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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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

Golden Boy CEO: Mayweather-De La Hoya II could come in September

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya, who shattered box office records when they met last spring, are close to finishing a deal for a rematch, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer told ESPN.com Wednesday.

Story | Conversation | January 16, 2008

Mayweather mulling move to MMA in deal with Cuban

Dan Rafael and Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Floyd Mayweather Jr., the world's No. 1 boxer, is strongly considering a revolutionary jump to mixed martial arts under a deal being discussed with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.

Story | Conversation | December 21, 2007