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Article: Max Kellerman's Ever-Growing Canvas.
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- October 13, 2008
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By Ben Grossman
HBO boxing expert has come a long way from local-access TV
Many successful sportscasters have one thing in common: When they were teenagers, they used to turn down the sound on the TV during a game and practice by pretending they were the play-by-play announcer.
Max Kellerman wasn't that patient.
Growing up a big boxing fan in New York's Greenwich Village, he used to watch a public-access boxing show called Boykin on Boxing . Barely old enough to drive, Kellerman asked his dad why he couldn't do one of those shows.
So Kellerman applied for a slot and by the time he was 16, he was hosting the program, which was ...