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46-442: In 2020, Business Insider Magazine named Northern Quest the 9th best casino in the country. Pend Oreille Pavilion, the casino's 1,200-seat indoor concert venue, opened in 2004, bringing musical performances, comedy acts, and sporting events to Airway Heights. The Pavilion also holds occasional amateur cage fighting and has been featured several times on Friday Night Fights on ESPN2 for boxing events. In 2012, Northern Quest hosted

92-551: A co-promotion agreement with Warren's Queensberry Promotions centered upon Tyson Fury , under which ESPN would hold the U.S. media rights to his bouts, and at least two per-year would occur in the United States. The deal was stated to have potential complications on prospects for a rematch against Deontay Wilder (whose last fight ended in a split draw), as Wilder is associated with Premier Boxing Champions (whose rightsholders include Fox Sports , and Showtime —who produced

138-427: A couple of more." On June 17, 2017, The Ring reported that Top Rank was nearing a two-year deal to air a package of fights on ESPN, citing growing dissatisfaction with cuts to HBO 's boxing coverage that limited scheduling options for fights. As a result, Top Rank declined to give HBO the rights to the then-upcoming Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn . The partnership was also said to include access to ESPN's archives for

184-462: A four-year deal to become the exclusive broadcaster of Top Rank bouts in the United States and Canada. The fights will be distributed through ESPN's television and digital platforms (including Spanish-language ESPN Deportes , replacing Top Rank's program for UniMás , and Canadian rights for ESPN's local partner TSN ), the ESPN+ subscription streaming service, and pay-per-view. ESPN broadcast 18 cards in

230-594: A house in Beverly Hills with the money he lost on Crawford's last three fights. Crawford did not take this lightly, responding through numerous media outlets showing his disappointment towards Arum's comments . In January 2022, Crawford sued Arum for racial bias and for the money he lost by not being promoted well enough. Arum has been married twice. He had three children with his first wife: Richard, Elizabeth, and John. His son, environmental lawyer John Arum (1961–2010), fell to his death in 2010 while climbing

276-441: A lawsuit against HBO for overstepping its boundaries in the sport by becoming a de facto promoter while trying to intentionally eliminate him as a promoter. Arum complained that HBO dropped Mayweather from his exclusive deal after he insisted his fighter have a tougher bout than the network wanted. The suit was settled out of court but Arum continued to criticize HBO by saying "Instead of working with promoters, like they have done in

322-590: A planned Top Rank over-the-top service. On June 19, 2017, ESPN announced that it had acquired rights to broadcast Pacquiao vs. Horn, marking Pacquiao's first fight on a non-premium channel, and his first non-pay per view fight since 2005. After a negotiation window with HBO expired, ESPN officially announced that it would broadcast two more Top Rank cards in August, including Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Miguel Marriaga , and Terence Crawford vs. Julius Indongo . On August 26, 2017, ESPN formally announced that it had reached

368-616: A protracted and acerbic public feud; in 2018, White briefly became a rival boxing promoter. In 1994, he was involved with John Daly for the High Noon in Hong Kong boxing event. The fights were called off at the last minute when Barry Hearn scuttled the bout by withdrawing his fighters, when no purses were forthcoming from Top Rank. In 2000, citing extortion , Arum voluntarily testified to having paid IBF president Robert W. "Bobby" Lee Sr. $ 100,000 in two installments in 1995, as

414-469: A renewed deal; co-founder Bob Arum expressed dissatisfaction at the promotion's previous package for Versus , which featured a large number of low-quality bouts. Arum explained that he would be more likely to deal with ESPN for individual fights rather than a long-term contract, explaining that "I ain't coming to them saying, 'Will you buy this fight or that fight.' We're past that. Give me a couple of dates and let us program them. You like them? Fine, give us

460-427: A suggestion by Jim Brown , whom Arum had secured for Malitz as the fight's announcer, Arum became a boxing promoter . In 2016, Brown recalled that Arum had seen a televised fight in 1965, as "The first fight Arum ever saw was Terrell – Chuvalo , and he watched that from the television truck." Arum credits Brown with introducing him to Muhammad Ali, and Ali with teaching him how to be a boxing promoter. Arum became

506-707: A third year. Bob Arum Robert Arum (born December 8, 1931 ) is an American lawyer and boxing promoter. He is the founder and CEO of Top Rank , a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas . Prior to becoming a boxing promoter, Arum was employed as an attorney in the tax division of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York . Arum was born in New York City. He grew up in

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552-486: A vice-president and secretary of Ali's promotion company, Main Bout. Mike Malitz, son of Lester, like Arum, owned 20 percent of the company and became its vice-president. Jim Brown owned 10 percent of the company and served as its vice-president in charge of publicity. Referencing his first live fight viewing, Arum was reported as saying that he "had never seen a boxing match before the first fight I did with Ali ", referring to

