NEW YORK — Larry Merchant often described boxing as “the theater of the unexpected.” When he was center stage, working with Jim Lampley and George Foreman on HBO Sports’ World Championship Boxing, the three voices presented their own version of the unanticipated.

Foreman, who died last week at the age of 76, joined HBO Sports in 1992. ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Lowell Hickey was relaxing by the pool in Kingston, Jamaica, snoozing after fighting the effects of jet lag.

He felt something tickling his feet, opened his eyes,and there was George Foreman, a few days shy of being known as the baddest man on the planet, looking down at him.

The baleful stare that was such a part of ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — “Just a kid from Orlando.”

That’s what it said on the front of homegrown Olympian Omari Jones’ T-shirt the other day when he held a training session at a local gym in preparation for his first professional boxing match this Saturday.

But, you see, “Just a kid from Orlando” is not just a simple slogan on a T-shirt;...Read more