By Miguel Rivera
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who turned 84-years-old last month, is not even considering the possibility of retirement.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. retired last September, and Manny Pacquiao will retire in April after his trilogy bout with Timothy Bradley. But the veteran promoter wants to continue his 50 year run in the sport until the very end.
"I don't think about retirement because then I'll have nothing to do but being stuck at home smoking cigars," ESPN Deportes. "That's something that I can advise everyone: never retire. The only way you should go away is when they carry you out in a box. That's why, I can tell you that, God willing, Bob Arum will be here for a while."
"It's been 50 years. But I do not want anyone to think I'm an old. Why? Because I started my career as a promoter when I was still very young."
With his biggest star potentially walking away from the sport in April, Arum saus there are a lot of other fighters in the Top Rank stable who are ready and willing to step up and become superstars.
"We have guys like Gilberto Ramirez, Jose Ramirez, Oscar Valdez, Vasyl Lomachenko, the great Ukrainian boxer, Terence Crawford, and other great fighters. Many of them are still very young and I can help advance their careers," Arum said.
Arum's rival for most of his career, Don King, is also 84-years-old and continues to promote fighters on a regular basis. Unlike Arum, King's company has really declined over the years and there is only a handful of fighters remaining in his stable.