Al Bernstein On Boxing: "Don't Shoot...I'm A Producer!"

[El Kabong]

Thankfully ESPN still shows boxing....man, we'd be lost without it, I know it comes on Versus but back in the day boxing was on NBC and there were RARELY PPV events, now it's every single JC Jr. fight and half a dozen other fights with really crappy undercards.

Thank the good lord for ESPN, true it may have spawned Satan Incarnate Keith Olberman, but I like to remember the good old days, when he was just a sports guy and not some angry "news" anchor type guy.

[Andre]

Thanks Al nice read once again and educational.
Just as well that tyre blow out didnt happen with the first truck episode you mentioned or all your guys would of been drawn on by those cops.
Was it doughnuts? I have to know.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Nice to get a little background info on the sports giant....

[Saddo]

Great read Al, must have been some very happy times being involved in all that

i'm gonna steal this quote...

Well, the figure was probably somewhere in between the number of children Evander Holyfield has fathered out of wedlock and the number of lawsuits annually filed against Don King.

[killersheep]

Great read Al, quite an amazing thing all in all. I love ESPN FNF's and I really miss WNF.

[Spicoli]

Thats outstanding stuff Al.Quite the flashback into a legendary weekly shows inception.Early ESPN was rough stuff but we did learn a bit about the struggles within the Professional handball circuit and German shuffle board .

What we enjoy today is the result of tireless dedication and belief in this awesome sport given by yourself and many others.Thanks for the memories chief.

[El Kabong]

Word is ESPN Classic might pick up the Wladimir Klitschko-Ruslan Chagaev fight...hopefully that is true