By Victor Salazar
New York, NY - The CEO of Top Rank, Inc. Bob Arum, was doing what he does best in New York on Thursday afternoon, holding nothing back while speaking to reporters at the final press conference for Terence Crawford vs. Hank Lundy, which headlines an HBO televised doubleheader on Saturday night.
During his last trip to New York while promoting the third fight between Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley, Arum took a shot at the leading Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump.
Arum told BoxingScene.com he was dubbing the undercard of Pacquiao-Bradley 3 the "Donald Trump undercard" because it featured Mexicans and Mexican Americans. Arum told BoxingScene that he doesn't agree with Trump's position to build a wall and also to deport illegal aliens.
The veteran promoter feels strongly that many of the Mexicans who are here in the United States, legal and illegal, are some of the hardest and most genuine people he has ever met.
On Thursday afternoon he made a challenge to Trump to face off with him in New York.
“Screw The Theatre at Madison Square Garden,” Arum told reporters. “We’ll do it at the big arena, anytime, anyplace, all proceeds go to charity. I’ll handle Donald Trump unlike these guys who hit him with kid gloves. He’s a disgrace. You can’t say what he says. You can’t make these hateful speeches when you’re running for President of the United States.”
