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★BOB★ ARUM

THE key is to constantly have young people involved in the business,” says Bob Arum, 88 years young and still the biggest hitter in the boxing business.

“It’s very, very hard for an older person not to be caught up in the ways he was used to in the past. As soon as I hear an idea that I am not familiar with that involves new technology, I go to my young people and they have read about it, or know about it, and they can brief me.”

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