It's safe to say that Al Bernstein isn't the biggest fan of celebrity boxing matchups.
During his appearance on OutKick's “The Ricky Cobb Show,” the 73-year-old announcer was asked about his thoughts on the upcoming fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul.
“My feeling is that, in the end, it means nothing to the sport of boxing. It literally means nothing, they are all one-off events. I don't buy into the theory that they bring in new fans or alienate fans. My feeling is that they are one-off events and if people want them, they will continue to happen.”
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Jake Paul speaks during the Fanatics Fest press conference at the Javits Center on August 18, 2024, in New York City. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Bernstein was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2012 for his work as a journalist and broadcaster for the sport. He has been covering boxing since the 1970s and while he may believe that celebrity boxing matches add “nothing” to the sport, they don't look like they'll be going away anytime soon.
“We live in a society where if something is marketable, it doesn't matter what it is, it's going to happen, right? It's all about marketability, and that's what this is. People seem to have an appetite for it, they've had an appetite for a number of these celebrity boxing matches, and you can even include fights that cross over between MMA and boxing.”
“People, for whatever reason, want to see it, and if you can make a dollar off it these days, you can have it.”
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Sportscaster Al Bernstein speaks at a press conference for the WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao vs. Adrien Broner fight at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino on January 16, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
As for who Bernstein thinks will win the Paul-Tyson fight, Bernstein isn't focusing on that.
“At 50 years old, you worry about what could happen to Tyson in this fight, to be honest. I did Mike Tyson's last two legitimate boxing matches when he lost to Danny Williams and [Kevin] McBride, and that was a long, long time ago, and he didn't perform as well in those fights as he would have liked.”
“It's hard to imagine that at this advanced age he'll discover something that he didn't have in his last two fights 25 or 30 years ago, so I don't know. It's hard to imagine him being effective in this, but I just hope that everyone comes out safe and sound. That would be my only hope.”
Bernstein said that if Paul were a professional boxer who only fought professional boxers, he would be a “cruiserweight with a winning record, but nothing special.”
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Mike Tyson, left, and Jake Paul attend a news conference in New York City on Aug. 18, 2024, ahead of their highly anticipated fight in November. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Tyson has a career record of 50-6 with 44 knockouts. His last professional fight was on June 11, 2005, when he lost to McBride.
Paul has a 9-1 record in his fights, with six wins by knockout.
The match between them will take place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on November 15. The fight will be broadcast globally on Netflix.
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