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The hand-written note from Larry Merchant, gone from his commentator’s seat for HBO boxing telecasts but certainly not forgotten, gave this fellow fight fanatic hope that 2016 could be—let’s all cross our fingers and wish very hard—a special year for the sport he and I, and so many others, love despite the fact it hasn’t always loved us back.
“Who would have guessed a few years ago,” Larry asked, somewhat rhetorically, “that we’d have so many fights on TV as we suddenly have?