Malignaggi deserved nod against Diaz
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comPaulie Malignaggi took a terrible beating on Saturday -- not from his opponent, Juan Diaz, but from the three judges who ruled against him.
Story | Conversation | August 23, 2009Malignaggi picking fights ahead of Diaz bout
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comMalignaggi mad at everyone except Diaz It doesn't take a lot to get former junior welterweight titlist Paulie Malignaggi riled up, so the mere menti...
Page | ConversationSchaefer in Big Apple to wheel and deal
Dan RafaelYour weekly random thoughts. … • Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer has come East to make deals. When it comes to closing a deal, Schae...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 06, 2009Bradley, Campbell exude confidence ahead of 140-pound tilt
Dan Rafael, ESPN.com...fight and his payday were canceled. So Bradley went to the show as a spectator and watched Nate Campbell pull a major upset in the main event when he outpointed Juan Diaz to claim three...
Page | ConversationSuper middleweight tournament scuttlebutt
Dan RafaelYour weekly random thoughts … • First things first: I love the idea of the six-man super middleweight tournament being spearheaded b...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 09, 2009With Mexico behind him, all-action Angulo angles toward title shot
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comChris Cozzone/Fightwireimages.com What endears Alfredo Angulo, left, to his fans? The fact that he's willing to take two punches to land one. Ang...
Page | ConversationStripping Forrest was right move by WBC
Dan RafaelThe return of random thoughts … • Maybe hell has actually frozen over. Perhaps, if you look out the window, you'll see pigs flying. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 27, 2009Lightweights jockeying for position in stacked division
Dan Rafael, ESPN.com...for his second loss in three fights and has work to do to get back on top. Nate Campbell lost his belts on the scale when he couldn't make weight for a Feb. 14...
Page | ConversationFather figures to play role in Jones Jr. fight
Dan Rafael, ESPN.com...the early 1990s until 2004, when he was brutally knocked out twice by Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson, and then lost a third consecutive fight when Tarver easily outpointed him in their 2005 rubber match...
Page | ConversationFight week for Klitschko-Gomez ensues
Brian Doogan, Special to ESPN.comCan Vitali Klitschko handle Juan Carlos Gomez's southpaw style? Is the challenger's bark worse than his bite? Does the champ's taste in tunes match his appreciation of automobiles? Brian Doogan discusses these and many more topics in his fight-week blog.
Story | Conversation | March 18, 2009When picking fights, HBO finally getting it right
Dan RafaelSome media members seem to enjoy taking shots at HBO and distorting the facts just for fun, then refuse to acknowledge when things are going well. Su...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 04, 2009Marquez proves his worth against Diaz
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comIt might be early, but '09 already has a candidate for fight of the year in Juan Manuel Marquez's dramatic knockout win over Juan Diaz.
Story | Conversation | March 02, 2009Martinez robbed of win against Cintron
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comTalk about dropping the ball: it was referee Frank Santore's incompetence and not Kermit Cintron's fists that did the most damage to Sergio Martinez during "Boxing After Dark" Saturday.
Story | Conversation | February 15, 2009Lightweight titlist Campbell keeps rolling with the punches
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comDavid Martin Warr/Don King Productions Nate Campbell, left, has promised to lay a beating on Ali Funeka when they meet Saturday. Campbell rolls...
Page | ConversationBerto biting into first big challenge
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comBerto stepping up Even when Andre Berto was a standout amateur, big things were predicted for him in the pro ranks. He had the speed, power and aggre...
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