LAS VEGAS — Al Bernstein is a man of many microphones. He’s ubiquitous in the boxing space, analyzing major fights for Showtime. He makes other television appearances, while frequently appearing on radio stations and podcasts. And—this is the fun part—the man can sing.
Bernstein is part Bud Crawford, part Buddy Holly, part Leigh Wood (featherweight champion) and part Bernstein (as in the journalist).
He laughs into the phone on Tuesday when the subject of microphones comes up. Has he really held onto and spoken into one for more than four decades, in one way or another? He has, through job changes and shifts in medium, throughout his wife’s cancer battle, through hundreds and hundreds of fights, not to mention dozens of shows. The mic is his constant, a friend of sorts.