598-411: A weekly series known as Top Rank Boxing ; it was an early staple of ESPN's programming in the 1980s. Top Rank and ESPN later broke away from the partnership; Top Rank shifted its focus on targeting Spanish-language audiences in the U.S., while ESPN succeeded the broadcasts with a new series, Friday Night Fights , which would feature bouts from other promoters. In 2009, ESPN and Top Rank began discussing

644-463: Is good for you! It's these damn people during the Nixon administration that really put cannabis into the position where it was a drug like heroin and cocaine and that was wrong" and adding that "in a lot of ways, marijuana is better for the athlete as pain medication than the drugs.” In a 2017 VICE interview (which erroneously reports film producer Chen as Shen); Arum was also quoted as saying, "I think

690-657: The Crown Heights section of New York, with an Orthodox Jewish background. He attended Erasmus Hall High School , New York University , then Harvard Law School with fellow students recalled as "snooty guys from the prep schools and the eating clubs," where he was graduated cum laude . He worked as an attorney in the United States Department of Justice during the Kennedy administration, and had little interest in boxing until 1965. Following

736-553: The Hagler–Sugar Ray Leonard bout, the Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns 1989 rematch, Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman , and many others. Some of Arum's superstars from the 1990s include former world flyweight champion Michael Carbajal , six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya , eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao , and three-division world champion Erik Morales . Arum also promoted

782-587: The Kalispel Tribe opened Northern Quest Casino, consisting of 55,540 square feet of gaming, restaurants, and back-of-house operations. In 2002, 35,000 square feet of additional gaming space opened to the public. In 2009, the Tribe opened a 250-room hotel, and the casino was renamed Northern Quest Resort & Casino. Completed along with the new resort were La Rive Spa, Masselow’s Steakhouse, The Lounge at Masselow’s, and Marketplace. This new expansion increased

828-667: The NFL is gonna revise its policy on marijuana and I think everybody should. It was the Nixon administration that demonized marijuana, to the real harm of a lot of people, particularly people who have terminal cancer. Marijuana can be a very therapeutic thing." Arum has appeared on several television documentaries, boxing specials, movies and shows, usually being interviewed about a boxer or fight but occasionally as an actor himself, including in Play It To The Bone (where he played

874-542: The Nevada State Athletic Commission . Boxing promoters Cedric Kushner and Dino Duva also admitted to making similar payments to Lee. Oscar De La Hoya successfully sued Arum and was legally released from his contract with Top Rank in January 2001. Following years of acrimony, he and De La Hoya publicly salvaged their relationship in 2014. In 2003, Arum complained about judging in

920-536: The 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy and his Justice Department service under Robert F. Kennedy ; Arum joined Wall Street law firm Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, where he researched Kennedy's assassination for senior partner Louis Nizer , author of the foreword to the Warren Commission Report. In 1963, as a prosecutor for the Department of justice , Arum's work led to

966-703: The 1966 Muhammad Ali vs. George Chuvalo Vancouver bout. During the 1980s, Arum became a driving force behind the sport, rivaling Don King . Arum organized superfights including Marvin Hagler vs. Roberto Durán and Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns . Arum mounted the Hagler– John Mugabi , Hearns– James Shuler doubleheader in Las Vegas in April, 1986. After the Hearns–Shuler fight, Shuler, who had lost by knockout in

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1012-666: The Kalispel Tribe opened the River Tower, a second hotel tower featuring 192 rooms and suites, bringing the total number of rooms at Northern Quest to 442, and earning Northern Quest the new title of largest casino resort in Washington State. 47°39′31″N 117°33′39″W  /  47.6586°N 117.5609°W  / 47.6586; -117.5609 Friday Night Fights The cable television network ESPN has occasionally broadcast boxing events over

1058-638: The PPV for Wilder and Fury's initial fight). In April 2019, ESPN broadcast its first Top Rank PPV, featuring Terence Crawford against Amir Khan for the WBO Welterweight title. In December 2019, it was announced that a Wilder/Fury re-match had been scheduled for February 2020, and that the PPV would be a joint presentation of ESPN and Fox Sports . The broadcast was largely produced by ESPN staff, with Fox Sports personalities joining those of ESPN. In 1998, ESPN premiered Friday Night Fights ;

1104-547: The September 13 bout between Oscar De La Hoya and Sugar Shane Mosley and suggested there was a vendetta against him from a member of the Nevada State Commission that led to De La Hoya's loss. Arum later made an apology for the remark which commission chairman Luther Mack accepted. In the first week of January 2004, FBI agents raided Arum's Top Rank office in Las Vegas. Arum was on vacation when his office

