Editing Bob Arum (section)

==Controversies==
As a boxing promoter, Arum had been involved in many spats and controversies, including a 40-year feud with [[Don King (boxing promoter)|Don King]],<ref name="yahoo1">{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/honor-among-thieves-200400675--box.html |author= Kevin Iole|title=Honor among thieves? – Boxing – Yahoo! Sports |publisher=Sports.yahoo.com |date=2017-08-11 |access-date=2018-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.presstelegram.com/columnists/ci_3619703 |title=Sworn foes Arum, King unite |newspaper=Press-Telegram |access-date=2012-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406082438/http://www.presstelegram.com/columnists/ci_3619703 |archive-date=2012-04-06 }}</ref> with whom he has co-promoted several fights.<ref>[https://www.boxinginsider.com/columns/bob-arum-and-don-king-renew-old-rivalry/ ''Boxing Insider'', Romero, Bryant] "Bob Arum and Don King Renew Old Rivalry", March 15, 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2018.</ref> [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] president [[Dana White]] has also been a vocal critic and the two have engaged in a protracted and acerbic public feud;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=ki-notebook032507&prov=yhoo&type=lgns |title=MMA enjoying its success – Boxing – Yahoo! Sports |publisher=Sports.yahoo.com |date=2012-03-27 |access-date=2012-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://boxing.typepad.com/kevin_on_boxing/2007/02/roach_scorches_.html? |title=DIGG IT! |access-date=2007-08-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301035327/http://boxing.typepad.com/kevin_on_boxing/2007/02/roach_scorches_.html |archive-date=2009-03-01 }} boxing.typepad.com. February 2007</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Benz/J_Benz040409.htm |title=Boxing Promoter Bob Arum disses UFC President Dana White |publisher=Doghouseboxing.com |date=2009-04-04 |access-date=2012-04-09}}</ref> in 2018, White briefly became a rival boxing promoter.<ref>[https://www.boxingnewsandviews.com/2018/05/29/dana-white-fires-fresh-shots-at-oscar-de-la-hoya-and-bob-arum/ Doran, Niall] "UFC president turned new boxing promoter Dana White is still sussing out the boxing landscape but has not been afraid to take a dig at two of the sport's biggest promoters", ''Boxing News and Views'', May 29, 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2018.</ref>

In 1994, he was involved with [[John Daly (producer)|John Daly]] for the [[High Noon in Hong Kong]] boxing event. The fights were called off at the last minute when [[Barry Hearn]] scuttled the bout by withdrawing his fighters, when no purses were forthcoming from Top Rank.<ref>Mullan, Harry. (1994-10-24) [https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/boxing-everybody-blames-each-other-for-fight-fiasco-high-noon-in-hong-kong-promised-much-but-delivered-only-grief-as-harry-mullan-discovered-1444746.html Boxing: Everybody blames each other for fight fiasco: High Noon in Hong Kong promised much but delivered only grief, as Harry Mullan discovered]. Independent.co.uk. Retrieved on 2012-06-27.</ref>

In 2000, citing [[extortion]], Arum voluntarily testified to having paid [[IBF]] president Robert W. "Bobby" Lee Sr. $100,000 in two installments in 1995, as the first half of a $200,000 bribe, through "middleman, Stanley Hoffman", adding that Lee had first demanded $500,000 to approve the [[George Foreman vs. Axel Schulz|Schulz–Foreman fight]] but had settled for the lesser amount of $200,000 (half of which was never paid).<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/07/sports/boxing-arum-gives-description-of-payments-to-ibf.html MCKINLEY, JAMES C. JR.] "Arum Gives Description Of Payments to I.B.F.", ''The New York Times'', June 7, 2000. Retrieved August 4, 2018.</ref> Lee was indicted for racketeering in 1999, but convicted of money laundering and tax evasion in 2000. Following his testimony, Arum was sanctioned and fined $125,000 by the [[Nevada State Athletic Commission]].<ref name="Springer, Steve">[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-17-sp-5925-story.html Springer, Steve] "Settlement Approved in Arum Case", ''Los Angeles Times'', August 17, 2000.</ref> [[Boxing promoter]]s [[Cedric Kushner]] and [[Dino Duva]] also admitted to making similar payments to Lee.<ref name="Springer, Steve"/>

