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Top Rank, Inc. is a Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
 based boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 promotion company founded by Bob Arum
Bob Arum

Robert "Bob" Arum is professional boxing promoter. He also worked for the US Attorneys Office for the southern district of New York, in the Tax division....
, which was incorporated in 1973. Since its founding, the company has promoted several world class fighters, such as Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiáo

Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao , known as Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao is a professional Filipino people boxing. He is the former World Boxing Council List of WBC world champions#Lightweight, World Boxing Council List of WBC world champions#Superfeatherweight, International Boxing Federation List of IBF world champions#Junior featherweight, and...
, Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali is a retired United States boxing and former three-time List of heavyweight boxing champions.As an amateur, Ali won a gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in the light heavyweight division gold medal....
, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Alexis Arguello, Paulie Ayala
Paulie Ayala

Paulie Ayala is a Mexico-United States former boxer who is a two time world champion. Ayala is a born-again Christianity, and he professed so by thanking God for his success after virtually each one of his fights....
, Iran Barkley
Iran Barkley

Iran Barkley is an United States former boxing....
, Michael Carbajal
Michael Carbajal

Michael Carbajal is a Phoenix, Arizona, Arizona, United States native who is a retired four-time world boxing champion. He is nickname "Little Hands Of Stone," after his favorite boxer, the legendary "Hands Of Stone," Panamanian Roberto Dur?n....
, Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar de la Hoya

Oscar De La Hoya — nicknamed "The Golden Boy" — is an United States boxing and promoter who won a List of Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics....
, Roberto Duran
Roberto Durán

Roberto Dur?n is a retired professional boxing from Panama, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. During his career he was nicknamed "Manos de Piedra", "Hands of Stone"....
, Eric "Butterbean" Esch
Eric Esch

Eric Scott "Butterbean" Esch is a professional Super-Heavyweight boxing, kickboxer and mixed martial artist. Butterbean stands 5 ft 11 in tall and weighs 416 pounds ....
, George Foreman
George Foreman

George Edward Foreman is an United States two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and entrepreneur.He is the oldest man ever to win a major heavyweight title when, at 45, he knocked out 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round....
, Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier

Joseph William Frazier, known as Smokin' Joe, is a former Olympic and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, active mostly from the later 1960s to the mid 1970s....
, Marvin Hagler
Marvin Hagler

Marvelous Marvin Hagler , is a former United States boxing. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest middleweights of all time and finished his career with a record of 62-3-2 with 52 knockouts....
, Thomas Hearns
Thomas Hearns

Thomas "Hitman" Hearns , is an United States 8-time world champion professional boxing.Hearns became the first ever quadruple world champion in boxing history....
, Larry Holmes
Larry Holmes

Larry Holmes is a former world heavyweight boxing champion. Holmes has spent the majority of his adult life in Easton, Pennsylvania, in the state's Lehigh Valley region, giving rise to his boxing nickname, The Easton Assassin....
, Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Ray Leonard

Ray Charles Leonard is a retired American professional boxing. Named Fighter of the Decade for the 1980s, he is widely considered to be one of the best boxers of all time, winning world titles at multiple weights and engaging in contests with such celebrated opponents as Wilfred Benitez, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran and Marvin Hagler....
, Ray Mancini
Ray Mancini

Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is an Italian-American former boxing. He held the World Boxing Association lightweight championship for two years in the 1980s....
, Carlos Monzon
Carlos Monzón

Carlos Monz?n was an Argentina boxing who held the world middleweight title for 7 years, during which he made a then-division record of 14 defenses....
, Terry Norris
Terry Norris

Terry Wayne Norris is a retired American boxing and a three-time world champion in the junior middleweight division. Originally from Lubbock, Texas, Texas, he fought out of San Diego....
, Gabriel Ruelas
Gabriel Ruelas

Gabriel Ruelas, , was a professional boxing.Ruelas turned pro in 1988 and in 1993 challenged WBC Super Featherweight Title holder Azumah Nelson, losing a close majority decision....
, Rafael Ruelas
Rafael Ruelas

Rafael Ruelas was a professional boxer. Ruelas was a very popular Mexican fighter, best known for his devastating knockout loss to Oscar de la Hoya; a loss which left Oscar somewhat scorned by the Mexican community due to his ruthless destruction of a hero....
, James Toney
James Toney

James "Lights Out" Toney is a professional boxing from Ann Arbor, Michigan....
 and many others. The company has promoted such superfights as Hagler vs Leonard, Chavez vs De La Hoya, Holyfield vs Foreman, Foreman vs Moorer, Leonard vs Hearns, Hagler vs Hearns, Ali vs Frazier II and both Ali vs Spinks fights.






