Season 4: #19 Al Bernstein

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2022

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

International Boxing Hall of Famer Al Bernstein has been involved with boxing for half a century. For many, he's the voice of the sport having covered some of the most iconic fights of all time. He's also appeared in multiple boxing movies, has his own podcast – Al Bernstein Unplugged – has written for major boxing publications and he's written a book 30 Years, 30 Undeniable Truths About Boxing, Sports, and TV. But it's for his work on ESPN, Showtime and Channel 5 over the last several decades and the coverage of the likes of Marvin Hagler, Mike Tyson, Tyson Fury, Floyd Mayweather and many others that have sealed his deserved plaque in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And I kind of laughed, which was a funny reaction,
0:03.4	but I just thought it was kind of funny.
0:05.4	He was not enamored with my style of boxing.
0:12.5	Two nights, three nights before, I'm ready to get
0:15.1	ready to open, right?
0:16.9	I get up there.
0:18.1	And I look out at the sea of people.
0:20.8	And here's John Madden and all the people that were there
0:25.7	for the fights, all the famous boxing celebrities, actors,
0:30.2	other great performers.
0:34.2	They're all out there, right?
0:35.6	I'm like, because they've been a lot of publicity about this.
0:37.8	And I'm like, oh my god, you know, what did I get myself into here?
0:43.6	First phone call I got from somebody saying, are you okay?
0:47.4	Is everything all right?
0:48.7	Don King of all people.
0:50.7	And I thought, wow, that was, you didn't have to do that.
0:53.8	You know, you didn't even have to do it.
0:55.3	So it was interesting.
0:57.1	Hello and welcome to Boxing Life Stories, with me,
1:00.0	Christixt.
1:00.6	What happened in the ring after,
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