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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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Top pound-for-pound fighters

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Dan Rafael ranks the best boxers in the world.

ESPN Insider Story | 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 | October 21, 2009

Top pound-for-pound fighters

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Dan Rafael ranks the best boxers in the world.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 23, 2009

Top pound-for-pound fighters

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Dan Rafael ranks the best boxers in the world.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 19, 2009

Top pound-for-pound fighters

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Dan Rafael ranks the best boxers in the world.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | July 15, 2009

Top pound-for-pound fighters

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Dan Rafael ranks the best boxers in the world.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | January 12, 2009

Ranking the top pound-for-pound fighters (Nos. 6-20)

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Dan Rafael ranks the best boxers in the world.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | December 16, 2008

Ranking the top pound-for-pound fighters (Nos. 6-20)

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

Dan Rafael ranks the best boxers in the world.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 20, 2008

Pavlik plummets out of top 10 while Hopkins cements legacy

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Think Bernard Hopkins was the only fighter to win big in Atlantic City on Saturday? Nuh-uh. Hopkins' heroic effort over Kelly Pavlik makes Joe Calzaghe's win over B-Hop all the more impressive. Dan Rafael ranks the best fighters in the world.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 22, 2008

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Don Steinberg

Friday, 5:45 p.m. ET -- Mea Culpa ESPN.com's own Dan Rafael called me out, justifiably, for labeling Billy Dib a "highlight reel fighter." I was a little...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 17, 2008

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Don Steinberg

...April]. Pavlik is a power puncher and typically when Hopkins fights power punchers he stops them." -- Dan Rafael

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2008

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Kieran Mulvaney

...is the center of attention, was very gracious. He smiled, he posed for photographs, he congratulated Dan Rafael and myself when we came down off the stage after accepting our writing awards, and he...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 02, 2008

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Kieran Mulvaney

...Writers Association of America annual awards. Who needs Clark Gable or Spencer Tracy when you have Dan Rafael and Kieran Mulvaney … right? -- Kieran Mulvaney

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 29, 2008

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Kieran Mulvaney

...piece I wrote about Davey Hilton and Investigative Reporting, for a story on steroids and boxing. Dan Rafael also received an honorable mention, in the Boxing News Story category. Other current and former members...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 16, 2008

Despite losing their most recent fights, Marquez brothers see their stocks rise

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com

March was a rough month for the Marquez family. Juan Manuel went tooth-and-claw with Manny Pacquiao, while Rafael traded knockdowns with Israel Vazquez -- and both brothers came up just short. Despite the losses, neither takes a plunge in the pound-for-pound rankings.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | March 18, 2008