Since 2000, award-winning reporter Dan Rafael has covered boxing full time and been ringside for thousands of fights, first for five years at USA Today and then for 15 years at ESPN, where he wrote and appeared on various television, radio and streaming programs. In 2013, Dan was honored by the Boxing Writers Association of America with the Nat Fleischer award for career excellence in boxing journalism. Dan brings his great insight to the Big Fight Weekend site, podcast and more!
The all-women’s card featuring two major world championship fights — the unification fight for the undisputed middleweight title…
Former unified heavyweight titlist Andy Ruiz Jr. scored three knockdowns against Luis “King Kong” Ortiz and he needed…
Lightweight contender Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz easily destroyed Eduardo Ramirez in a second-round knockout victory in their WBC title…
Former three-division world titlist Abner Mares returned after more than four years out of the ring and settled…
Lightweight Edwin De Los Santos, on standby and pressed into service during fight week, stopped hot prospect Jose…
Juan Francisco Estrada, looking to shake off the rust of an 18-month layoff, thought he was going into…
Labor Day Weekend is here but we still have fights! The main card of the weekend is the…
It’s a special mid-week podcast! Light heavyweight titlist Dmitry Bivol, coming off his upset victory over Canelo Alvarez…
Social media influencer and novice cruiserweight Jake Paul and MMA legend Anderson Silva are working toward finalizing an…
In a shocker, Southern California club show promoter MarvNation Promotions easily won a purse bid on Tuesday to…