1150-467: The US state of California on charges of illegal hand wraps, implying that it was racially motivated and stating that Top Rank would not come back to the state of California until the issue was rectified. In 2020, Arum stated that one of his top boxers, Terence Crawford should also start promoting himself better. He compared his situation with several other greats in the sport. Arum stated he could have built

1196-495: The final time on May 22, 2015, covering the finals of the 2015 Boxcino tournament. The network announced that it had reached a multi-year deal with Al Haymon 's Premier Boxing Champions to broadcast 11 events per-year on the main ESPN network, primarily on Saturday nights, and an afternoon event on ABC . Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas will carry over to serve as hosts. ESPN is one of several major broadcasters that airs fights through

1242-463: The first half of a $ 200,000 bribe, through "middleman, Stanley Hoffman", adding that Lee had first demanded $ 500,000 to approve the Schulz–Foreman fight but had settled for the lesser amount of $ 200,000 (half of which was never paid). Lee was indicted for racketeering in 1999, but convicted of money laundering and tax evasion in 2000. Following his testimony, Arum was sanctioned and fined $ 125,000 by

1288-525: The first round, showed up at Arum's hotel room to thank him for the opportunity to fight Hearns. ten days after that bout, Shuler died in a motorcycle accident. In 1994, he tried to add basketball to his interests, joining forces with Fred Hofheinz and Louisiana politicians to purchase and relocate the Minnesota Timberwolves to New Orleans , but the deal was rejected. Arum kept producing big-scale undercards and superfights, including

1334-474: The first year of the deal. On August 2, 2018, ESPN announced an extension of the agreement through 2025. The deal would also call for Top Rank to acquire U.S. rights to 24 international cards per-year for broadcast on ESPN+; in September 2018, ESPN and Top Rank acquired rights to cards in the United Kingdom from British promoter Frank Warren —a friend of Arum. In February 2019, Top Rank entered into

1380-642: The former lightweight world champion; and Mexican Óscar Valdez , the former WBC super featherweight world champion. Arum has concentrated many of his shows in the Southwestern portion of the U.S., in cities with large Spanish-speaking populations. He is also the promoter of many of the cards on Telefutura, a Spanish language network. He later shifted over to Azteca América . In 2016, he put together an all-Hispanic undercard for Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley III in protest of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump 's statements on Mexican immigration. Arum

1426-720: The high caliber of the Pepsi Outdoor Concerts. The 2024 outdoor concert season was the casino’s largest to date, with 27 shows occurring between July and September. Northern Quest has hosted many star-studded shows including Steve Miller Band , Journey , Toby Keith , Willie Nelson , Darius Rucker , Ringo Starr , Foreigner , Dierks Bentley , Sammy Hagar , Dolly Parton , Brad Paisley , Kelly Clarkson , Train , Pitbull , ZZ Top , Heart , and Snoop Dogg , as well as comedians: Gabriel Iglesias , Steve Martin & Martin Short , and Jeff Dunham . In December 2000,

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1472-529: The inaugural U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Women's Boxing inside Pend Oreille Pavilion. In 2011, Northern Quest launched its outdoor concert venue, BECU Live, featuring seating for more than 5,000 guests. Each summer, the casino hosts big-name musicians and comedians during the Pepsi Outdoor Concerts. Northern Quest was nominated for “Casino of the Year” in 2012 and 2022 by the Academy of Country Music Awards for

1518-529: The indictment of the president of the Washington Heights Savings and Loan Association, Floyd Cramer, for leading a mortgage tax-evasion scheme. Cramer committed suicide hours after being indicted, at which time Arum recalled, "What kind of person causes another man to take his own life? I was ashamed. I knew then that I wasn't cut out to be a prosecutor". Arum continued to practice civil law until dissolving his office in 1979. In 1962, Arum

1564-455: The legendary champion Julio César Chávez in his later years of boxing. Arum has concentrated largely on promoting Hispanic fighters in recent years, citing surveys which show boxing is among the most popular sports within the Hispanic community. This strategy began after his success signing Roberto Durán and promoting Durán's comeback fight against Davey Moore , which demonstrated that he

1610-399: The majority of its history, as part of several arrangements, including contracts with specific promotions and consortiums such as Golden Boy Promotions , Premier Boxing Champions , and Top Rank , as well as Friday Night Fights —a semi-regular series that was broadcast by ESPN and ESPN2 from 1998 through 2015. From 1980 to 1996, ESPN broadcast fights from the promoter Top Rank through

1656-603: The north face of Storm King, a mountain in North Cascades National Park ; he is most remembered for his meticulous representation of Native American tribal rights. In 1991, he married Lovee duBoef with whom he has two stepchildren; Todd duBoef, President of Top Rank and Dena duBoef, vice president of Top Rank. Arum was a close friend and business partner of the late billionaire casino tycoon, and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp , Sheldon Adelson . Arum endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in

