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Bob Arum Not Pleased With Richard Schaefer's Decision to Skip Dallas Trip

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum was just sitting down to a dinner party with friends on his 78th birthday Tuesday evening when he received a call from Golden Boy Promotions' Chief, Richard Schaefer, that made him none too happy.Arum, Schaefer and HBO Sports President, Ross Greenburg, were scheduled to leave Wednesday for...

Miguel Cotto Struggles for Popularity

LAS VEGAS -- Miguel Cotto is a star in Puerto Rico, just not the major attraction that Manny Pacquiao is in his native Philippines.And among the contributing reasons is that while Cotto's nation has a long list of fighting predecessors against whom to compare him, Pacquiao's essentially has none. [See note at bottom.]"The...

Ex-Champs Zab Judah, Joel Casamayor Return to Ring

Southpaw former world champions, Zab Judah, and Joel Casamayor will return to the ring on Friday night at The Palms Casino in Las Vegas.Judah, a 32-year-old welterweight (147 pounds), will be ending a nearly 12-month layoff. The 38-year-old Casamayor will be ending a nearly 14-month ring absence when he enters the ring as...

The NHL's TV Ratings Must Have Bottomed Out if a Boxing Writer's Taking Shots

Once in a while, a sport located further down the food chain from the NHL will mistakenly smell blood in the water and attempt to knock hockey down a few links. Remember when indoor lacrosse was on the rise? Or when MLS was going to surpass the NHL, before David Beckham logged more minutes on reality television than he did...