Is Bob Arum Really a Lawyer? – A Look Back on His Years of Education

Bob Arum is the most renowned and influential personality in boxing. Arum dedicated his life to the sport, working for countless years. Throughout his extensive spell in boxing, Arum promoted some top-tier athletes and showed them a successful route in this sport. Besides this, he also pursued an extravagant career before inclining towards boxing.

Arum who hails from a Jewish background grew up in Crown Heights in New York. He attended Erasmus High School and later New York University. Post that, Arum got admitted to the top-tier law college, the Harvard Law School.

Until 1965, he worked as an attorney in the United States Department of Justice. While he worked in the legal profession, Arum simultaneously developed an urge to work in boxing.

‘The Bobfather’ employed his legal education and business mindset to promote the bigwigs of the sport. He notably promoted the most captivating star of the sport, Muhammad Ali in the 80s. This was just the stepping stone of his mammoth upcoming success.

He staged some of the best fights for boxing fans in the form of Marvin Hagler vs Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns vs James Shuler, and more. In no time, he became a star promoter in the sport and added more and more stout pugilists to his stable.

Moreover, the former lawyer was also the pioneer for the Pay Per View concept in boxing.

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Bob Arum found his own promotion company

Bob Arum founded Top Pank Promotions in 1973, but he laid his roots in the sport much prior to that. Ever since he came out with his own promotion, there’s been no turning back for him.

He turned his passion into a profession and earned millions for the same. Till today, he’s going super strong with his firm, staging magnetic fights that lure the fans. After spending so many decades in this sport, the 89-year-old still keeps himself pro-active and knows the taste of boxing fans.

His promotion company has some renowned names of boxing as Teofimo Lopez, Manny Pacquiao, Terence Crawford and more.

In the coming years, too, he wishes to entertain the vast boxing fan base by conducting cosmic boxing battles.

According to you, is Bob Arum the best promoter in boxing at present?