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It's no secret that Bob Arum is a promoter of legendary skills. Having worked with Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns, he knows talent when he sees it.

In this FanHouse video, Arum ranks Manny Pacquiao above boxing's all time greats. He also discusses the Filipino fighter's impact on the sport of boxing, his analysis of Cotto's defeat and where boxing falls in the American sports hierarchy.

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Michael Marley has spent more than four decades as a boxing writer and sometime Don King publicist, having worked with notables like Muhammad Ali and Felix Trinidad. In this video, Marley favorably likens Manny Pacquiao's celebrity to Ali's, draws comparisons of Miguel Cotto to Trinidad and predicts the winner of the Saturday's Cotto-Pacquiao fight.

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Bob Arum promotes both Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto and shares his favorite moments with each. Having worked for George Foreman during his "Rumble In The Jungle" with Muhammad Ali, Bill Caplan tells where he believes the fight ranks, historically, and boxing expert, Michael Rosenthal, picks the winner in this exclusive FanHouse interview.

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Manny Pacquiao graces the cover of Time Magazine's Asia edition, and his corresponding five-page feature story is being included in the U.S. Edition with Hillary Clinton on its front.

The fighter's appearance in the magazine, which hit the news stands this past Friday, comes on the heels of his being in ESPN's Body Issue, his first, primetime television appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and his recognition as a 2009 Gusi Peace Prize laureate.

As the focus of the feature entitled The Meaning Of Manny, the fighter is amazed at his cross-over appeal.

"I absolutely had no idea that when I started my career in boxing, to provide a better life for myself and my family, that I would now be where I am today, and on the cover of Time Magazine," said Pacquiao, who will go after Miguel Cotto's WBO welterweight (147 pounds) title this Saturday at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.

George Foreman was 28 fights into his comeback from a 10-year absence from the ring, had won 27 times, stopped 25 of his opponents, and failed during his first attempt at winning a heavyweight title.

But Foreman wasn't going to blow his second chance at world championship glory, when he faced southpaw Michael Moorer.

This time, the 45-year-old grandfather and father of nine was ready.

Foreman, 60, talks about his historic accomplishment as well as life after boxing during this, the fourth and final installment of a four-part series detailing how he became boxing's oldest man to win a division's crown.

Boxing publicist Bill Caplan has known George Foreman forever.

Caplan was there when an 19-year-old Foreman won the gold medal in the 1968 Olympics, and through Foreman's two stints as world heavyweight champion.

Caplan was there when a 45-year-old Foreman became the division's oldest champion by stopping Michael Moorer 15 years ago this coming Thursday. And of course, Caplan was there in Zaire, 35 years ago, when Foreman was dethroned by Muhammad Ali's "Rope-a-Dope" in Kinshasa, Zaire.

After the jump, Caplan, 74, talks about Foreman's journey to, and their experience in Zaire, and how it ties into his achievement against Moorer.

George Foreman was not supposed to defend his crown against Muhammad Ali in Africa until Sept. 10, 1974, but New York Post columnist Larry Merchant had arrived in Kinshasa, Zaire, several days prior to what he called "the crush" of other international media members.

"I had actually gone over there earlier in order to write a book about it. I was there for a couple of weeks," said Merchant, now a renowned 78-year-old HBO boxing analyst.

"As a matter of fact, I was in the gym when Foreman was sparring and got the cut," said Merchant. "I believe that I called the [New York] Post and I told them that I thought that the fight would have to be postponed."

Former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes told FanHouse that he felt discredited by the documentary, Muhammad and Larry, which aired on ESPN on Tuesday night.

See what Holmes had to say about the hour-long segment, whose main point appears to be that the 1980 fight -- featuring a 30-year-old Holmes' domination of a 38-year-old, past-his-prime Muhammad Ali -- should not have taken place.

FanHouse: What are your comments, positive and negative, about ESPN's Muhammad and Larry documentary?

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Angelo Dundee has zero regrets.

The 88-year-old, legendary former boxing trainer of Muhammad Ali, spoke to FanHouse on Monday on a variety of topics, including ESPN's upcoming documentary, Muhammad and Larry, which argues that the aging Ali's 1980 fight with a young Larry Holmes never should have happened. Dundee also addressed Ali's relationship with Joe Frazier, and his own feelings during Ali's condemnation of white people as a member of the Nation of Islam.

Check out the full Q&A after the jump.

TAMPA, Fla. -- With eyes fixated on perspiration-soaked, WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto's workout, Bob Arum surveyed his latest promotional responsibility at The Fight Factory gymnasium like an artist appreciating his most recent piece.

"Miguel is just a fighter with great, great heart," said Arum, whose 42 years in boxing began with the Muhammad Ali victory over George Chuvalo -- his first of 26 fights involving the man many call "The Greatest" -- and included the George Foreman comeback.

A 78-year-old Harvard graduate and attorney, Arum also handled every fight of Marvelous Marvin Hagler's career, as well as substantial portions of those of Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

FanHouse caught up with Arum on Tuesday during Cotto's training in Florida for his Nov. 14 defense against Manny Pacquiao to discuss the futures of Cotto, Pacquiao, and several other fighters he promotes.