Editorial: Arum’s payments deserved a rebuke

Friday, Aug. 18, 2000 | 10:01 a.m.

The Nevada State Athletic Commission did the right thing this week when it fined boxing promoter Bob Arum $125,000 and placed him on six months' probation. Arum, under oath during a deposition in the federal government's racketeering case against International Boxing Federation President Robert W. Lee, acknowledged he paid the IBF $100,000 to sanction as a title fight the 1995 bout between George Foreman and Axel Schulz.

While Arum told the truth about what transpired, we have to ask ourselves how many other promoters haven't been asked such questions under oath -- or even if they had given sworn depositions, would they have told the truth anyway? If nothing else, this matter has provided a peek into a very dangerous disease that could further harm a sport that already has a tarnished reputation.

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