HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson speaks with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum about the May 17 Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Mike Alvarado matchup.
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HustleBoss.com’s Mohamed Ali speaks with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum about the May 17 Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Mike Alvarado matchup.
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Reporter Marc Abrams (http://www.15Rounds.com) catches up with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum as he eyes the upcoming March 1 title fight in Scotland between WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns and Top Rank’s upcoming star Terence Crawford.
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Reporter Marc Abrams (http://www.15Rounds.com) catches up with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum as he eyes the upcoming March 1 title fight in Scotland between WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns and Top Rank’s upcoming star Terence Crawford.
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson speaks with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum about the possiblity of Floyd Mayweather vs. Amir Khan and also takes a minute to clarify his comments about fans’ interest in pay per view undercards.
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson speaks with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum about the possiblity of Floyd Mayweather vs. Amir Khan and also takes a minute to clarify his comments about fans’ interest in pay per view undercards
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Mikey Garcia in the ring on Jan. 25 handling business vs. Juan Carlos Burgos (Photo: Chris Farina – Top Rank)
By Chris Robinson
As his company moves forward, Bob Arum continues to recognize the role that WBO junior lightweight champion Mikey Garcia will play for Top Rank in the coming years.
Sporting a 34-0 record with 28 knockouts and coming off of another dominant victory, this one over former title challenger Juan Carlos Burgos on HBO on Jan. 25, the 26-year old Garcia’s stock continues to rise.
Reflecting back on the Burgos win, a match that saw Garcia overcome a rocky second round before regrouping and cruising towards a unanimous decision, Arum admits that there are still lessons being learned.
“It’s very tough to fight a very good opponent when he doesn’t want to engage and for the first three rounds I found it to be a very exciting fight,” Arum stated. “Garcia got stung in the second round and then he came back and really hurt Burgos in the third round. Burgos was safety-first for the rest of the nine rounds.
“I think that Mikey has to understand that if he’s going to be a superstar, that when his opponent goes into that defensive mood, that he can’t take the bait and just win the rounds,” Arum added. “He’s got to go out and search and destroy.”
Arum has been playing with the idea of Garcia moving up in weight and facing eight-division titlist Manny Pacquiao in the coming years in a big pay per view match. It’s an attractive encounter for the future but Arum realizes that he can’t rush such a scenario and instead looks at Cuba’s Yuriorkis Gamboa as a far more ideal opponent for now.
“Certainly not off his performance against Burgos,” Arum explained. “But we’re optimistic that as he steps up and fights guys like Gamboa and is successful, that Garcia is a possibility.
Arum affirmed that Top Rank president Todd duBoef is in talks with HBO to stage Garcia vs. Gamboa on May 17 inside of the Forum in Los Angeles and revealed why Yuriorkis is still dangerous.
“A fighter like Gamboa is a threat to everyone, because he is an extraordinarily talented,” Arum continued. “But that’s what boxing is about. Where Gamboa’s head is, even if I was with him, I couldn’t tell you.”
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson continues to speak with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum about WBO junior lightweight champion Mikey Garcia and what his future may hold, including matches vs. either Yuriorkis Gamboa and Manny Pacquiao.
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson continues to speak with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum about WBO junior lightweight champion Mikey Garcia and what his future may hold, including matches vs. either Yuriorkis Gamboa and Manny Pacquiao
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in the ring against Brian Vera this past September (Photo: Naoki Fukuda)
By Chris Robinson
There is a lot on the line for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. heading into his Mar. 1 rematch against Brian Vera.
Chavez won a controversial unanimous decision over Vera in September and he is eager to show the world that his subpar performance in the first meeting was just a fluke.
Speaking with Chavez’s co-promoter, Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, on Friday afternoon, we gathered a few updates.
“He’s been training in Culiacan,” Arum said of Chavez. “His father says he looks great. We flew him into L.A. [Thursday] to do some shooting with HBO. He appears to be in good shape and he wants to put in an outstanding performance.”
Arum revealed that Chavez, if successful against Vera, will headline a big pay per view show come July in Las Vegas.
There are three opponents that Arum has in mind in super middleweight kingpin Andre Ward, WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, and Notthingham’s Carl Froch.
Anyone of those fights would be appealing but Chavez has to finish his business with Vera first.
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson continues to speak with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum about the possibility of his fighter, former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., facing off with Andre Ward, Carl Froch, or Gennady Golovkin this fall if he is successful against Brian Vera in their March 1 rematch
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Mexico City’s Juan Manuel Marquez (Photo: Chris Robinson – www.HustleBoss.com)
By Chris Robinson
As noted in our previous post, Top Rank CEO Bob Arum is pleased with all aspects of the April 12 rematch between WBO welterweight titlist Tim Bradley and eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao.
