SI.com · Jun 9, 2020
Bob Arum Remains Optimistic as Boxing Begins Its Slow Return
NEW YORK – Bob Arum’s boxing career has spanned nearly five decades. He has worked with everyone, from Muhammad Ali to Manny Pacquiao, from Butterbean to Evil Knievel. He has promoted shows all over the world and seen boxing rise and fall too many times to count. The crippling impact of the coronavirus, Arum said in a telephone interview this week, is unlike anything he has experienced before.
“It’s totally unique,” Arum said. “It’s not something anything in all my years in boxing could prepare us for.”