By Radio Rahim

Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum has buried the hatchet with longtime rival, manager and adviser Al Haymon.

The two have rarely done any business together and there have been multiple lawsuits between. Last year, Arum's company filed a large lawsuit against Haymon over his Premier Boxing Champions banner, which Top Rank claimed was creating a monopoly with their numerous television deals.

But a few weeks a few eyebrows were raised when Arum and Haymon settled their lawsuit under confidential terms - and there were whispers that both sides were more interested in working together than wasting time and money in a courtroom.

Arum confirmed the industry whispers to be accurate while speaking with BoxingScene.com. He hopes that he can put together some very good fights with Haymon and his PBC banner.

"We certainly hope that to be the case. I think in talking to Al Haymon, he wants that to be the case, and we do. So hopefully we'll be able to put some good fights together, yeah," Arum told BoxingScene.com.

Arum would not disclose the matchups that are being discussed. In a show of good faith, Arum is keeping their conversations behind the scenes and hopes that will further strengthen their ability to put on some solid fights.

"I think that we would be a betrayal on my part, if while we are talking about matchups I shot my mouth off about them, because that would put pressure on him and his fighters, and I don't think that's the way to get fights to happen," Arum said.

Working with Haymon could open up a lot of doors for Top Rank's heavy stable. PBC has television deals with Showtime, CBS, CBS Sports, Fox, Fox Sports 1, ESPN, Spike TV, Fox Deportes, ABC and Bounce TV.