Throughout the layoff, Arum, who opened his company with Muhammad Ali, exchanged several enjoyable phone calls with Davis, 27, the undefeated 2021 Olympic silver medalist and former lightweight champion who endured a turbulent year by losing his belt by missing weight by more than four pounds in June, and then engaging 2023 opponent Albright in a backstage after Albright defeated Davis’ brother, Kelvin, that night.