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Top Rank, Inc. is a Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
 based boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 promotion company founded by Bob Arum
Bob Arum

Robert "Bob" Arum is professional boxing promoter. He also worked for the US Attorneys Office for the southern district of New York, in the Tax division....
, which was incorporated in 1973. Since its founding, the company has promoted several world class fighters, such as Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiáo

Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao , known as Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao is a professional Filipino people boxing. He is the former World Boxing Council List of WBC world champions#Lightweight, World Boxing Council List of WBC world champions#Superfeatherweight, International Boxing Federation List of IBF world champions#Junior featherweight, and...
, Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali is a retired United States boxing and former three-time List of heavyweight boxing champions.As an amateur, Ali won a gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in the light heavyweight division gold medal....
, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Alexis Arguello, Paulie Ayala
Paulie Ayala

Paulie Ayala is a Mexico-United States former boxer who is a two time world champion. Ayala is a born-again Christianity, and he professed so by thanking God for his success after virtually each one of his fights....
, Iran Barkley
Iran Barkley

Iran Barkley is an United States former boxing....
, Michael Carbajal
Michael Carbajal

Michael Carbajal is a Phoenix, Arizona, Arizona, United States native who is a retired four-time world boxing champion. He is nickname "Little Hands Of Stone," after his favorite boxer, the legendary "Hands Of Stone," Panamanian Roberto Dur?n....
, Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar de la Hoya

Oscar De La Hoya — nicknamed "The Golden Boy" — is an United States boxing and promoter who won a List of Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics....
, Roberto Duran
Roberto Durán

Roberto Dur?n is a retired professional boxing from Panama, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. During his career he was nicknamed "Manos de Piedra", "Hands of Stone"....
, Eric "Butterbean" Esch
Eric Esch

Eric Scott "Butterbean" Esch is a professional Super-Heavyweight boxing, kickboxer and mixed martial artist. Butterbean stands 5 ft 11 in tall and weighs 416 pounds ....
, George Foreman
George Foreman

George Edward Foreman is an United States two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and entrepreneur.He is the oldest man ever to win a major heavyweight title when, at 45, he knocked out 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round....
, Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier

Joseph William Frazier, known as Smokin' Joe, is a former Olympic and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, active mostly from the later 1960s to the mid 1970s....
, Marvin Hagler
Marvin Hagler

Marvelous Marvin Hagler , is a former United States boxing. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest middleweights of all time and finished his career with a record of 62-3-2 with 52 knockouts....
, Thomas Hearns
Thomas Hearns

Thomas "Hitman" Hearns , is an United States 8-time world champion professional boxing.Hearns became the first ever quadruple world champion in boxing history....
, Larry Holmes
Larry Holmes

Larry Holmes is a former world heavyweight boxing champion. Holmes has spent the majority of his adult life in Easton, Pennsylvania, in the state's Lehigh Valley region, giving rise to his boxing nickname, The Easton Assassin....
, Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Ray Leonard

Ray Charles Leonard is a retired American professional boxing. Named Fighter of the Decade for the 1980s, he is widely considered to be one of the best boxers of all time, winning world titles at multiple weights and engaging in contests with such celebrated opponents as Wilfred Benitez, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran and Marvin Hagler....
, Ray Mancini
Ray Mancini

Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is an Italian-American former boxing. He held the World Boxing Association lightweight championship for two years in the 1980s....
, Carlos Monzon
Carlos Monzón

Carlos Monz?n was an Argentina boxing who held the world middleweight title for 7 years, during which he made a then-division record of 14 defenses....
, Terry Norris
Terry Norris

Terry Wayne Norris is a retired American boxing and a three-time world champion in the junior middleweight division. Originally from Lubbock, Texas, Texas, he fought out of San Diego....
, Gabriel Ruelas
Gabriel Ruelas

Gabriel Ruelas, , was a professional boxing.Ruelas turned pro in 1988 and in 1993 challenged WBC Super Featherweight Title holder Azumah Nelson, losing a close majority decision....
, Rafael Ruelas
Rafael Ruelas

