I am off to England for the opening weekend of the Super Six World Boxing Classic and the gravity of the moment is hitting me, as it is everyone else associated with this rather grand event. Without overstating the case, this is a pretty significant undertaking. What makes it even …
Read More »Al Bernstein On Boxing: Crunching The Mayweather vs. Marquez Numbers
Not surprisingly, the aftermath of the Floyd Mayweather-Juan Manuel Marquez match has produced some very simplistic commentaries about the commerce of the fight. The very good buy rate that topped 1 million has been viewed in a number of different ways. Many of them so absurdly one dimensional that it …
Read More »Al Bernstein On Boxing: This Could Get Exciting
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a little like the National Basketball Association. That seems a strange analogy, but it’s really not. In recent years the off-season of the NBA has been really entertaining. There are blockbuster trades, player feuds, always more than our share of police blotter stories involving players, and …
Read More »Showtime Boxing Analyst Al Bernstein Gets Hall Of Fame Induction Nod
One of the most respected and recognized voices in boxing, Al Bernstein, will be inducted into the prestigious World Boxing Hall of Fame having received the highest number of votes ever for a non-boxer inductee. The Showtime Championship Boxing color analyst feels his inclusion among boxing’s elite couldn’t have come …
Read More »Al Bernstein On Boxing: Sorry To Disagree, But…
I can count on one hand the times in my 30 year career that I have expressed disagreement with any of my broadcasting colleagues in a public forum. Mind you, I have often disagreed, but seldom if ever have I spoken out. My style as a communicator is not built …
Read More »Crown Boxing Enters Into Agreement With Al Bernstein
Crown Boxing Inc. of Las Vegas, NV has entered into an exclusive agreement with Al Bernstein for Al to be the official host for the upcoming Crown Boxing World Championship Boxing series. Al Bernstein will be inducted into The World Boxing Hall of Fame by receiving the highest number of …
Read More »Al Bernstein On Boxing: That’s Why I Like Boxing
This weekend, I hosted a pay per view telecast headlined by the WBA Interim Super Flyweight title match, featuring Nonito Donaire vs. Rafael Concepcion. Everything that happened in the days before the match and in the first round suggested that Donaire, a rising star and potential superstar, was going to …
Read More »Al Bernstein On Boxing: MMA And Boxing? MP Need To Fight
The relationship between mixed martial arts and boxing has had an intriguing evolution in the past decade. The boxing establishment has viewed MMA with equal parts ambivalence, hostility, envy and sometimes grudging respect. The MMA world has sometimes seen boxing as a kindly old uncle that you respect for its …
Read More »INN Sports Partners With Crown Boxing For PPV Coverage
iBN Sports, an internet broadcast sports television network, has partnered with Frank Luca’s Crown Boxing to bring expanded pay-per-view boxing coverage to the iBN Sports Al Bernstein Boxing Channel. The partnership provides Crown Boxing the opportunity to expand its reach by broadcasting live events online hosted by Al Bernstein at …
Read More »Al Bernstein On Boxing: Now You Think Of It?
What took David Haye and his braintrust so long to figure out that he was a lot better off fighting Nikolai Valuev for a world title than he was fighting a Klitschko? If David had come to this realization earlier he would have spared us the charade of pulling out …
Read More »Al Bernstein On Boxing: Super Six Will Be Super
OK, this is a little awkward. When the news broke this week that Showtime has created a six man tournament in the super middleweight division I was, well, ecstatic. I love the talent in super middleweight division, and I think boxing needs something fresh and daring like this tourney. Now …
Read More »Al Bernstein On Boxing: It’s All In The Title
When an athlete or any celebrity writes a book, an all important element is the title. And over the years, many projects have had titles that did not make the final cut. I had a book project that had an original title that I thought was inspired–“My Life As Boxing’s …
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