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Promoter Don King and Top Rank Promotions CEO Bob Arum, who turned 79 years old, respectively, in August and December, will be featured in an upcoming edition of The New York Times, Arum exclusively told FanHouse on Tuesday merely hours after the duo was interviewed in the newspaper's New York Office.
"We were having a great time, today, both me and Don. We had an in-depth interview concerning our history together against each other, you know?" said Arum.
"We talked about all of the fights that we've done together, in-depth," said Arum. "And, you know, both of us offered our opinion on the state of boxing today and the various other things as well as the things that we're not doing right."
Their promotional histories include Muhammad Ali's 14th-round knockout of Joe Frazier in the October, 1975 "Thrilla in Manila," the June, 1980 Roberto Duran decision over Sugar Ray Leonard, the September, 1999 Felix Trinidad majority decision victory over Oscar De La Hoya, and, the April, 2006 Floyd Mayweather unanimous decision over Zab Judah.
They are, put simply, rare birds of a feather.
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Source: http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2011/01/18/bob-arum-and-don-king-having-a-great-time/
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