No. 90 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Sports broadcaster and boxing commentator
Max Kellerman is a sports broadcaster and boxing commentator who argued opposite Stephen A. Smith on First Take for five years.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Max Kellerman's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Replaced Skip Bayless as Stephen A. Smith's daily opponent on First Take, a role he held from 2016 to 2021.
Kellerman co-hosted First Take with Stephen A. Smith and Molly Qerim, and later hosted This Just In on ESPN until leaving the network in June 2023.
He is also a longtime boxing commentator.
On the record
2021
2016 to 2021
Broadcast debate
Against Stephen A. Smith · ESPN First Take
Five years of daily argument opposite Smith. Kellerman has said Smith wanted to go solo; Smith cited a lack of chemistry.
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