Rafael Ruelas was a professional boxer. Ruelas was a very popular Mexican fighter, best known for his devastating knockout loss to Oscar de la Hoya; a loss which left Oscar somewhat scorned by the Mexican community due to his ruthless destruction of a hero....
, James Toney
James Toney

James "Lights Out" Toney is a professional boxing from Ann Arbor, Michigan....
 and many others. The company has promoted such superfights as Hagler vs Leonard, Chavez vs De La Hoya, Holyfield vs Foreman, Foreman vs Moorer, Leonard vs Hearns, Hagler vs Hearns, Ali vs Frazier II and both Ali vs Spinks fights. The company also promoted George Foreman's comeback to regain the world championship, culminating in the knockout of then IBF
International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and WBO....
/WBA
World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level....
 champion Michael Moorer
Michael Moorer

Michael Lee Moorer is a boxing who is a former light heavyweight and heavyweight World Champion....
 on November 5, 1994. Recently the company has focused primarily on Hispanic fighters.

Top Rank Boxing and then-fledgling ESPN
ESPN

ESPN is a United States cable television Television network dedicated to Broadcasting of sports events and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day....
 formed a partnership to bring a weekly boxing to the cable network which culminated with the first regularly televised boxing series since 1964. The first event was held on April 10, 1980 in Atlantic City
Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a City in Atlantic County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Famous for its boardwalk, casino, sandy beaches, shopping centers, spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean, and as the inspiration for the board game Monopoly , Atlantic City is a resort community located on Absecon Island on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean....
, when middleweight Frank Fletcher
Frank Fletcher

Francis or Frank Fletcher may refer to:*Frank Friday Fletcher , U.S. Navy Admiral, namesake of the USS Fletcher *Frank Jack Fletcher , U.S....
 decisioned Ben Serrano. The now defunct Top Rank Boxing on ESPN was the longest running cable series and weekly boxing series in history, after celebrating its 16th consecutive year in 1996.

Legal disputes

Top Rank was involved in a legal dispute with Golden Boy Promotions
Golden Boy Promotions

Golden Boy Promotions, Inc. is a combat sport promotional firm started by former boxing world champion in six weight divisions, Oscar De La Hoya, ....
 (owned by De La Hoya, whom the company formerly promoted) involving Manny Pacquiao which was recently settled to allow for future Top Rank fighters facing Golden Boy Promotions fighters starting in Oct 2007 with Manny Pacquiao vs Marco Antonio Barrera 2, Miguel Cotto vs Shane Mosley in November 2007, Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez 2 in March 08, Bernard Hopkins Vs Kelly Pavlik in Nov 08, De La Hoya vs Pacquiao in Dec 08, Mosley Vs Antonio Margarito in Jan 2009.

Top Rank owner Bob Arum has also had a long-standing feud with owner of Don King Promotions, Don King. The two have been accused of having a strangle hold over the sport of boxing and have had several altercations over the forty plus years they have been competing with each other.

Current fighters

  • Jose Aguiniga
  • Mike Alvarado
    Mike Alvarado

    Mike Alvarado is an United States professional boxing who fights in the light welterweight division. His current record is 24-0-0 with 17 KOs and is scheduled to fight on the undercard of Kelly Pavlik-Marco Antonio Rubio on February 21, 2009 at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown, Ohio....
  • Jorge Arce
    Jorge Arce

    Jorge Arce is a professional boxer who was World Boxing Organisation world champion in the light flyweight division, as well as the World Boxing Council interim flyweight champion....
  • Urbano Antillon
  • Jose Luis Castillo
    José Luis Castillo

    Jos? Luis Castillo is a Mexico Boxing. Nicknamed El Temible, Castillo has a current record of 57-9-1 with 49 knockouts. He is best known for his grueling fight against Diego Corrales for the World Boxing Council-World Boxing Organization lightweight title unification on May 7, 2005....
  • Martin Castillo
    Martín Castillo

    Jos? Mart?n Castillo is a Boxing from Mexico, who is more commonly known as Mart?n Castillo. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and is a former World Boxing Association Superflyweight champion....
  • Julio Cesar Chavez Jr
  • Joshua Clottey
    Joshua Clottey

    Joshua Clottey is a Welterweight boxer who hails from Accra, Ghana, but now lives in the Bronx, New York. He is currently the International Boxing Federation Welterweight Champion....
  • Miguel Cotto
    Miguel Cotto

