Larry Merchant


 
 
Larry Merchant

Larry "Speed" Merchant is a former sportswriter and longtime for HBO Sports presentations of "World Championship Boxing," "Boxing After Dark" and HBO Pay-per view telecasts.

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In 1978, Merchant joined HBO Sports as an expert analyst. Prior to joining HBO Sports, Merchant was a sports columnist with the Philadelphia Daily News and the New York Post, and a general columnist for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner.

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In 1985, Merchant received the Sam Taub Memorial Award for Excellence in Boxing Broadcast Journalism presented by the Boxing Writers Association of America.

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He is also the author of three books -- "The National Football Lottery," "Ringside Seat at the Circus" and ". . . Everyday You Take Another".

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In October, 2002, he was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in Los Angeles.

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