Arum said he wants the right of first refusal once Tommy's football career is over.

They believe with him in the charity event they'll be able to raise it.

This isn't about Tommy. This isn't about getting him more publicity, about impressing people, about getting the media here (two Chicago TV stations covered the event). It's about giving back.

There are guys that are tremendous fighters that don't get the chance to fight at Madison Square Garden.

This whole thing for Tommy is about fighting in Madison Square Garden. He would do that for free.

I thought that he would have been a better boxer than a football player, because being a football player you have to have size, you have to have speed. It's a lot more difficult to get a scholarship for football than it is to go into the gym and go box.

He's been doing this for 10 years, of course he gets hurt. It's a blood sport. You're supposed to get hurt. ... Every boxer gets hurt. When you come back from sparring, you're hurt.

Of course if he loses that first fight, there's a good chance there's not going to be a second. That's how boxing is.