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Photo: Chris Farina
Photo: Chris Farina
Bob Arum isn’t done thumbing his nose at Donald Trump and the divisive comments he made about illegal immigration and building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border it seems.
Following his “No Trump” undercard on April 9 in Las Vegas, Arum said he was now planning on doing another show on “the Saturday before the election,” which would be Nov. 5 — the Saturday before the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 8 — called “Hands Across the Border.”
The idea is to stage a pair of title fights from Mexico City and two title fights from Tucson, Arizona. The show will be distributed on HBO PPV and produced by TV Azteca, he said on Thursday to a small group of reporters. Arum was holding court before a press conference to formally announce Vasyl Lomachenko’s June 11 fight on HBO with junior lightweight titleholder Roman Martinez at Madison Square Garden’s Theater.
Asked who will fight on the Nov. 5 cards, Arum cracked, “Hillary Clinton” before mentioning super middleweight titleholder Gilberto Ramirez, undefeated featherweight prospect Oscar Valdez and WBA/WBO flyweight titleholder Juan Francisco Estrada in separate bouts. The remainder of the card is still being worked out
Photo: Chris Farina
Bob Arum isn’t done thumbing his nose at Donald Trump and the divisive comments he made about illegal immigration and building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border it seems.
Following his “No Trump” undercard on April 9 in Las Vegas, Arum said he was now planning on doing another show on “the Saturday before the election,” which would be Nov. 5 — the Saturday before the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 8 — called “Hands Across the Border.”
The idea is to stage a pair of title fights from Mexico City and two title fights from Tucson, Arizona. The show will be distributed on HBO PPV and produced by TV Azteca, he said on Thursday to a small group of reporters. Arum was holding court before a press conference to formally announce Vasyl Lomachenko’s June 11 fight on HBO with junior lightweight titleholder Roman Martinez at Madison Square Garden’s Theater.
Asked who will fight on the Nov. 5 cards, Arum cracked, “Hillary Clinton” before mentioning super middleweight titleholder Gilberto Ramirez, undefeated featherweight prospect Oscar Valdez and WBA/WBO flyweight titleholder Juan Francisco Estrada in separate bouts. The remainder of the card is still being worked out
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