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!
In 2017, O’Shaquie Foster was incarcerated in his hometown of Orange, Texas, serving four months for aggravated assault…
Gennadiy Golovkin has vacated the IBF middleweight title, Golovkin attorney John Hornewer and the sanctioning body told Big…
In a blood-soaked, toe-to-toe battle and early women’s fight of the year contender, Amanda Serrano outpointed Erika Cruz…
Alycia Baumgardner scored two third-round knockdowns against Elhem Mekhaled en route to a dominating unanimous decision to become…
Emanuel Navarrete won a world title in a third weight class but had to go through hell to…
When former junior lightweight and featherweight titlist Oscar Valdez suffered an undisclosed injury late last year it forced…
Liam Wilson was willing to go to the ends of the earth for a shot at the vacant…
The televised undercard for the PBC Showtime PPV card headlined by the super middleweight showdown between WBC interim…
Unified light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, boxing’s fiercest puncher, once again showed why he has earned that reputation.…
In November, David Benavidez and Caleb Plant announced via social media that they had signed for a high-stakes…