Deontay Wilder Booming KO Leads Weekend Recaps
Welcome to the Fight Freaks Unite recap podcast coming off a very busy boxing weekend that had three…
By Dan Rafael
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2 min read
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Author: Dan Rafael
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!
Deontay Wilder Destroys Helenius With Massive 1st Round KO
NEW YORK – Welcome back, Deontay Wilder. The former longtime WBC heavyweight titleholder scored a gargantuan first-round knockout,…
By Dan Rafael
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3 min read
Caleb Plant KOs Dirrell With Single Punch
NEW YORK- For eight-plus rounds, former super middleweight titleholders Caleb Plant and Anthony Dirrell put on a sloppy,…
By Dan Rafael
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6 min read
British Board Announces Conor Benn Investigation
The British Boxing Board of Control announced on Friday that it has opened an investigation in conjunction with…
By Dan Rafael
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2 min read
Shields-Marshall Lead Delayed But Still Primed Card
The women’s championship unification doubleheader may have been delayed by a month, but the four fighters — Claressa…
By Dan Rafael
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4 min read
Closing In On Deontay Wilder-Robert Helenius
We’ve got a very busy boxing Saturday on tap with three significant cards on three continents and we…
By Dan Rafael
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2 min read
Naoya Inoue-Paul Butler Official For December 13th
Pound-for-pound star Naoya Inoue and Paul Butler will fight for the undisputed bantamweight championship on Dec. 13 at…
By Dan Rafael
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3 min read
Devin Haney Is Undisputed But Work Remains
After years of hard work and a lifetime of dreaming, Devin Haney accomplished the goal he made for…
By Dan Rafael
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5 min read
Michael Conlan Announces December Return
Featherweight contender Michael Conlan will return to action in his hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland, for his third…
By Dan Rafael
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2 min read
Teofimo Lopez-Jose Pedraza In Works For Heisman Trophy Night
The plan all along has been for former unified lightweight world champion Teofimo Lopez to headline Top Rank’s…
By Dan Rafael
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2 min read