Max Kellerman’s career is coming full circle with a return to boxing.
Sunday, Kellerman appeared at the press conference for Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford, and he will be part of the fight’s Netflix broadcast team on Sept. 13. The extravaganza is backed by Saudi official Turki Alalshikh and promoted by TKO.
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Kellerman’s broadcasting career first blossomed through boxing. He hosted Max on Boxing on New York’s public access channel as a teenager, and was an analyst on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights shortly after graduating from Columbia. Mark Shapiro—now the president and COO of TKO, and president of its parent company WME Group—told FOS earlier this year he tabbed Kellerman as the first host of Around the Horn on ESPN in 2001 based on his success in boxing.
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It is not immediately clear what other roles Kellerman will assume as he returns to sports media, but it would not be surprising if he launches a podcast down the road.