Bob Arum: HBO Fighters vs. PBC Fighters = No Contest!
It's an interesting time for the sport of boxing which has seen Premier Boxing Champions [PBC] come onto the scene in 2015. Whatever the intentions are of PBC creator, manager/adviser Al Haymon - it has certainly impacted the business in many ways. So how has it affected Top Rank and their dealings? According to Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum - "The only way that it affects it is when you sit down with these fighters and you negotiate a purse. Some of the purses that the PBC has paid are really out-of-whack, so that does have some affect, at least in negotiations. But other than that, no."
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