When Hall of Fame broadcaster Al Bernstein sits ringside to call the March 1 card featuring Subriel Matias vs Gabe Valenzuela on DAZN, he will begin his 45th year of announcing boxing. The Matias-Valenzuela 140 pound title eliminator match headlines a four fight DAZN telecast coming from Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The fights are presented by Salita Promotions and Fresh Productions.
Bernstein said of his broadcasting milestone, “The time has flown by since I did my first show in 1980 on ESPN. It has been a joyous ride. I still love doing this and I have the same passion, energy and commitment to this task as I did back then. I still prepare with the same diligence and my goals are no different. On each show I strive to offer information and insight to the viewers to help enhance the boxing experience for them with commentary that is fair to all the boxers involved.”
This marks Bernstein’s second year doing the Salita Promotions Big Time Boxing USA series on DAZN with fellow commentators Corey Erdman and Raul Marquez. Al explained, “Doing this series has been as enjoyable as anything I’ve done in broadcasting and I believe this broadcast team ranks with any of the excellent teams I have worked with in my long career.”
Bernstein is also the host of the Big Time Boxing Show on the Salita Promotions You Tube channel, featuring top guests from the sport of boxing. In addition, Al continues to serve as a columnist for Ring magazine.
Al was the voice of the ESPN Top Rank Boxing series from 1980 to 1996, and then covered boxing, baseball, basketball and other sports for ESPN’s Sportscenter until 2003. That year he joined Showtime as the analyst on the Showtime Championship Boxing series, a post he held until that series ended in 2023.
He has also announced over 150 major pay per view events including most recently the Terrance Crawford-Errol Spence, Canelo Alvarez-Jermell Charlo and Gervonta-Davis-Ryan Garcia cards. Al has announced the three highest grossing pay per views in boxing history: Floyd Maywesather vs Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather vs Connor McGregor and Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez.
He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2012. He is also a member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame, the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame and the boxing Hall of Fames of Nevada, Illinois, Florida, Connecticut and Atlantic City.