[[Oscar De La Hoya]] successfully sued Arum and was legally released from his contract with Top Rank in January 2001.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180803014442/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-01-13/sports/0101130113_1_jerry-perenchio-judge-matt-byrne-court-setback  Nidetz, Stephen] "De La Hoya Wins Court Ruling Over Arum", ''Chicago Tribune'', January 13, 2001. Retrieved August 2, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jun-23-sp-13885-story.html Springer, Steve] "All Systems Go for De La Hoya", June 23, 2001. Retrieved August 2, 2018.</ref> Following years of acrimony, he and De La Hoya publicly salvaged their relationship in 2014.<ref>[http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/oscar-de-la-hoya-and-bob-arum-bury-the-hatchet/ Dixon, Tris] 
"Oscar De La Hoya and Bob Arum bury the hatchet", ''Boxing News'', December 12, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2018.</ref>

In 2003, Arum complained about judging in the September 13 bout between Oscar De La Hoya and Sugar Shane Mosley and suggested there was a vendetta against him from a member of the Nevada State Commission that led to De La Hoya's loss. Arum later made an apology for the remark which commission chairman Luther Mack accepted.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/3195788.stm |title=BBC SPORT &#124; Boxing &#124; Arum's apology is accepted |work=BBC News |date=2003-10-15 |access-date=2012-04-09}}</ref>

In the first week of January 2004, [[FBI]] agents raided Arum's Top Rank office in Las Vegas. Arum was on vacation when his office was raided and the FBI originally declined to comment on the raid. The news media reported that the FBI was investigating allegations that Top Rank was involved in fixing the rematch between De La Hoya and [[Shane Mosley]], even though De La Hoya lost and Arum was De La Hoya's promoter. The federal agency also announced it was investigating some of [[Eric Esch]]'s fights, as well as the [[Jorge Páez]]–[[Verdell Smith]] fight. The investigation closed in the summer of 2006 with no charges being filed.

In 2007, ''Yahoo Sports'' reported that, "[[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] essentially accused Arum, who promoted him from the beginning of his career in 1996 until 2006, of underpaying him, exploiting his talents and manipulating officials."<ref name="yahoo1"/> Mayweather, who also became a boxing promoter, stated to ''Yahoo Sports'' in 2015, "I don't have anything bad to say about Bob Arum."<ref>[https://sports.yahoo.com/news/floyd-mayweather-vs--bob-arum--not-your-normal-rivalry-175310325.html Iole, Kevin] ''Yahoo Sports'', April 29, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2018.</ref>

Arum filed a lawsuit against [[HBO]] for overstepping its boundaries in the sport by becoming a de facto promoter while trying to intentionally eliminate him as a promoter. Arum complained that HBO dropped Mayweather from his exclusive deal after he insisted his fighter have a tougher bout than the network wanted. The suit was settled out of court but Arum continued to criticize HBO by saying "Instead of working with promoters, like they have done in the past, they have become promoters themselves. They make the fights just like promoters and pay fighters", Arum said. "It's their money and they can do what they want but Don King doesn't have to go along with it and neither do I. King and I can get along without HBO or Showtime ... The problem HBO Sports got into is they became defenders of the status quo. They held you back because they had control."<ref>Greg Bishop [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/07/sports/07boxing.html?_r=1&hpw A Major Fight, and It’s Not on HBO? Times Are Changing for Big Promoters]. ''The New York Times''. May 6, 2011</ref>

In 2009, Arum defended [[Antonio Margarito]] when he lost his boxing license in the US state of California on charges of illegal hand wraps,<ref>Lance Pugmire{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/bob_arum/index.html |title=Bob Arum leaves 'em laughing – and reporters crying |access-date=2009-02-22 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208140113/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/bob_arum/index.html |archive-date=2008-12-08 }} ''Los Angeles Times.</ref> implying that it was racially motivated and stating that Top Rank would not come back to the state of California until the issue was rectified.

In 2020,  Arum stated that one of his top boxers, [[Terence Crawford]] should also start promoting himself better. He compared his situation with several other greats in the sport. Arum stated  he could have built a house in [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] with the money he lost on Crawford's last three fights.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sarkar|first=Raj|date=2020-11-16|title=Bob Arum Furious With Terence Crawford: "I Ain't Going Bankrupt Promoting Him"|url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/boxing-news-bob-arum-furious-with-terence-crawford-i-aint-going-bankrupt-promoting-him/|access-date=2020-12-04|website=EssentiallySports|language=en-US}}</ref> Crawford did not take this lightly, responding through numerous media outlets showing his disappointment towards Arum's comments''.'' In January 2022, Crawford sued Arum for racial bias and for the money he lost by not being promoted well enough.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-12|title=Crawford sues Top Rank, alleges Arum racial bias|url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/33051680/terence-crawford-accuses-bob-arum-bias-favoring-white-latino-fighters-lawsuit-top-rank|access-date=2022-01-13|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref>