Sam Taub

Sam Taub (September 10, 1886 – July 10, 1979) was a journalist and radio broadcaster who is best known for his work covering boxing.

Taub was Jewish, and was born on New York's Lower East Side and raised on Mott Street in Chinatown.

In 1939, he became the first person to announce a major fight for television when he called the Lou Nova-Max Baer bout.

[2] He also had a radio show called The Hour of Champions which ran for twenty-four years on WHN in New York.

Taub received the Pillar of Achievement from the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.