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Dan Rafael is ESPN.com's boxing writer. Rafael began writing for ESPN.com in March 2005 after working for 5 years as the boxing writer for USA Today.

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Pacquiao-Mayweather in negotiations

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Formal negotiations in an effort to make a mega fight between pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the first part of 2010 will open Monday.

Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009

Ward looks sharp in cutting up Kessler

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Not only did Andre Ward walk away with Mikkel Kessler's super middleweight belt Saturday, he also emerged as the man to beat in the Super Six Classic.

Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009

ESPN.com's divisional rankings

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

What recent changes have been made in boxing's weight class rankings? Dan Rafael reveals his new world standings.

Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009

Pacquiao's power? All natural

Dan Rafael

Almost as soon as referee Kenny Bayless waived off Manny Pacquiao's resounding 12th-round TKO of Miguel Cotto, talk turned to the prospect of the inev...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 21, 2009

Pacquiao-Cotto tops Mayweather in PPV

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Manny Pacquiao is a box office hit, selling 1.25 million pay-per-views for his fight with Miguel Cotto in a performance that could set up the richest fight ever against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009

Rafael After Dark

Welcome to SportsNation! On Saturday, ESPN.com's boxing writer Dan Rafael will log on for a special Rafael After Dark chat. Rafael will stop by after Showtime...

Chat | November 20, 2009

Ward writes off Kessler's advantages ahead of Super Six fight

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

...but I want to do my part to bring back the belt here on American soil." Said Dan Goossen, Ward's promoter, "This is just like Andre's run to the gold medal, but in...

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Froch pulling for Kessler in Super Six showdown with Ward

Dan Rafael

The eyes of the boxing world will be on Oakland, Calif., on Saturday (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET/PT) when super middleweight titlist Mikkel Kessler defends ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009

HBO honcho keen on making megafight

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

It's every fight fan's dream bout: a megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd "Money" Mayweather. HBO Sports' head honcho, Ross Greenburg, is determined to make those dreams come true.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Pacquiao-Mayweather will set new fight standard

Dan Rafael

When (and that's when, not if), Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. eventually fight, it's going to be gargantuan business. It really is the fight...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Top pound-for-pound fighters

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Dan Rafael ranks the best boxers in the world.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009

The top 3 pound-for-pound fighters

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Dan Rafael ranks the best boxers in the world.

Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Mayweather Jr. Calls Out Pacquiao

Sportscenter

...it's not a fight he can win." But According to ESPN.com's boxing writer Dan Rafael, the Pacquiao camp believes Mayweather has cold feet. "I got a feeling Mayweather doesn't really...

Blog | November 17, 2009

Mayweather already yapping about Pacquiao

Dan Rafael

Other than a brief interview with a British television outlet, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been awfully quiet in the aftermath of pound-for-pound king Ma...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Pacquiao looking to Mayweather fight

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

It's been only two days since Manny Pacquiao's historic 12th-round knockout of Miguel Cotto but already the focus is firmly on a potential Pacquiao showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Story | Conversation | November 16, 2009