ARUM ON “WALL OF SHAME” SECOND TIME WITH PAC
Bob “Always Truthful” Arum
Las Vegas, NV– Bob Arum is the most powerful man in boxing! As the man behind the Top Rank promotional firm, Arum, a Harvard graduate in the late 1950s, became a United States Attorney under then Attorney General Robert Kennedy. While collecting tax money from a Sonny Liston heavyweight title defense circa 1962, Arum was bitten by the boxing bug. After the assassination of President John Kennedy, Arum felt the need to resign his position with the “G” and became a boxing promoter.
THIS “QUOTE” ON ARUM’S TOMBSTONE!
With Muhammad Ali his first client, Arum has been involved in big fights since the mid 1960s. His most famous quote is, “Yesterday I was lying, but today I’m telling the truth.”
MET WITH & SENT BRIBE MONEY TO LEE
In the mid 1990s, Arum committed a host of Felonies when he admittedly gave then IBF President Bob Lee over $100,000 as a “bribe” to allow George Foreman, then heavyweight champ, to fight Axel Schultz instead of a top contender. He accomplished this by laundering the money through Europe with then booking agent Stan Hoffman. Shortly thereafter, Arum admitted such in a US Dept. of Justice affidavit that was published here at RingTalk.com. The fallout saw Arum fined in a number of states, while unable to promote in Arizona.
BOB NOW GETTING SUED WITH MANNY PACQUIAO
If what the involved parties have said is true, Manny Pacquiao’s shoulder was examined via MRI a fortnight before the May 2, 2015 fight and the results were a “severe tear in the right rotator cuff muscle.” If Arum knew and it seems he has acknowledged such, then I can see why he and Top Rank are Defendants along with Manny Pacquiao. Talking to a legal mind, he thinks the Class Action Lawsuits will go forward.
WRITER ARUM SUED IN LAS VEGAS
This writer sued Arum after he was quoted in a Las Vegas newspaper stating, “He (Pedro Fernandez) isn’t a real boxing writer.” Arum settled out of court for $10,000.
NEVADA COMMISSION & ARUM SPIN DIFFERENT TALES
The Nevada Commission says they had no idea the Filipino icon was hurt, while Arum says they knew all along. Originally inducted in 2009, the Pacquiao situation of last Saturday is one in which Arum and others let a three legged horse named Manny Pacquiao run in boxing’s Kentucky Derby. Bob is the only person dishonored twice here at RingTalk.com
“THE SHEIK” WORTH BETTER 1/2 BILLION
Now close to 85 years of age, Arum is still the most powerful man in boxing! One could only debate whether that would be the case if Don King had admitted to the aforementioned crimes. We think this dishonor is befitting as we induct Bob “The Sheik” Arum to the Ring Talk “Wall of Shame” for a second time.
Pedro Fernandez
Note: Mr. Fernandez is an award-winning writer, TV commentator, radio talk show host, former San Francisco Policeman and four-time Golden Gloves champion. Comments regarding this submission can be left below.
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