Bob Arum
Arum wants Teofimo Lopez to fight Campbell and Pedraza in 2019
By Aragon Garcia: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he’s going to have Teofimo Lopez target the WBC lightweight, and then match him against Vasyl Lomachenko (12-1, 9 KOs) in 2020 in a unification fight. → read full article
Arum wants Gilberto Ramirez vs. Sergey Kovalev
By Allan Fox: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is interested in a possibly setting up a fight between Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez (39-0, 25 KOs) and WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (33-3-1, 28 KOs). → read full article
Arum says he killed Pacquiao vs. Crawford fight
By Mike Smith: Promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank says he intentionally chose not to make the fight between Manny Pacquiao (61-7-2, 39 KOs) and Terence Crawford (34-0, 25 KOs) in the past, because he felt that the Filipino star wound end up losing that fight. → read full article
Arum: “I don’t think Keith Thurman can fight anymore”
By Sean Jones: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he thinks Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman is past his prime, and can no longer fight anymore after seeing him labor to an unimpressive 12 round majority decision last Saturday night against Josesito ‘The Riverside Rocky’ Lopez (36-8, 19 KOs). → read full article
Arum predicts Crawford-Khan does 1 million+ PPV buys
By Sean Jones: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is predicting huge pay-per-view numbers for WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford’s title defense against Amir ‘King’ Khan on April 20 on ESPN PPV. → read full article
Arum wants Lomachenko to fight Crolla this summer
By Scott Gilfoid: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is planning on having his star fighter WBA lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko fly over to the UK to defend against former WBA 135 lb champion Anthony Crolla in the summer, provided that Loma defeats the winner of the February 2 fight between Richard Commey and Isa Chaniev […]
Amir Khan faces Terence Crawford on April 20
By Tim Royner: Amir Khan’s promoter Eddie Hearn isn’t happy with the announcement of his April 20th fight against WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford on ESPN PPV, as he wanted him to fight Kell Brook next. → read full article
Terence Crawford vs. Amir Khan at MSG, in NY on April 20
By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has decided on staging the April 20th Terence Crawford vs. → read full article
Terence Crawford to fight on April 20 in New York
By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says Terence Crawford will be defending his WBO welterweight title against an opponent still to be determined on April 20, according to ESPN. → read full article
Arum says Gilberto Ramirez would beat Canelo Alvarez
By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum took a shot at Saul Canelo Alvarez this week in saying that his fighters WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez (38-0, 25 KOs) and Jesse Hart (25-1, 21 KOs) would both beat the Mexican star. → read full article