1. Max Kellerman was born on August 6,1973 and is an American sports television personality and boxing commentator.
27 Facts About Max Kellerman
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Max Kellerman previously was a co-host of ESPN talk show First Take alongside Stephen A Smith and Molly Qerim.
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Max Kellerman was a studio commentator with Brian Kenny on Friday Night Fights and a color commentator for HBO World Championship Boxing and Boxing After Dark.
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Max Kellerman would discuss sports news with Michael Holley, former Around the Horn panelist, and Bill Wolff.
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Max Kellerman took time off from the show after the death of his brother.
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Max Kellerman later returned, but despite his show garnering the network's highest ratings for a period of time, it was canceled by Fox.
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Max Kellerman was the co-host of Spike TV's 2006 series, King of Vegas.
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In 2005, Tucker Carlson announced that Max Kellerman would be a permanent contributor on his MSNBC show Tucker.
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In September 2007, Max Kellerman began hosting a third hour, extending the show to 1 pm.
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Max Kellerman was originally hired for the network's Boxing After Dark telecasts, working alongside Fran Charles and Lennox Lewis.
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In 2007, Max Kellerman moved up to the HBO World Championship Boxing main team alongside Jim Lampley, Harold Lederman, and a rotating guest analyst, usually Roy Jones Jr.
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Max Kellerman has previously served as a contributor to MSNBC.
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Max Kellerman was announced in December 2010 as the new midday host at ESPN Radio station KSPN in Los Angeles, alongside former NFL player co-host Marcellus Wiley, replacing LA Sports Live with Andrew Siciliano and former NBA player Mychal Thompson.
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Program director Mike Thompson, who hired Max Kellerman, had worked with Max Kellerman at WEPN.
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Max Kellerman received criticism online for his post-match interview with Manny Pacquiao.
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Max Kellerman was laid off from ESPN in June 2023.
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Max Kellerman made a brief appearance in the 2006 film Rocky Balboa alongside Lampley and Merchant, who served as the broadcast team for the fight between Rocky and Mason "The Line" Dixon.
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Max Kellerman would make an appearance in the 2015 film Creed, as the reporter interviewing Donnie Creed at the conclusion of his fight with "Pretty" Ricky Conlan.
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Max Kellerman played himself in the short film The Wedding Bout.
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Max Kellerman was born in The Bronx, and grew up in the Greenwich Village area of New York City.
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Max Kellerman graduated from New York City's PS 41 in Greenwich Village, Hunter College High School in 1991 and, later, Columbia University in 1998.
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Max Kellerman's younger brother Sam was a freelance writer who covered professional boxing.
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Max Kellerman later confessed to voluntary manslaughter and arson and was given a 29-year sentence.
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Max Kellerman is active in Jewish cultural activities and, according to The Forward and the Yiddish Book Center, speaks Yiddish.
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Max Kellerman was a member of a hip-hop group with his brother Sam, under the name "Max and Sam".
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Max Kellerman has a small permanent scar on the left side of his mouth from a childhood accident with an electrical outlet.
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Max Kellerman is a fan of the New York Giants and New York Yankees.