{{Short description|American boxing promoter (1931–2025)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox person |name = Don Elbaum |image = Don Elbaum.jpeg |caption = Elbaum in 2011 |birth_name = Donald Elbaum |birth_date = {{birth date|1931|06|16}} |birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2025|07|27|1931|06|16}} |death_place = Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. |occupation = Boxing promoter |spouse = {{marriage|Hazel Skinner||end=div.}} |module ={{Infobox boxer |embed = yes |nationality = {{USA}} |weight = Middleweight |total = 4 |wins = 0 |losses = 3 |draws = 1 |no contests = 0 |KO = 0 }} }}
'''Donald Elbaum''' (June 16, 1931 – July 27, 2025) was an American boxing promoter.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/warren-times-mirror-shay-font-protests-f/83407773/|title=It's 'No Go' On Elbaum's Lastest Local Deal|first=Joy|last=Owens|work=Warren Times Mirror|location=Warren, Pennsylvania|date=July 20, 1961|access-date=August 8, 2025|page=20|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1193234404/|title=Boxing Has a Future With More Local Heroes|first=Jerry|last=Izenberg|work=The Jersey Journal|location=Jersey City, New Jersey|date=July 14, 1964|access-date=August 9, 2025|page=15|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref>
== Early life and career == Elbaum was born in Cincinnati, Ohio,<ref name="c">{{Cite web|url=https://www.burtonquinnscott.com/obituaries/donald-don-elbaum|title=Donald "Don" Elbaum|work=Burton Quinn-Scott Cremation & Funeral Services|access-date=August 9, 2025}}</ref> the son of Max Elbaum, a businessman,<ref name="b" /> and Sally Greenstein, a concert pianist. At the age of twelve, he began boxing at the YMCA. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War, which after his discharge,<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/sports/don-elbaum-dead.html|title=Don Elbaum, Audacious Boxing Promoter and Heavyweight Raconteur, Dies at 94|first=Michael|last=Rosenwald|work=The New York Times|date=August 9, 2025|access-date=August 9, 2025}}</ref> he boxed professionally from 1964 to 1969.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/91151|title=Don Elbaum|work=BoxRec|access-date=August 9, 2025}}</ref>
As a boxing promoter, Elbaum promoted prominent names in boxing including Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Willie Pep, Sonny Liston, Aaron Pryor Floyd Patterson, Roberto Durán,<ref name="a" /> George Foreman,<ref name="c" /> Greg Sorrentino<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Thomas_Hauser_on_Boxing/-iFLCgAAQBAJ?hl=en|title=Thomas Hauser on Boxing: Another Year Inside the Sweet Science|page=133|first=Thomas|last=Hauser|date=December 2014|ISBN=9781557286673|publisher=University of Arkansas Press|via=Google Books}}</ref> and Simon Brown.<ref name="b">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/139933188/|title=Always A Crisis For Elbaum, The Pianist To Promoter|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|location=St. Louis, Missouri|date=April 1, 1990|access-date=August 9, 2025|page=36|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref>
In 2019, Elbaum was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.<ref name="a" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://brickcityboxing.com/2019/01/06/legendary-promoter-matchmaker-don-elbaum-inducted-ibhof-class-2019-along-seven-others/|title=Legendary Promoter & Matchmaker Don Elbaum Inducted into IBHOF Class of 2019 Along with Seven Others!|first=Ken|last=Hissner|work=Brick City Boxing|date=January 6, 2019|access-date=August 9, 2025}}</ref>
== Personal life and death == Elbaum was married to Hazel Skinner. Their marriage ended in divorce.<ref name="a" />
Elbaum died in Erie, Pennsylvania on July 27, 2025, at the age of 94.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/sports/2025/07/don-elbaum-was-always-the-boy-promoter-until-the-end-izenberg.html|title=Don Elbaum was always ‘The Boy Promoter’ until the end|work=NJ.com|date=July 29, 2025|access-date=August 9, 2025|first=Jerry|last=Izenberg}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|0252971}} * {{Boxrec|91151}}
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