Sunday, October 11, 2009

Ringside Appreciation: HBO Judge Harold Lederman reflects on his time covering Manny Pacquiao

Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao Latest News from examiner.com Sun, 11 Oct 2009

To anyone remotely involved or connected to the sport of boxing, the name Harold Lederman should ring a bell. For well over twenty years Lederman has been HBO’s unofficial judge on all of their telecasts, no matter how big the event. While not one to always grace the airwaves, Lederman has made a lasting impression due to his unique voice, ability to call a fight without any bias, and of course his scorecard tallies at the end of the night.

Born in the Bronx, New York, Lederman has been attached to the sport of boxing ever since he was a youth. Lederman claims to have been hooked by the first boxing event he went to and the rest seemed to be history. After completing his tenure at Columbia University he would earn a license to judge fights by the New York State Athletic Commission in 1967 and his odyssey in the sport would officially begin.

All the while maintaining his job as a pharmacist back in New York, Lederman would go on to cover, by his estimation, over a hundred world title fights across the globe. He would later be offered a spot as an expert commentator by HBO’s Ross Greenburg, eventually moving on to serve the role as the network’s ‘unofficial judge’ as years passed...

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