What I also personally find interesting about the fight is just how much attention Juan Manuel Marquez will be giving to the match.
According to Arum, the Mexico City legend has expressed interest in facing the Pacquiao-Bradley II winner in an effort to land himself a belt in a fifth weight class.
“There seems no reason for him to fight [Ruslan] Provodnikov,” Arum said, referencing the Russian star who had called out Marquez.
“Marquez really wants only one thing before he retires,” Arum continued. “He wants to win that title. And he has indicated to us that he would be very available to fight the winner of Pacquiao and Bradley in the fall.”
Marquez lost a split-decision to Bradley this past October and ten months prior he scored his lone victory over Pacquiao with a devastating sixth round knockout in their fourth encounter.
Marquez had vehemently opposed a fifth meeting with Pacquiao in the past but now seems to have a different mindset.
“That is correct, so he’s obviously changed his tune,” Arum stated. “He doesn’t want to face Pacquiao again if Pacquiao is not successful with Bradley. But if Pacquiao is successful with Bradley, he has stated that he wants to face Pacquiao.”
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson continues to speak with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, as the veteran promoter discusses the possibility of Juan Manuel Marquez facing the Pacquiao-Bradley II winner.
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson continues to speak with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, as the veteran promoter discusses the possibility of Juan Manuel Marquez facing the Pacquiao-Bradley II winner.
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Top Rank CEO Bob Arum speaking in Las Vegas, Nevada (Photo: Chris Robinson – Hustle Boss)
By Chris Robinson
On Friday afternoon, I caught up with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum to discuss the April 12 Manny Pacquiao vs. Tim Bradley rematch as well as the latest news on some of his stable’s biggest stars such as Mikey Garcia, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez.
Pacquiao and Bradley will meet inside of the MGM Grand in a much-needed rematch for both men. Bradley won a split-decision over Pacquiao in June of 2012 that many felt he didn’t deserve and there is some definite unfinished business to settle.
Read below for a few sound bites from Arum.
An important fight…
“I think it’s a very important fight for both of them. Bradley got the decision over Manny and Manny wants revenge [and to] get his title back. That’s important for him. As far as Tim is concerned, he never got credit for winning the fight and now he wants a decisive win to prove that he’s the better fighter. I think this will be a very spirited, very good match and I’m proud of both of these guys for making this fight.”
Tim Bradley signing an extension with Top Rank ahead of the rematch…
“Tim is a terrific guy. It’s a real pleasure to promote him and Tim realizes the value of being associated with HBO and being part of the HBO family. That was very important for Tim and that was, I think, the major reason why he re-upped with Top Rank; because of the connection with HBO. And I’m very pleased that he did.”
Bradley regrouping in 2013…
“Going into the first fight, people didn’t give Bradley much of a chance. There were pretty big odds in favor of Pacquiao. Bradley was relatively unknown and he wasn’t the household name that’s he’s become. After the Pacquiao fight, he distinguished himself with two unbelievable fights. One, the fight with Provodnikov, the Fight of the Year last year, where he showed tremendous courage and grit. And then there was the fight with Marquez, where he fought a very, very good fight to win a decision. Bradley has a lot more credentials going into the second fight than he did when he went into the first fight.”
Questions still remaining for Manny…
“As far as Manny is concerned, he looked like a dominant force going into the Bradley fight. Then he had the knockout loss to Marquez. And that certainly was something to take into account; how would he react to getting knocked out so decisively? I think he answered that part in the Rios fight but questions still remain with Manny and we’ll see when Bradley tests him.”
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson speaks with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum about the recently-announced April 12 matchup between Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley.
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HustleBoss.com’s Chris Robinson speaks with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum about the recently-announced April 12 matchup between Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley.
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Reporter Marc Abrams (http://www.15Rounds.com) speaks with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum about the future of WBO junior lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (33-0, 28 KO’s) ahead of his Jan. 25 match vs. Juan Carlos Burgos on HBO.
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Reporter Marc Abrams (http://www.15Rounds.com) speaks with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum about the future of WBO junior lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (33-0, 28 KO’s) ahead of his Jan. 25 match vs. Juan Carlos Burgos on HBO.
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Chris Robinson speaks with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum about Adrien Broner’s recent upset loss to Marcos Maidana on Showtime from San Antonio. Hear why Arum wasn’t surprised by the result of the fight
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