Al Bernstein On Boxing: Boxing Is All The Way Back

http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxing_im...-Bernstein.jpgA 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 needs, I said, is to be covered.

Well, for the Manny Pacquiao –Miguel Cotto fight the press—all the press—did it’s job. Newspapers, television, magazines, radio and of course the internet, gave that fight the coverage it deserved. And, because of that and the fact that it was a compelling and important match, 1.25 million homes bought the pay per view. The match itself was exciting and Pacquiao’s performance was dazzling.

All that was dramatic enough, but then boxing did what it has been doing for the last four or five years—it gave it’s fans just what they wanted. Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Pacquiao agreed to fight each other---and what’s more they agreed to do it on March ... Full Boxing Article here...