19 year old Fedor Gorst of Russia wins the 2019 World 9-ball Championship with a hard fought 13 -11 win over Taiwan’s Chang Jung Lin. Ted Lerner reports from Doha, Qatar.
I make an appearance in a BBC Radio-4 documentary by Comedian and music obsessive Gabriel Ebulue who investigates a deadly karaoke curse in the Philippines concerning Frank Sinatra’s classic My Way.
A classic from the archives. In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s I ring announced many fights for an up and coming Manny Pacquaio. Here he is in 2000 destroying Korea’s Seung-Kon Chae in one round at Manila’s legendary Araneta Coliseum.
I host a journey into the Philippine jungle to a boxing training facility called Survival Camp to track the progress of Singapore’s Muhamad Ridhwan as he prepares for one of the biggest fights of his career.
Can’t Have One Without The Other
While on an epic train journey with his wife Au through India’s colorful past, Ted Lerner discovers the secret to enjoying life in the tortuously hot and overcrowded subcontinent is to embrace the madness…or is it brilliance? An excerpt from “The Traveler & The Gate Checkers.”
19 year old Fedor Gorst of Russia wins the 2019 World 9-ball Championship with a hard fought 13 -11 win over Taiwan’s Chang Jung Lin. Ted Lerner reports from Doha, Qatar.
How Lionel Rose’s Most Prized Possession Saved The Life Of A Young Boy
Ted Lerner uncovers the incredible story of Aboriginal boxing legend Lionel Rose, his unlikely championship belt won, then given away to save a boy’s life after a sickening racist attack, and how boxing eventually honored this magnanimous gesture.
Back From The Brink And On To The Streets
Boxing was going to be Alvin Felisilda’s path out of crushing poverty, when a life-threatening brain injury in the ring cut his dreams short. Then the sport itself rallied to restore hope. Ted Lerner reports for the Ring Magazine.
In an article from the Asian Wall St. Journal, Ted Lerner tracks down now destitute former world champion Rolando Navarrete and 8 time world champion Manny Pacquiao. The two are from the same town in Mindanao, live 4 blocks apart, but their paths in life couldn’t be any different.
In this feature from Billiards Digest, Ted Lerner chronicles Francisco Bustamante’s journey from poverty to pool’s pantheon.
