How 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
Showtime gets it right
Dan Rafael...or chat transcripts knows how truly irritated I have been in recent weeks with Showtime for hyping Antonio Tarver, who holds a meaningless title belt, as "light heavyweight champion." The network was doing it in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2007
Oscar scandal seems 'fishy'
Dan RafaelYour weekly dose of random thoughts… • Might as well get this out of the way since it's the 800-pound gorilla in the room. Regarding ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 27, 2007
A healthy dose of random thoughts
Dan Rafael...with their arms around each other at a press conference last week announcing the Manny Pacquiao-Marco Antonio Barrera rematch, I smiled. Having De La Hoya and Arum on good terms is important for boxing...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 14, 2007
A ton of random thoughts
Dan Rafael• For all of you who think life as the ESPN.com boxing writer is so glamorous, think again. Here is the making sausage side of things: I wa...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 07, 2007
Fights we want to see
Dan Rafael...business with each other since co-promoting the third showdown between Erik Morales (Top Rank) and Marco Antonio Barrera (Golden Boy) on Nov. 27, 2004. Their bitter rivalry has been terrible for boxing because it...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 03, 2007
World Cup event on the horizon?
Dan Rafael...if they come off: • Junior featherweight titlist Daniel Ponce De Leon, a big puncher, would make...on the March 17 Juan Manuel Marquez-Marco Antonio Barrera undercard. • Junior bantamweight titlist Fernando Montiel...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 18, 2007
Vargas wants an Oscar
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comInstead of having opponent Sugar Shane Mosley on his mind, Fernando Vargas is looking forward to the day he can fight Mosley's manager, Oscar De La Hoya.
Story | Conversation | February 10, 2006
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