    Miguel ?ngel Cotto is a Puerto Rican people professional boxing. As an amateur, Cotto represented Puerto Rico in the lightweight and light welterweight divisions at various international events including the 1999 Pan American Games, the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 1998 Junior World Championships where he won a silver medal....
  • Kid Diamond
    Kid Diamond

    Almazbek Raiymkulov, better known as Kid Diamond is a boxer in the Lightweight division....
  • Nonito Donaire
    Nonito Donaire

    Nonito Donaire, Jr. , nicknamed The Filipino Flash because of his speed and reflexes , is a Philippines boxing and the current International Boxing Federation and IBO world champion in the flyweight category....
  • Yuri Foreman
    Yuri Foreman

    Yuri Foreman is a 5'11" undefeated professional Israeli middleweight boxing....
  • Don George
  • Juan Manuel Lopez
    Juan Manuel López

    Juan Manuel L?pez Martinez is a former Spain football player, mainly as a central defender .A player of great physical approach, L?pez was prone to red card and injuries....
  • Steven Luevano
    Steven Luevano

    Steven Luevano is an Mexican-American boxer in the Featherweight division.Luevano turned pro in 2000 and compiled a record of 32-1-0, which included a win over future champion Cristobal Cruz....
  • Antonio Margarito
    Antonio Margarito

    Antonio Margarito in Torrance, California Is a Mexican American boxer and is a former World Boxing Association Welterweight Champion. He is also a former International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization Welterweight champion....
  • Vanes Martirosyan
    Vanes Martirosyan

    Vanes "The Nightmare" Martirosyan born in Abovyan, Armenia is an American boxer of Armenians descent....
  • Erik Morales
    Erik Morales

    ?rik Isaac "El Terrible" Morales Elvira is a semi-retired Mexican professional Boxing. He is a former seven-time world champion at WBC / WBO Super bantamweight , WBC Featherweight , WBC Super featherweight, WBC International Super Featherweight , and the IBF Junior lightweight divisions....
  • Tommy Morrison
    Tommy Morrison

    Tommy David Morrison is a heavyweight boxing, and the former World Boxing Organization champion. Dubbed "The Duke," he is a grandnephew of Hollywood star John Wayne, and in 1990 was co-star of the boxing movie Rocky V....
  • Bobby Pacquiao
    Bobby Pacquiao

    Alberto Dapidran Pacquiao, better known as Bobby Pacquiao, is a lightweight boxer. He is the younger brother of Manny Pacquiao, the World Boxing Council lightweight title holder....
  • Manny Pacquiao
    Manny Pacquiáo

    Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao , known as Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao is a professional Filipino people boxing. He is the former World Boxing Council List of WBC world champions#Lightweight, World Boxing Council List of WBC world champions#Superfeatherweight, International Boxing Federation List of IBF world champions#Junior featherweight, and...
  • Kelly Pavlik
    Kelly Pavlik

    Kelly Johnson Pavlik is an United States professional boxing. He is The Ring , World Boxing Council, and World Boxing Organization middleweight champion, defeating Jermain Taylor to earn those titles....
  • Alejando Perez
  • Hasim Rahman
    Hasim Rahman

    Hasim "The Rock" Sharif Rahman , is an United States Boxing who became the heavyweight champion of the world by knocking out Lennox Lewis in 2001....
  • Ray Sanchez
  • Giovanni Segura
  • Humberto Soto
    Humberto Soto

    Armando Humberto Soto Ochoa is a Mexican professional boxing and the current WBC Super Featherweight champion. Soto also won the WBC interim featherweight title by beating Rocky Juarez on August 20, 2005, a fight he accepted with two weeks notice....
  • Anthony Thompson
    Anthony Thompson

    Anthony Tyrone Thompson is a boxer in the Middleweight division.As of August 2008 Thompson has a record of 23 victories, 17 coming by the way of knockout, with three defeats....
  • Edwin Valero
    Edwin Valero

    Edwin Valero is an undefeated southpaw boxing who fought in the super featherweight division until he moved to lightweight. His professional boxing record is 24-0 ....
  • Brian Viloria
    Brian Viloria

    Brian Viloria is an United States professional Boxing of Filipino people ancestry and a former World Boxing Council world light flyweight champion....
  • Jose Luis Zertuche


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