Another desperate grab for cash by WBC
Dan RafaelYour weekly random thoughts … • As much as I've punished the awful WBA for its title lunacy (not to mention pitiful rankings), did yo...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 14, 2009Question the decision, not Cotto's heart
Dan RafaelYour weekly random thoughts … You can say what you want about the decision in last week's Miguel Cotto-Joshua Clottey fight. Some folks thought...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 18, 2009Thanks for the memories, Oscar
Dan RafaelYour weekly random thoughts … • I have said and written many times that we should enjoy Oscar De La Hoya because someday he would be ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 17, 2009Promoter denying Darchinyan his revenge
Dan Rafael...Darchinyan needs to fight again. • I was pretty impressed with the toughness shown by lightweight Antonio DeMarco in his ninth-round TKO of "Kid Diamond" Almazbek Raiymkulov on the Darchinyan-Arce undercard. DeMarco...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 10, 2009Golden Boy's prospects should be on 'ShoBox'
Dan Rafael...fighters "ShoBox" likes to showcase. Among them are Daniel Jacobs, Danny Garcia, twins Carlos Velazquez and Juan...it take to figure out what was inside Antonio Margarito's hand wraps? This is just ridiculous...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 02, 2009A wish list for '09
Dan Rafael...8226; For Juan Manuel Lopez, Victor Ortiz, Daniel Jacobs, Alfredo Angulo, Devon Alexander, Danny Garcia, James...can all just move on. • For Antonio Margarito, the inner fire to stay hungry now...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 01, 2009All he wants for Christmas is Joe
Dan Rafael...and a victory in his first fight with Antonio Tarver, performances that garnered him 2004 Fighter of...headline on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" against Daniel Judah in a Feb. 27 rematch of a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 23, 2008'Solo Boxeo' about to be gone, but not forgotten
Dan Rafael...notable fighters who appeared on the series: Antonio Margarito, Miguel Cotto, Juan Manuel Marquez, Fernando Vargas, Israel Vazquez, Rafael Marquez, Kelly Pavlik, Juan Diaz, Juan Manuel Lopez, Daniel Ponce De Leon, Jhonny Gonzalez, Julio Diaz...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2008What they're saying in Las Vegas
Dan Rafael...Bernard Hopkins, Oscar Larios and Hall of Famer Daniel Zaragoza (who is part of De La Hoya...of rivals, becoming friends, rather than the Marco Antonio Barrera-Erik Morales route of rivals who despise...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 05, 2008Fighters at 154 not a snore anymore
Dan Rafael...But what a difference six months makes. Although Daniel Santos knocked out Alcine to win one of...make it hard to tell him apart from Antonio Margarito. Along with Angulo, the division boasts two...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2008Bad call, Joel
Dan RafaelDaddy is a little down on his Love Child. I'm not down on junior middleweight contender Joel "Love Child" Julio as a fighter. Why would I be? He's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 02, 2008How can we be excited about Pavlik-Hopkins?
Dan Rafael...I see it. • How about some great news: Just one week until Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito throw down. If you're not psyched for this fight, you're not a boxing fan...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 18, 2008
Upset bug biting down on ESPN2
Dan RafaelYour weekly random thoughts … I grew up 20 minutes from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and when I got my first job after college as a sportswriter at t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 12, 2008
Vegas' newest competitor
Dan Rafael...there is a problem. Sure, it's nice to see young prospects such as Danny Garcia and Daniel Jacobs in the early stages of their pro careers, but this undercard offered absolutely nothing in the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 23, 2008
What we want from '08
Dan RafaelWe all know 2007 was an outstanding year for boxing. Here are some wishes for 2008: • For Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao to give u...
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