The legendary Harold Lederman who once infamously had Molina beating De La Hoya in his scorecard and even recently thought Adamek beat Cunningham has been extended by HBO.
Unlike Showtime which uses three judges, the HBO scoring has been consolidated by a monolithic dictatorial self-aggrandizing loquacious pharmacist named Harold Lederman. The same guy through his power and good old nepotism got his daughter a job as a boxing judge.
I have seen this 80-year-old plus guy live a few times in ring side. He can barely find his reading glasses, let alone score a fight. HBO boxing fans can be thankful for another three years of this guy.
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the legendary harold lederman who once infamously had molina beating de la hoya in his scorecard and even recently thought adamek beat cunningham has been extended by hbo.
Unlike showtime which uses three judges, the hbo scoring has been consolidated by a monolithic dictatorial self-aggrandizing loquacious pharmacist named harold lederman. The same guy through his power and good old nepotism got his daughter a job as a boxing judge.
I have seen this 80-year-old plus guy live a few times in ring side. He can barely find his reading glasses, let alone score a fight. Hbo boxing fans can be thankful for another three years of this guy.
http://******.craveonline.com/blog/176955-lederman-signs-extends-contract-three-more-years
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Jim!
I'm with Ross California i think he is good i really dont recall having a problem with his score really and also it really doesnt matter since hes unofficial
He was a Boxing Judge! Harold scored over a hundred title fights in his career and was consistant as to what he liked and disliked!
I remember sitting next to him on a flight from Milan Italy into NYC (from working the Cruz vs Stecca title bout) and found him to be engaging and unassuming! He worked bouts that I had interests in and I never had a problem with him. Like any good offical in any judging position in any sport "consistance" is all you ask from them! Overall I agree with alot of his opinions and comments. Not all but alot! Ray.
I just met Harold Letterman at a fight card 2 weeks ago. Really nice guy, got a pic with him and told him that I don't always agree with him.
He said "I make it interesting though don't I?" hahah He's older than I thought.
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Originally Posted by jsfd26
Oh hell f*ck no. HBO shouldve gotten rid of this drunk bastard and let the fans do the scoring on facebook like ESPN does. It wouldve saved them some $$ for better fights.
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Pacquiao would never lose a round.
Floyd would never win a round.
Idk but from what I've seen on ESPN fans often score the fight the same as the judges.
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Oh hell f*ck no. HBO shouldve gotten rid of this drunk bastard and let the fans do the scoring on facebook like ESPN does. It wouldve saved them some $$ for better fights.
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