1702-488: The past, they have become promoters themselves. They make the fights just like promoters and pay fighters", Arum said. "It's their money and they can do what they want but Don King doesn't have to go along with it and neither do I. King and I can get along without HBO or Showtime ... The problem HBO Sports got into is they became defenders of the status quo. They held you back because they had control." In 2009, Arum defended Antonio Margarito when he lost his boxing license in

1748-445: The promotion, which also includes NBC , CBS , their respective cable sports networks, as well as Spike . ESPN aired its last PBC fight in mid 2016. On January 19, 2017, ESPN announced an agreement with Golden Boy Promotions to broadcast Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN . Under a two-year deal, ESPN and ESPN Deportes broadcast 42 Golden Boy-promoted cards, with 18 airing in 2017 and 24 airing in 2018. The contract included an option for

1794-450: The run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Arum, who appeared as corrupt DEA agent "Stokes" in the 1975 film The Marijuana Affair at the behest of his friend, Jamaican-born boxing promoter, filmmaker, bookie, and horse-racing aficionado Lucien Chen (June 6, 1928 – December 16, 2015), has advocated for the decriminalization of cannabis ; and, in a 2017 interview, stated that he had started smoking it in 1966, declaring, "Cannabis

1840-982: The series traditionally featured bouts involving both up-and-coming and seasoned professional boxers, along with studio segments covering headlines and developments across the sport. As implied by its title, the program was primarily broadcast on Friday nights, semi-regularly. Ringside commentary was provided by Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas ; previous seasons featured boxing analyst Max Kellerman alongside Brian Kenny and sportscaster Bob Papa in Tessitore's role ringside with Atlas. The program spawned spinoffs, Tuesday Night Fights and Wednesday Night Fights . A Spanish-language version, Noche de Combates , aired on ESPN Deportes and ESPN Latin America . Boxers who have fought on Tuesday Night Fights : Boxers who have fought on Wednesday Night Fights : On March 19, 2015, ESPN announced that Friday Night Fights would air for

1886-642: The size of Northern Quest to more than a half-million square feet and allowed the Tribe to employ more than 2,000 people. In 2018, the casino opened Windfall, a 13,000-square-foot retail space featuring outdoor brands, apparel, and home goods. In 2019, Northern Quest RV Resort opened near Northern Quest, offering additional overnight options with 67 RV sites and 18 one- and two-bedroom cottages. In December 2021, with sports betting recently legalized in Washington State, Northern Quest opened Turf Club Sports Book. The state-of-the-art sportsbook allows guests to place legal wagers on sporting events of all kinds. In 2023,

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1932-427: The summer of 2006 with no charges being filed. In 2007, Yahoo Sports reported that, " Floyd Mayweather Jr. essentially accused Arum, who promoted him from the beginning of his career in 1996 until 2006, of underpaying him, exploiting his talents and manipulating officials." Mayweather, who also became a boxing promoter, stated to Yahoo Sports in 2015, "I don't have anything bad to say about Bob Arum." Arum filed

1978-480: Was assigned by the Department of Justice to confiscate proceeds from the September 25, 1962 Sonny Liston vs. Floyd Patterson world heavyweight boxing title fight ; during which he met closed-circuit television (CCTV) pioneer and former Leo Burnett & Co. vice-president Lester M. Malitz (1907 – July 24, 1965) of Lester M. Malitz Inc. Malitz was the promoter of the 1965 Terrell–Chuvalo bout, during which he retained Arum to represent him. In 1966, subsequent to

2024-589: Was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 1999. In 2003 he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame . As a boxing promoter, Arum had been involved in many spats and controversies, including a 40-year feud with Don King , with whom he has co-promoted several fights. UFC president Dana White has also been a vocal critic and the two have engaged in

2070-461: Was not washed up after the 1980 "No más" fight . Next, he signed Julio César Chávez Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya . He has had great success with Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto , who won world titles at the 140, 147, 154, 160-pound weight divisions; Mexican-American Antonio Margarito , who held a 147-pound WBO belt from 2002 to 2007; Mexican-American José Ramírez , the former WBC and WBO light welterweight world champion; Honduran-American Teófimo López ,

2116-556: Was raided and the FBI originally declined to comment on the raid. The news media reported that the FBI was investigating allegations that Top Rank was involved in fixing the rematch between De La Hoya and Shane Mosley , even though De La Hoya lost and Arum was De La Hoya's promoter. The federal agency also announced it was investigating some of Eric Esch 's fights, as well as the Jorge Páez – Verdell Smith fight. The investigation closed in

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