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Dan RafaelBlog | ChatsDan 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. |
Mares signs deal with Golden Boy
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comIf Abner Mares gets a shot at a bantamweight world title in 2010, which is expected, he will do it with Golden Boy as his promoter.
Story | Conversation | November 25, 2009Twice the drama for Bute-Andrade 2?
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comNot every fight fan agrees with the outcome of Lucian Bute-Librado Andrade 1. No matter: The super middleweights will settle the score once and for all in their rematch on Saturday.
Story | Conversation | November 25, 2009Thanksgiving offers no rest for busy boxing folks
Dan RafaelAlthough many folks are taking it easy this week because of Thanksgiving, that's not the case in boxing as several fights are in the works. While Top ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009Eight, including uncle, to receive organs
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comThe death of junior featherweight Francisco "Paco" Rodriguez on Sunday night will not be in vain.
Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009Fallen fighter gives gift of life
Dan RafaelThe death of junior featherweight Francisco "Paco" Rodriguez on Sunday night will not be in vain. Two days after Rodriguez was knocked out by Teon Ke...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009Pacquiao-Mayweather in negotiations
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comFormal negotiations in an effort to make a megafight between pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the first part of 2010 will open Monday.
Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009Ward looks sharp in cutting up Kessler
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comNot 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 22, 2009ESPN.com's divisional rankings
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comWhat recent changes have been made in boxing's weight class rankings? Dan Rafael reveals his new world standings.
Story | Conversation | February 16, 2009Pacquiao's power? All natural
Dan RafaelAlmost 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, 2009Pacquiao-Cotto tops Mayweather in PPV
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comManny 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, 2009Ward 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...
Page | ConversationFroch pulling for Kessler in Super Six showdown with Ward
Dan RafaelThe 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, 2009HBO honcho keen on making megafight
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comIt'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, 2009Pacquiao-Mayweather will set new fight standard
Dan RafaelWhen (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, 2009Top pound-for-pound fighters
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comDan Rafael ranks the best boxers in the world.
Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009
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