News RIP Harold Lederman

I will miss his commentary and the way he would always start by saying "Haha, ok Jim. I have (insert name here) winning the fight so far. He's just controlling the fight, landing the cleaner, harder punches..." etc.
 
Harold Lederman is a boxing icon. The man made unofficial scoring a colorful and almost necessary part of a boxing broadcast. He brought something that a lot of broadcasts now lack, which is character and enthusiasm.
 
nac386 said:
Harold Lederman is a boxing icon. The man made unofficial scoring a colorful and almost necessary part of a boxing broadcast. He brought something that a lot of broadcasts now lack, which is character and enthusiasm.
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Agreed. I watch boxing because I like it and I enjoy when the people talking about it like it.. Give me Lederman over a Teddy Atlas any day.
 
nac386 said:
Harold Lederman is a boxing icon. The man made unofficial scoring a colorful and almost necessary part of a boxing broadcast. He brought something that a lot of broadcasts now lack, which is character and enthusiasm.
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Regardless of how any of us feel about his scores, Lederman was one of a kind behind the mic. I'll re-appropriate a phrase I've used for someone else here:

Harold Lederman truly enjoyed being Harold Lederman. And that showed in the time he got on the air.
 
Seano said:
Agreed. I watch boxing because I like it and I enjoy when the people talking about it like it.. Give me Lederman over a Teddy Atlas any day.
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Yea you would think Teddy hated boxing the way he talked about it.
 
DeJulez said:
Yea you would think Teddy hated boxing the way he talked about it.
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It's a personality flaw, prostitutes don't even badmouth their bad mouths the way teddy complains about his place in the sport

I try to give him a break, like maybe he'd be the same guy as a high school teacher. Who knows how much of it is boxing specific, and how much is just him as a person
 
Some of us are on his case about scoring but he was more right than wrong, and was certainly less questionable than some of the official judges out there today.
 
deucesarewild said:
Some of us are on his case about scoring but he was more right than wrong, and was certainly less questionable than some of the official judges out there today.
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And he always did a good job of describing what he was seeing and why he scored it as he did. I found him better than most of the pro fighters and trainers hbo dragged into the booth
 
Glad to see showtime acknowledge this loss
 
deucesarewild said:
Some of us are on his case about scoring but he was more right than wrong, and was certainly less questionable than some of the official judges out there today.
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I don't think there's always a definitive "right" in boxing scoring.
 
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