SaddoBoxing has the honor of introducing Al Bernstein and his new exclusive column, "Al Bernstein On Boxing"!

In addition, Al authored the book "Boxing For Beginners", has written for The Ring and Boxing Illustrated and held the position of Managing Editor for Lerner Newspapers in Chicago.

We now live in a world where perception is much more powerful than reality. We see it in the political arena where spin doctoring by those in office and bias driven reporting by the media often colors public opinion more than actual facts…if we can still ascertain actual facts in that arena.

In America, many years ago there was a television police drama called Dragnet. In just about every episode the chief investigator Sgt. Joe Friday would interrupt a meandering witness by saying to them, “Just the facts.” Anyone who is truly involved with the sport of boxing, as a fan, a person who covers it, or someone working in the industry, would probably like to scream that Sgt. Friday phrase at the top of their lungs, to try and make some people actually care about the facts. More...

Back in Las Vegas following his junior middleweight showdown with Cory Spinks this past Saturday night, Deandre Latimore has had a couple of days to review tapes of the battle and has one conclusion.

“Of course I won the fight, I wanted to see the tape and judge it for myself," he said. "I think Cory won five rounds, I’ll give him those, but I knocked him down in the first and won the other six rounds”. Official scores were 115-112, 114-113 for Spinks and 115-112 for Latimore. More...

Former unified welter and IBF 154 pound champ Cory Spinks clashed with local upstart Deandre Latimore in a battle of southpaws for the vacant IBF Light Middleweight title on a good Don King card in font of 9,000 fans at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO.

Latimore had parlayed an upset of Sechew Powell last June into the clash with Spinks and the hard-punching 23 year old made the most of his opportunity last night.

Spinks was canvassed when he walked into a right hook in the first frame but beat the count and saw out the round through his long big-fight experience.

Latimore found the quicksilver Spinks a difficult target to hit cleanly with more than a smattering of shots over the next few rounds while the former champion snuck in good counter shots to both head and body at times. More...

Tonight Don King puts on a battle of crosstown rivals in St. Louis, MO as light middleweights Cory Spinks and Deandre Latimore meet for the vacant IBF title at the Scottrade Center.

12 rounds IBF Light Middleweight title
Cory Spinks: 152.75 lb
Deandre Latimore: 153.5 lb

10 rounds super lightweights
Devon Alexander: 140 lb
Jesus Rodriguez: 141 lb More...

The Gateway City’s biggest boxing stars opened their workouts to the media today to promote Friday’s “Show Me in St. Louis” card at Scottrade Center.

The main event features a hometown showdown for the vacant IBF junior middleweight championship when Cory Spinks, 36-5 (11), takes on hard-punching IBF No. 6-ranked contender Deandre “The Bull” Latimore, 19-1 (16). More...

The three best boxers in St. Louis will be showcased on the same Don King-promoted fight card at Scottrade Center on Friday, April 24.

The main event will feature the long-awaited hometown showdown for the vacant IBF junior middleweight championship between former four-time world champion Cory “The Next Generation” Spinks, 36-5 (11), taking on IBF No. 6-ranked contender Deandre “The Bull” Latimore, 19-1 (16). More...

“I’m tired of this waiting; I’m a prize fighter, not some dude working in a restaurant serving food,” said Deandre "The Bull" Latimore after a morning run in Las Vegas.

“Every day I’m in the gym here in Vegas and when we finally get in the ring, I’m going to take out all my anger over this waiting out on Cory Spinks," said the St. Louis native". He’s going to pay for these delays.” More...

For world ranked junior middleweight Deandre Latimore it was a typical “good news, bad news” scenario. First the bad news; he won’t be fighting at the Family Arena outside of St. Louis on November 7 as planned, now the good news; he’s close to finalizing a world title "cross town show down" with former world champion and fellow St. Louis native Cory Spinks. More...

After his stunning ESPN2 televised knockout victory over Sechew Powell on June 11 at the Hard Rock Café in New York City, Deandre “The Bull” Latimore is looking for his next victim.

“We would really like a shot at the current IBF champion Verno Phillips before he files for social security," said Latimore's manager, Jerry Giuliano. More...

Two weeks ago, St. Louis native Deandre “The Bull” Latimore scored the biggest win of his career as he stopped #1 IBF Junior Middleweight Sechew Powell in the seventh round at the Hard Rock Café in New York City. The bout, broadcast on ESPN2’s Wednesday Night Fights, is being called an early contender for upset of the year. More...

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Deandre Latimore “rocked the house” in an upset victory by scoring a seventh round technical knockout over Sechew Powell at the Hard Rock Café in Times Square, New York City on this week’s ESPN Wednesday Night Fights promoted in association with Warriors Boxing and Gotham Boxing.

Not that I want to get in the “too much information” category, but before the night of boxing began I was using the restroom and one of the St. Louis natives came in yelling “It’s gonna be an upset tonight, we didn’t come all the way from St. Louie to lose!” At this point I just smiled as I washed my hands and he continued, “You’re smilin’ but you wait and see its Latimore’s night!” I guess he knew what he was talking about.

The St. Louis native Latimore 19-1 (16) built up his record in just over two years, fighting seemingly lower level competition eleven times in 2006 and eight times in 2007, with the combined records of his opponents at 95-158-8.

From the opening bell it seemed Latimore was better than anticipated as he was able to trade with Powell from the beginning of the fight. Each fighter was able to land hard blows and made each round close. More...

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Philadelphia’s promising middleweight prospect Jamaal "Da Truth" Davis, 7-3-0 (6), returns to the ring against Richard Pierson, 7-1-0 (4), from Paterson, New Jersey on Wednesday, June 11 at the Gotham Boxing Promotions/Seminole Warriors Boxing/Bad Dog Productions co-promoted event at The Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square, New York City. More...

A native of St. Louis, 22-year old junior middleweight up and comer Deandre ‘The Bull’ Latimore made his way to the boxing capital of the world, Las Vegas, last year to take the next step in a promising pro career that has thus far produced 18 wins in 19 fights with 15 of those wins coming by knockout.

On Wednesday, June 11th, Latimore will look for victory number 19 against the top-ranked junior middleweight in the world, Sechew Powell, and he’s ready for the challenge. More...

Due to popular demand, tickets for June 11th’s historic show at the Hard Rock Café in New York City’s Times Square, featuring young guns Sechew Powell and Peter Quillin in co-featured bouts, are now available at Ticketmaster. More...