Tag Archives: Al Bernstein

Andre Ward will join the Showtime broadcast team for the live telecast this Saturday, June 4 (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) that features a Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinal fight between WBC Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch and Glen Johnson.

Looking to regain his status as one of the premier super middleweights in the world, former World Boxing Council/World Boxing Association (WBC/WBA) 168-pound champion Mikkel “The Viking Warrior’’ Kessler will return to the ring for the first time in 14 months when he faces Mehdi Bouadla on Saturday, June 4, …

From the network that brought boxing fans the blockbuster fights of Mike Tyson and Julio Cesar Chavez, Showtime returns to the pay-per-view business with a cast and crew of veterans. The March 12 card headlined by Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga will be called by Steve Albert with Al Bernstein …

In an all action fight, Brandon Rios captured the WBA Lightweight championship from Miguel Acosta via 10th round knockout in the first night of a stacked 2011 lineup for Showtime Championship Boxing and Showtime PPV. In the evening’s co-feature, Antonio DeMarco won a unanimous decision over Reyes Sanchez. “A star …

© Chris Farina – Top Rank All the questions posed by the members of the Las Vegas media had been answered by global superstar and Philippine Congressman Manny Pacquiao and three-division world champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley. Now it was time for fans to have their say.

WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) is set to defend his title against Filipino Bernabe Concepcion (30-2-1, 17 KOs) on July 10 in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast). Saturday’s 12-round world title fight is promoted …

For Kevin Barry on Friday night in Las Vegas he may finally know what it feels like to walk out of a ring with a champion by his side. The likable and skilled New Zealand born trainer has been seeking this holy grail since 1990 and he has come very …

Since negotiations fell through for a fight with Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Manny Pacquiao has moved on to find another fight—and a good one. He will follow up his win over Miguel Cotto with a match against one of the six best welterweights in the world—Joshua Clottey. Now it’s Floyd Mayweather’s …

A few months ago I did a commentary on my boxing channel (also seen on this website) that lambasted the mainstream media for poor coverage of boxing. In that commentary I pointed out that boxing’s product was back to being as good as anytime in it’s history. What boxing really …

This weekend I will join the Showtime team in Oakland for the final stage of the Super Six Boxing Classic. WBA Super Middleweight Champ Mikkel Kessler travels across the pond from Denmark to battle Californian Andre Ward. It’s possible this match-up might end up being the best of the three …

Boxing’s excellent year of 2009 heads for a potential zenith this weekend with the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight. Anyone who has even a passing interest in the sport should want to watch this match. The true measure of a fight is how many questions it raises when you try to …

Sometimes in life you end up viewing something extraordinary—something you might have missed. That happened for me and all the fans that filled up the Mardi Gras Ballroom at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas this past Friday. We saw a fight of the year candidate. We were in the …