
  

• Bob Arum on Klitschko/Adamek – September 9th, 2011

  
  
  

• Gamboa vs. Ponce de León Preview – September 9th, 2011

  Robert Ecksel, Editor-in-Chief of Boxing.com, spoke with Rick Strom of TYT Sports about tonight's fight at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City between undefeated former WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa and former WBO junior featherweight champion Ponce de León. They discuss the virtues of Cuban vs. Mexican fighters, and analyze how a fighter's upbringing and personality affect his style, both in and out of the ring...
  
  

• Bob Arum on Mayweather-Ortiz – September 14th, 2011

  
  
  

• Arum: Saturday Night Massacre – September 20th, 2011

  
  
  

• Good News: Tim Bradley Is Back – September 30th, 2011

  
  
  

• “El Dinamita” – October 7th, 2011

  A ruthless closer once he had his opponent hurt, Edwin Valero would stalk, stun and close as if he were on the Serengeti…
  
  

• Bob Arum on Nonito Donaire – October 19th, 2011

  
  
  

• Harold Lederman on Donaire vs. Narvaez – October 21st, 2011

  “I know HBO would be very interested in Donaire vs. Gamboa if Donaire keeps progressing the way we think he’s going to keep progressing…”
  
  

• Kelly Pavlik: Act Two – October 23rd, 2011

  
  
  

• Roberto Duran: Beyond the Glory – October 27th, 2011

  Roberto Duran is one of the greatest fighters of all time. Known as "Manos de Piedra" ("Hands of Stone"), Duran was a ferocious competitor, in and out of the ring. He made his pro debut in 1968 before he was 16, and went on to win titles at lightweight, welterweight, junior middleweight, and middleweight. There was no one Duran didn't fight, including Ken Buchanan, Esteban De Jesus, Carlos Palomino, Wilfred Benitez, Marvin Hagler, and Thomas Hearns...
  
  

• Bob Arum: No Way No How – October 27th, 2011

  
  
  

• Bob Arum and the Descent of Boxing Trash Talk – October 28th, 2011

  One doesn’t need to be an economist to recognize that Mayweather’s departure from Top Rank has probably cost Arum tens of millions of dollars…
  
  

• Timothy Bradley Meets the Press – October 30th, 2011

  While it will be great to see Bradley do his thing in the ring again, his opponent, Joel Casamayor, isn’t exactly the toughest hombre in the OK Corral…
  
  

• Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: The Fight – November 2nd, 2011

  Robert Ecksel, Editor-in-Chief of Boxing.com, spoke with Rick Strom of TYT Sports about the continued speculation about Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao ever meeting in the ring. Top Rank's Bob Arum, Manny's promoter, continues to make news with his incendiary remarks, and at times acts as though he knows something he refuses to share with the rest of us. Will the fight ever happen? Is Floyd waiting for Pacquiao to slow down and/or retire? And what about "the test"?
  
  

• Games People Play – November 3rd, 2011

  
  
  

• Bob Arum on Steroids – November 6th, 2011

  Pacquiao's promoter, Top Rank's Bob Arum, has been accused of many things, but abusing steroids is not among them...
  
  

• Manny Pacquiao Meets the Press – November 6th, 2011

  “If the knockout comes it will come,” said Pacquiao. “It will be a reward for the hard work that I did…”
  
  

• Juan Manuel Márquez Meets the Press – November 7th, 2011

  The press turned its attention to the trilogy with Pacquiao, and the rumors regarding Márquez’s strength and conditioning coach…
  
  

• Communication Breakdown – November 14th, 2011

  
  
  

• Pacquiao-Marquez III Post-Fight Analysis – November 15th, 2011

  Robert Ecksel, Editor-in-Chief of Boxing.com, speaks with Rick Strom from TYT Sports about the results of Saturday's big fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. The fight ended in controversy, but that's nothing new, because if it's not one thing it's another in boxing. The decision in favor of Pacquiao is discussed, as is the judges' scorecards, boxing's inscrutable subjectivity when it comes to scoring, and where the two future hall of famers go from here....
  
  

• Top Rank Media Week—Arum Style – November 16th, 2011

  As I quietly watched him in action this past week there was a certainty in my mind that this was a man that was born to do what he was doing…
  
  

• Antonio Margarito: Seeing Eye Dog – November 18th, 2011

  
  
  

• If You Can’t Make It in New York – November 22nd, 2011

  “I signed this fight for New York," said Cotto. "I didn’t sign this fight for somewhere else. I’m going to fight in New York. Just New York..."
  
  

• Cotto-Margarito II: Hindsight is 50-50 – November 22nd, 2011

  Maintain vigilance and discipline the next time your favorite websites or favorite writers begin howling and pointing fingers…
  
  

• The ABC's of Margarito's Texas License – November 24th, 2011

  Any conjecture of wrongdoing is entirely based on a reader's ability to speculate and an ability to allow one's mind to imagine the possibilities...
  
  

• Uh-Oh, Something Has Changed – November 27th, 2011

  
  
  

• Cotto-Margarito II: Bad Blood – November 30th, 2011

  “If you don’t know what a criminal means, you can look it up in the dictionary,” said the Pride of Puerto Rico. “It’s someone who uses a weapon…"