Bob Arum
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Bob Arum is a prominent American boxing promoter and founder of Top Rank, known for promoting many of the sport’s biggest stars and events over several decades.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bob Arum canonical | 8 |
| Robert Arum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5732893 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Bob Arum Context triple: [Marvin Hagler, promotedBy, Bob Arum]
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A.
Don Peterman
Don Peterman was an American cinematographer known for his work on major Hollywood films across several decades, including comedies, dramas, and visual-effects-heavy productions.
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B.
Larry Holmes
Larry Holmes is an American former professional boxer best known as the long-reigning WBC and IBF heavyweight champion who successfully defended his title 20 times between 1978 and 1985.
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C.
Shane Mosley
Shane Mosley is an American former professional boxer renowned as a multiple-weight world champion and one of the sport’s top pound-for-pound fighters of his era.
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D.
Paul Heyman
Paul Heyman is a prominent professional wrestling promoter, on-screen manager, and creative mind best known for his influential work in ECW and WWE.
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E.
Micky Ward
Micky Ward is a former American professional boxer from Lowell, Massachusetts, best known for his trilogy of brutal, crowd-pleasing fights with Arturo Gatti and for inspiring the film "The Fighter."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob Arum Target entity description: Bob Arum is a prominent American boxing promoter and founder of Top Rank, known for promoting many of the sport’s biggest stars and events over several decades.
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A.
Don Peterman
Don Peterman was an American cinematographer known for his work on major Hollywood films across several decades, including comedies, dramas, and visual-effects-heavy productions.
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B.
Larry Holmes
Larry Holmes is an American former professional boxer best known as the long-reigning WBC and IBF heavyweight champion who successfully defended his title 20 times between 1978 and 1985.
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C.
Shane Mosley
Shane Mosley is an American former professional boxer renowned as a multiple-weight world champion and one of the sport’s top pound-for-pound fighters of his era.
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D.
Paul Heyman
Paul Heyman is a prominent professional wrestling promoter, on-screen manager, and creative mind best known for his influential work in ECW and WWE.
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E.
Micky Ward
Micky Ward is a former American professional boxer from Lowell, Massachusetts, best known for his trilogy of brutal, crowd-pleasing fights with Arturo Gatti and for inspiring the film "The Fighter."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
boxing promoter
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human ⓘ |
| activeYearsInBoxingPromotion | since the mid-1960s ⓘ |
| birthName |
Robert Arum
ⓘ
linked to:
Bob Arum
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-12-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard Law School
ⓘ
New York University ⓘ |
| employer | Top Rank ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Arum ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | professional boxing ⓘ |
| founderOf | Top Rank ⓘ |
| genre | combat sports promotion ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree |
Bachelor's degree
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Juris Doctor ⓘ |
| hasChild | John Arum ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Lovee Arum ⓘ |
| industry | sports promotion ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding and leading Top Rank boxing promotion company
ⓘ
promoting many of the sport’s biggest stars and events over several decades ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Bob Arum ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
helped popularize pay-per-view boxing events
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multi-decade career as a leading boxing promoter ⓘ promoted numerous world title fights across multiple weight divisions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
long-term promotion of Manny Pacquiao
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promotion of Floyd Mayweather Jr. early in his career ⓘ promotion of Marvin Hagler ⓘ promotion of Muhammad Ali fights ⓘ promotion of Oscar De La Hoya ⓘ promotion of Tyson Fury ⓘ promotion of Vasiliy Lomachenko ⓘ promotion of major world championship boxing matches ⓘ |
| occupation |
boxing promoter
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business executive ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Democratic Party (United States)
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linked to:
Democratic Party
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| positionHeld | CEO of Top Rank ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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linked to:
Las Vegas, Nevada
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| workedAs | attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice early in his career ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bob Arum Description of subject: Bob Arum is a prominent American boxing promoter and founder of Top Rank, known for promoting many of the sport’s biggest stars and events over several decades.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.