Bob Arum Fight Quotations

Ricky Hatton is not going to fight a real opponent until he drains all the money out fighting secondary guys, in my opinion. That's why we decided not to go after him.

(Judah) will probably put up a much better fight because he's fighting for his life, in effect, than if he had just won a victory over Baldomir.

James was, and is, very proud of his skills. He's so intelligent, he loves to fight; most guys today in boxing don't love to fight. They fight to get the money. James loves to be in the ring; that's where he feels the most comfortable. So there was always pressure on us when he was fighting for us to get him a fight, even if it was a low money fight.

Yeah, I know but he won that fight easy.

When Diego Corrales was hurt, Gary called and said we owe it to the people of El Paso to have a very good fight card. You will not be disappointed, believe me.

We're talking with HBO. We want to do this fight on non pay-per-view. We want to see if it's possible to do the fight on HBO, and I am optimistic we can do that.

Erik has to make that decision (whether to fight again). I'm not in favor of it or ... (opposed to) it. It's his call to make, not mine.

It's discretionary decision with the referee whether a fight will be canceled, and the referee (Richard Steele) decided to let the fight go on.

After the (Leon) Spinks loss (in February 1978), I asked him to promise me that he would never fight again.