{"id":29436,"date":"2013-06-06T20:23:57","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T00:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=29436"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:10:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:10:57","slug":"boxing-news-al-bernstein-calls-marcos-maidana-josesito-lopez-inevitable-slugfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=29436","title":{"rendered":"Boxing News: AL BERNSTEIN CALLS MARCOS MAIDANA-JOSESITO LOPEZ \u201cINEVITABLE SLUGFEST\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=29436\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-29437\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"BERN\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/BERN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>AL BERNSTEIN CALLS MAIDANA-LOPEZ \u201cINEVITABLE SLUGFEST\u201d<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Hall Of Fame Broadcaster Al Bernstein, who will be at ringside\u00a0Saturday, June 8\u00a0calling the Marcos Maidana-Josesito Lopez match on SHOWTIME, does not expect that to be a tactical fight.\u00a0\u00a0Bernstein said, \u201cAlthough Maidana has been working on his boxing skills with new trainer Robert Garcia and Lopez wants to fight a more strategic fight, I think it is inevitable that this turns into a slugfest at some point.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Bernstein will join Mauro Ranallo and Paulie Malignaggi at ringside to call the fight and says it\u2019s one of the matches he has most looked forward to announcing. \u201cWith all the high profile bouts dotting the boxing landscape this year, none promises action as much as this fight. And the importance of this fight to both men adds to the urgency. A potential title match hangs in the balance,\u201d Al said.<\/p>\n<p>A title match is also a strong possibility for the winner of the Alfredo Angulo-Erislandy Lara 154 pound match also on the SHOWTIME card. Al said, \u201cThis is the ultimate boxer-puncher battle. Lara is a skilled lefty who can punch some, against a pure power puncher in Angulo. We are all wondering which approach will prevail.\u201d\u00a0The action begins live on SHOWTIME at 10<a href=\"http:\/\/p.m.et\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">p.m.ET\/<\/a>\u00a07 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Other News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two lucky fans will win copies of Al Bernstein\u2019s book, \u201c30 Years 30 Undeniable Truths About Boxing, Sports and TV,\u201d in connection with\u00a0the\u00a0 Maidana-Lopez fight. On Al Bernstein\u2019s facebook fan page at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlBernsteinLive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/<wbr \/>AlBernsteinLive<\/a>\u00a0 and also on Al\u2019s Google Plus page\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gplus.to\/albernsteinlive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/gplus.to\/<wbr \/>albernsteinlive<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0there is a\u00a0contest for fans to guess the combined number of punches thrown in the bout according to CompuBox\u00a0,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.compuboxonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.compuboxonline.com<\/a>\u00a0.The winner on each site gets a signed copy\u00a0of the book. The book is available in e-book or print form at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/albernstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/j.mp\/albernstein<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of the book is also now available\u00a0at\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/AlBernstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.audible.com\/<wbr \/>AlBernstein<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AL BERNSTEIN CALLS MAIDANA-LOPEZ \u201cINEVITABLE SLUGFEST\u201d Hall Of Fame Broadcaster Al Bernstein, who will be at ringside\u00a0Saturday, June 8\u00a0calling the Marcos Maidana-Josesito Lopez match on SHOWTIME, does not expect that to be a tactical fight.\u00a0\u00a0Bernstein said, \u201cAlthough Maidana has been working on his boxing skills with new trainer Robert Garcia and Lopez wants to fight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,532],"class_list":["post-29436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29436"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}