Merchant, Larry

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Merchant, Larry
Date of birth
1931-02-11
Field of activity
Boxing
Sports journalism
Occupation
Sportscasters
Sportswriters
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 71030532
Wikidata: Q6490801
Library of congress: no 99072621
Sources of Information
  • Real sports with Bryant Gumbel. [1996-11-12], c1996:caption credit (Larry Merchant); soundtrack (correspondent Larry Merchant)
  • The great American sports page, 2019:page x (Larry Merchant (b. 1931))
  • Wikipedia web site, September 6, 2019:(Larry Merchant (born Larry Kaufman; February 11, 1931) is an American former sportswriter, a longtime commentator for HBO Sports presentations of HBO World Championship Boxing, Boxing After Dark and HBO pay-per-view telecasts ; born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn ; After graduating from the University of Oklahoma...)

Wikipedia description:

Larry Merchant (born Larry Kaufman; February 11, 1931) is an American sportswriter, a longtime commentator for HBO sports presentations of HBO World Championship Boxing, Boxing After Dark and HBO pay-per-view telecasts, called "the greatest television boxing analyst of all time" by some, including ESPN Boxing analyst Dan Rafael. In 2026, he was honored with The Ring magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award.

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