Arum continued an indefatigable and sometimes confrontational career now in its sixth decade, with stints promoting fighters from Marvin Hagler and Robert Duran to Julio Cesar Chavez and current champion Manny Pacquiao.
Summarizing an avalanche of efforts to equalize lives by improving the schools attended by poor kids, economist Eric A. Hanushek of the University of Rochester and economic consultant Julie A. Somers of PHB Hagler Bailly report that these efforts have failed.