Dan Rafael

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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 vs Mayweather - Off For Now

SportsCenter

...testing ... but not random blood testing and nothing just before the fight ... only after the fight. Dan Rafael with the latest on the controversy

Blog | December 23, 2009

Pacquiao vs Mayweather Fight In Jeapordy

SportsCenter

...being off, David Lloyd received some clarity when he spoke with ESPN.com Senior Boxing Writer Dan Rafael on SportsCenter this morning

Blog | December 23, 2009

Miranda could add spice to super middleweight

Dan Rafael

...in the first round on Oct. 22 -- his first fight with trainer Joe Goossen and co-promoter Dan Goossen (who worked along with longtime Miranda promoter Leon Margules). "I didn't think a title shot...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 23, 2009

Holmes takes 'Centerstage'

Dan Rafael

One thing about Larry Holmes, the great former heavyweight champ and International Boxing Hall of Famer, is that he doesn't hold his tongue. He says w...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 19, 2009

Khan-Malignaggi has nice ring to it at 140

Dan Rafael

The junior welterweight division is hot. It's loaded with a variety of interesting, exciting and marketable fighters and matchups. At the top there's ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 17, 2009

Pacquiao-Mayweather mania running wild

Dan Rafael

Your weekly random thoughts … • You know just how big the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight is when just the discussion of where ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 12, 2009

All-State Football Nominees Part I

CalHiSports.com

This is the first look at nominees that are on our board as we start the  selection process for all of our various 2009 All-State football teams....

Blog Entry | December 21, 2009

Monday Mendozas

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...Are you like me? Do you wonder how Rafael Soriano can possibly be worth something like $8...my votes, check the comments here). * ESPN's Dan Shulman has picked up a wonderful honor. And...

Blog | December 14, 2009

Slew of signings lie ahead

Buster Olney

...hundred sixty-six. And keep in mind that many free agents already have agreed to terms, from Rafael Soriano to Brandon Lyon to Henry Blanco to Alex Cora to Pedro Feliz to others -- about 29...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 13, 2009

Post-winter meetings questions

Buster Olney

The most prominent unresolved questions coming out of the winter meetings: 1. Where will Roy Halladay be traded? Halladay We talk all the time...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 12, 2009