Education
Lederman attended Columbia University and upon graduation earned a license from New York"s State Athletic Commission to judge title fights on June 26, 1967.
Lederman attended Columbia University and upon graduation earned a license from New York"s State Athletic Commission to judge title fights on June 26, 1967.
He began his career as a boxing judge in 1967 and joined the cast of Home Box Office World Championship Boxing in 1986, where he has been ever since. Lederman will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the class of 2016. He judged (by his count) over a hundred title fights in every corner of the globe, all the while maintaining his pharmacy practice in New New York
In 1986, Home Box Office executive producer Ross Greenburg invited Lederman to join Home Box Office"s boxing show World Championship Boxing as an "expert commentator".
Lederman retired from active judging in 1999 but remained with the Home Box Office show as "unofficial ringside scorer." His voice can be heard when official Home Box Office commentator Jim Lampley introduces him with the line, "..and now the rules with our unofficial ringside scorer, Harold Lederman," after which he reads the rules of the fight (often beginning by saying "Ok, Jim") and occasionally the rules for scoring fights to the audience and cuts back to Jim. During the fight, after the 3rd, 6th and 9th rounds and immediately after the fight, while waiting for the official scores, Lampley will have Lederman tell the fans what his unofficial card looks like, often calling it the Lederman card.
Home Box Office also runs a graphic at the beginning of each round with his preceding round"s score. In 2012, Lederman served as Master of Ceremonies for the Ring 10 Veterans Boxing Foundation 2nd Annual Fundraiser.
2016: International Boxing Hall of Fame.
