Al Bernstein On Boxing: Sorry To Disagree, But...

[God.in.my.corner]

I gotta agree with FightFan. I love Tedy, but he's still stuck in the 1980s. Boxing's future viability depends on the internet. I think Tedy should have seperated the boxing news element from the keyboard warrior mentality of some of the analysts/board posters.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

It's weird. I reckon everyone on here has at times read 'reports' from some backyardwannabehicksville writer.com and groaned when someone here has posted a link to it and tried to legitimise their ramble for/against fighter A. Now I'm not being down on anyone who wants to embark on a writing career but they are 10 a penny and I can imagine the frustration of those in the trade inundated with interview requests.

Perhaps Teddy should take a look at the boxing forums and experience the good, the bad and the downright ugly and then take a look at the regular press.

The internet because of it's immediacy has broken any number of stories before it every hits mainstream. In fact very little boxing EVER makes the TV news and only occasionally in the papers and when they do it tends to to be one or two boxers. No coverage of the lesser known fighters plying their trade week in week out. The internet allows this. It encourages (mostly) honest debate precisely because we don't have to worry about pissing off a boxer/trainer/manager/promoter/network/and being refused access to them.

[jokaleras]

both men got a point.

[ryanman]

both men got a point.

you got your 100 posts now. Well done. Now you can start writing posts of more than 5 words.

[BoxingGorilla]

Teddy's just mad that he can never break the top 30 in our prediction contest.

I found Atlas and his wry comments pretty funny. "Bloody Nose Boxing" is my second favorite site.

I think Bernstein is a good man for sticking up for us. Still, I have often made a mooncalf out of myself on this forum.