Dan Rafeal writes extension with ESPN!!!

[deanrw]

I don't hate him or like him. He seems kinda smug though. The only trait I do actually like about him is his willingness to talk good or badly about fighters. That is doing his job. They should not be put on a pedestal. They are here to entertain the paying customer. If they fail to entertain they should be told as such.

I don't care if Dan is fat or skinny.
I don't care if he hurts a fighters or their fans feelings.
I don't care that he does not put his life on the line or ever stepped foot in the ring.

His job is not to kiss ass. He is a reporter. He is supposed to give his views. If I wanted to see ass kissing I would just concentrate on listening to fanboys.

[paulf]

He is supposedly a professional writer and he literally put in his wish list ON ESPN'S WEBSITE that one of his wishes for 2016 is for Adrien Broner to "grow up," and then posted a video of Maidana putting a beating on Broner when Broner wrote back. Who the **** is he to beef with a ****ing fighter?? I wish Broner would just take the misdemeanor charge and smack Dan in his fat face next time he sees him. He'd make me a fan for life.

Like, are you ****ing kidding me? It isn't Broner's job to be nice to the press. He ****ing punches people for a living. It is Dan's job to at least act like a professional writer.

[BigAlexSand]

He is supposedly a professional writer and he literally put in his wish list ON ESPN'S WEBSITE that one of his wishes for 2016 is for Adrien Broner to "grow up," and then posted a video of Maidana putting a beating on Broner when Broner wrote back. Who the **** is he to beef with a ****ing fighter?? I wish Broner would just take the misdemeanor charge and smack Dan in his fat face next time he sees him. He'd make me a fan for life.

Like, are you ****ing kidding me? It isn't Broner's job to be nice to the press. He ****ing punches people for a living. It is Dan's job to at least act like a professional writer.

As you said, it is his job to act like a professional but constantly pushes the athletes away from ESPN. That's far from a good Journalist. The fact is, a Journalist isn't supposed to be bias, but that is all we see from FatDan. Maybe the concept of being an unBias journalist only works with "real" journalism.

[FeFist]

He's too unprofessional. People always question why boxing is waning in popularity but it shouldn't surprise anyone when the people covering the sport fail to respect it as a sport.

[The Problem Child]

The real TMT. Heard it was upwards of 3 trillion. Respect.

[BigAlexSand]

I don't hate him or like him. He seems kinda smug though. The only trait I do actually like about him is his willingness to talk good or badly about fighters. That is doing his job. They should not be put on a pedestal. They are here to entertain the paying customer. If they fail to entertain they should be told as such.

I don't care if Dan is fat or skinny.
I don't care if he hurts a fighters or their fans feelings.
I don't care that he does not put his life on the line or ever stepped foot in the ring.

His job is not to kiss ass. He is a reporter. He is supposed to give his views. If I wanted to see ass kissing I would just concentrate on listening to fanboys.

What you just stated is the problem with him as a journalist/analyst. A journalist is supposed to not be bias but report the facts, and not your views. Atleast in the aspect of "Real" journalism. I don't find his articles, to be articles but his views and some facts. I wanna hear facts, not his bias and moronic views on fighters. His views are that of a fanboy and not a journalist.

[Fetta]

ESPN doesnt really follow boxing and i dont follow fat dan

[Weltschmerz]

Always viewed him in a humorous light, you don't need to take him serious. Don't read his articles anyway.

[SilverMiles]

Unless you want someone who doesn't watch the sport of boxing to cover the news this is what you're going to get. He's obviously a fan of the sport and he's going to give his opinion. As long as those opinion stay in editorials and opinion pieces he's okay.

A lot of you guys are upset that he doesn't lick the taint of your favorite fighters and that upsets you.

[deanrw]

What you just stated is the problem with him as a journalist/analyst. A journalist is supposed to not be bias but report the facts, and not your views. Atleast in the aspect of "Real" journalism. I don't find his articles, to be articles but his views and some facts. I wanna hear facts, not his bias and moronic views on fighters. His views are that of a fanboy and not a journalist.

He does state facts, but almost all fighters out there also deserve criticism. Too many journalists suck up to them. There are problems with this sport and they should be addressed.