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Mayweather out to reclaim mantle as boxing's best

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

...him or hate him, the mere mention of Floyd Mayweather's name elicits a strong reaction from boxing fans. His mainstream profile has also grown bigger than any other fighter's because of a run...

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Diaz's graduation a feel-good story for boxing

Dan Rafael

...thoughts … • It's easy sometimes to get caught up in the bad news in boxing. This boxer was arrested. That boxer is punch-drunk and broke. And that one is in a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 15, 2009

Dunne steals show in Dublin shootout

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

While Vitali Klitschko and Roy Jones were walking through their opponents, Bernard Dunne was giving Ireland one for the ages in a thrilling slugfest with Ricardo Cordoba.

Story | Conversation | March 22, 2009

Father figures to play role in Jones Jr. fight

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

...months later, Calzaghe retired as the undefeated light heavyweight champion, content with his career and place in boxing history. Jones could have done the same years ago, but instead he soldiers on. He has always...

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John merely the latest victim of WBA

Dan Rafael

...8226; If HBO and Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer actually pull off the proposed June 27 "Boxing After Dark" card of John-Juarez II, Sergei Dzindziruk-James Kirkland and Andreas Kotelnik-Victor Ortiz, I...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 18, 2009

False starts fuel the fire in Darchinyan, Arce

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

...great fight. "Arce has been looking forward to facing Darchinyan for a long time. Everybody who follows boxing, particularly those following the fighters in this weight category, has been talking about this fight for years...

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Promoters hard at work in LA

Dan Rafael

...to throw down Saturday night at the Staples Center -- who isn't pumped for this fight? -- the boxing world has converged here, so, naturally, I've been hearing all kinds of good info. A sampling...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 24, 2009

Boxing-MMA card doesn't make much sense

Dan Rafael

...get one thing straight before this blog goes any further: This is not, I repeat NOT, a boxing-versus-mixed martial arts debate. As I have said almost to the point of wanting to vomit...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 20, 2009

Jones confirms fight with Sheika

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Roy Jones Jr., the all-time great former champion in four divisions who turned 40 last Friday, will face Omar Sheika at the Pensacola Civic Center on March 21 in a light heavyweight fight.

Story | Conversation | January 19, 2009

And the award goes to …

Dan Rafael

With the 2008 year of boxing in the history books, let's get some more ESPN.com award winners in under the wire...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 30, 2008

One and done: Calzaghe keen on quitting while he's ahead

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

...in front of him. "I just want to go in and win this fight. I've been boxing for 25 years, and I just feel like I don't want to fight anymore after this...

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Golden Boy, Affliction team up to bring top-level fighters together on same card

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Golden Boy Promotions, one of the leading boxing promotional companies in the world, is branching out into mixed martial arts, CEO Richard Schaefer announced Saturday at a news conference at the MGM Grand.

Story | Conversation | September 13, 2008

Crossroads battle? No. Titanic clash? Probably

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

...of them, and if their track record for producing all-action fights is any indication, it's boxing fans who will win when they meet in a scheduled 12-rounder Saturday night (HBO, 10:15...

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Holt's chance to settle score with Torres comes on Saturday

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Tom Casino/Showtime Will Kendall Holt, right, leave Las Vegas smiling -- and with Ricardo Torres' title -- on Saturday? Torres-Holt II: "No Excus...

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Mayweather Jr. retires, cancels rematch with De La Hoya

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Pound-for-pound king and welterweight world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced his retirement from boxing Friday.

Story | Conversation | June 06, 2008