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Boxing isn't taking a backseat this summer

Dan Rafael

...s there for you. CNBC will air every bout involving an American and many hours of live action. Boy, are both of my DVRs going to get a workout. Having seen most of our Olympic...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 07, 2008

Not so fast, boys

Dan Rafael

...on Showtime -- after Molitor reunited with promoter Orion Sports promoter Allan Tremblay after their brief spat threatened...lawsuit involving the parties of the current legal action against Molitor et al. I am simply, out...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 24, 2008

Which pay-per-view to view?

Dan Rafael

...Darling Jimenez in a junior lightweight fight; all-action brawling junior middleweight Alfredo Angulo against Richard Gutierrez...Huizar's KO Entertainment, along with distributor Integrated Sports, has a card from Gomez Palacio, Mexico. This...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 16, 2008

If Mayweather won't fight him …

Dan Rafael

...nbsp;How goofy is this: Here we have Floyd Mayweather Jr. , the No. 1 boxer in the sport in his prime, refusing to entertain the notion of a match with Miguel Cotto. Mayweather won't...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 30, 2008

Showtime gets it right

Dan Rafael

...organizations and tout fraudulent champions at a time when the glut of abominable sanctioning organizations threaten the sport. Frankly, I didn't receive a single comment from anyone disagreeing. In fact, I know of at...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2007

Random Thoughts: "Contender" is getting better

Dan Rafael

...found it to be an entertaining hour. I especially liked the SPARQ training segments and the sparring action. More important, I think Sugar Ray Leonard and the rest of "The Contender" brass have a very...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 12, 2007

Financial pains

Dan Rafael

...reading an ESPN.com Insider blog about the sport, then you probably already realize that it's...One has one of his busiest slates of action in recent memory this fall with a number...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2007

Rafael's random thoughts

Dan Rafael

...La Hoya and Richard Schaefer finally came to their senses, settled their differences and stopped holding the sport hostage. • Been a tough couple of weeks for sports, right? There's the ongoing steroid...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 31, 2007

HBO scouting for new analyst

Dan Rafael

...fight week. Another name brought up -- although he hasn't auditioned -- is Jon Saraceno, the USA Today sports columnist, who covered boxing at the paper before being promoted to columnist (which, by the way, paved...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 18, 2007

Another batch of random thoughts

Dan Rafael

• Wladimir Klitschko might not be recognized as THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD at the moment, but don't you think he's seriously beg...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 10, 2007

Fights we want to see

Dan Rafael

Short of having an undisputed heavyweight champion, boxing received some of the best news it could have asked for last week when Bob Arum's Top Rank a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 03, 2007

Who could be next for Hatton?

Dan Rafael

...very well pack 50,000 into the ballpark for what would be a can't-miss all-action fight. • Hatton's wicked one-punch knockout of Castillo on a perfectly placed body shot...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 26, 2007

Even more random thoughts

Dan Rafael

...that was so boring, so negative and so action-free, super middleweight Andre Dirrell firmly established himself as the least entertaining boxer in the sport with his track meet against Curtis Stevens last...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 19, 2007

More random thoughts

Dan Rafael

...8226; Who has had a better recent run of action fights than Bob Arum's Top Rank? Start with an April 14 pay-per-view card that...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 14, 2007

Random thoughts

Dan Rafael

Since I spend the bulk of my time thinking, talking and writing about boxing, and inevitably make observations and have opinions, how about some of my...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 05, 2007

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