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Interview with Joseph C. Behne, Jr., July 22, 2004

Date

2004-07-22

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Narrator affiliation: Test Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, late 1970s

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1978 to 1979

Archival Collection

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Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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Transcript of interview with Bob Arum by Barbara Tabach, October 20, 2016

Date

2016-10-20

Archival Collection

Description

Bob Arum is the founder and CEO of Top Rank boxing promotions company in Las Vegas, Nevada. Born in New York, Arum is a former attorney and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He promoted his first fight for Muhammad Ali in 1966 and moved Top Rank’s headquarters to Las Vegas in 1986. He has produced countless fights in the city and helped to make it “The Fight Capital of the World.” In this interview, Arum talks about the path that led him to a career in boxing promotion, from childhood in Brooklyn, New York, to education at New York University and Harvard Law School, and finally meeting Muhammad Ali while working at New York law firm. He discusses his work with Ali, as well as other boxers, including Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Tommy Hearns, Roberto Durán, George Foreman, and Oscar De La Hoya, and the growth and evolution of the sport over the past forty years. In addition, Arum talks about the role of Judaism in his life, his involvement with the local Jewish community, and the importance of the Chabad movement.

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