Jim Lampley, on His Strange Exile and Emotional Return to Ringside

Posted Sep 30, 2023
Jim Lampley, who was the voice of HBO boxing for 30 years, has spent the majority of the past five years living in a renovated farm house in Chapel Hill. He was last in Las Vegas for a fight in 2018. That was when HBO cut ties with the boxing business after 45 years. “I never thought I would be away for five years,” Lampley said. “How stupid am I?" (The Messenger)

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