Arum continued an indefatigable and sometimes confrontational career now in its sixth decade, with stints promoting fighters from MarvinHagler and Robert Duran to Julio Cesar Chavez and current champion Manny Pacquiao.
"We're bringing boxing back to its roots, " says HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg, who favors a return to a 1980s model where only big fights featuring the likes of Thomas Hearns, MarvinHagler and Sugar Ray Leonard were deemed worthy of closed-circuit status (closed-circuit theater and arena telecasts being the forerunner of today's pay-per-view).