Dan Rafael sucks much?

Yes he is -- and since he's been on Twitter, his ugly, arrogant yet very insecure personality has been exposed. Twitter was the worst thing to ever happen to this guy, it fed his bloated ego and turned him into a grotesque personality. What type of stuff does he say?

dan's okay, imo. maybe a bit of full of himself and a bit fat, but his reporting is usually informative and less biased than most boxing news sources. i think boxing journalism is awful in general, actually. it seems nigh on impossible to find someone who is objective, has a firm grasp of english, has their finger on the pulse, and has a willingness to occasionally deliver thoughtful articles about something other than the hot topics of the moment. usually they only tick two of those boxes at most. i'd be interested to hear if anyone can think of a writer who ticks them all.

Dan Rafael is the primary columnist for ESPN.com's boxing coverage. Recently, he has become both insufferably arrogant and just plain wrong. Today's chat brings us, yet another, example: Melinda: Butte,MT: If Mayweather/DelaHoya II happens, then Floyd should be stripped of his #1 pound-for-pound status. He will not only have fought none of the elite(Cotto,Williams,Margarito) in his divison, but he will be fighting no one that will prove that hes still the pound-for-pound king. At least we have Pacquiao/Marquez II which makes a hell of alot more sense then Mayweather/DelaHoya II. Dan Rafael: Apparently, the air is in Butte. Get real. What is the point of this answer Dan. Melinda made a point. You can agree with or disagree with it. You can even go as far as giving reasons for your agreement or disagreement. For instance: "PBF will stay #1 until he loses" is an acceptable answer. "Right now, PBF is too well established in that position to be removed for NOT fighting someone" is acceptable. What is not acceptable is what you have done, Dan. Because what you have done is nothing. the air is in Butte. That's the answer? Did you even read the question? What does that even mean? Is that a drug reference without referencing any drugs? Can you do that? Also, "get real"? Who says that? What is he nine years old? Get real? No, you get real Dan. And he still hasn't fought them, and now we can add Pacquiao, Martinez and next year Khan to that list.

Dan Rafael is more of an opinion/rumor contributor than an actual reporter. The guy is just lazy. If you had the kind of budget ESPN can give you, you should be doing a better job than that retard, Seckbach yet he doesn't. They are both fanboys but for oposing fighters its kind of funny.

I usually don't agree with him but this is spot on. Mayweather/DLH 2 is a concrete example of how greed beats the championic ambitions. As if there are many fighters who give a crap anymore...

Its hard to take obese people seriously when they talk about sports considering they have never laced them up or broken a sweat ever.

Dude is too fat.

Fan Dan, Skip and other shock jocks are indicative why ESPN is shadow of itself.

lol........ Hey Scully, Im going to the Khan-Peterson fight. How do you see that one playing out?

For future reference, please refer to him by his proper name - "Fat Dan."...

I knew back in 2000 when NO ONE knew him...and he was like a wide eyed kid, new to the game, loved boxing and was happy to be involved in some way...the game has ruined him now, though,, he's turn into an arrogant jerk...definitely...

i'm confident Rafael isn't really this jaded, surely he got out of his seat when pavlik floored taylor.. not if he was chowing on a chilli cheese dog

Bobby (Des Moines, IA): Tell Melinda in Butte that 2.4 million buys the first time around makes enough sense for anybody. Dan Rafael: Clearly, they are much smarter in Iowa than in Montana. What does the amount of buys his fights produce have to do with his pound for pound status? Dan? Are you there? Where are you Dan? This guy is one of boxing's lead journalists and we wonder why boxing can get off the dround. i'm confident Rafael isn't really this jaded, surely he got out of his seat when pavlik floored taylor..

dan raf= fan boy!! Agreed. He has become quite full of himself lately.

Bobby (Des Moines, IA): Tell Melinda in Butte that 2.4 million buys the first time around makes enough sense for anybody. Dan Rafael: Clearly, they are much smarter in Iowa than in Montana. What does the amount of buys his fights produce have to do with his pound for pound status? Dan? Are you there? Where are you Dan? This guy is one of boxing's lead journalists and we wonder why boxing can get off the dround.

i'm gonna propose a very optimistic theory about dan's fall to noobdom. Perhaps he's dissillusioned by the greed of boxing.. Maybe he's just bored of having an awesome effin' job.. or maybe.. his wife's a complete bit**.. Least likely of all is that Rafael really looks forward to seeing PBF/DLH 2.. That's the only impossible option he likes a big event he says.. prob to oogle pieces of ass he could never get

I told you this like a month ago happy.. back b4 he called you a joke. He's the only member of the boxing world i wanna meet, just so i can call him a fanboy. He's more noob than man now.. i'm gonna propose a very optimistic theory about dan's fall to noobdom. Perhaps he's dissillusioned by the greed of boxing.. Maybe he's just bored of having an awesome effin' job.. or maybe.. his wife's a complete bit**.. Least likely of all is that Rafael really looks forward to seeing PBF/DLH 2.. That's the only impossible option

I dont think he should be stripped though. Yeah he isnt fighting who he should be fighting but he pretty much earned that ranking. Now, if he fights a scrub AFTER DLH, then yeah.

Most boxing journalists are full of shit, and full of themselves. I told you this like a month ago happy.. back b4 he called you a joke. He's the only member of the boxing world i wanna meet, just so i can call him a fanboy. He's more noob than man now..

Dan Rafael is the primary columnist for ESPN.com's boxing coverage. Recently, he has become both insufferably arrogant and just plain wrong. Today's chat brings us, yet another, example: Melinda: Butte,MT: If Mayweather/DelaHoya II happens, then Floyd should be stripped of his #1 pound-for-pound status. He will not only have fought none of the elite(Cotto,Williams,Margarito) in his divison, but he will be fighting no one that will prove that hes still the pound-for-pound king. At least we have Pacquiao/Marquez II which makes a hell of alot more sense then Mayweather/DelaHoya II. Dan Rafael: Apparently, the air is in Butte. Get real. What is the point of this answer Dan. Melinda made a point. You can agree with or disagree with it. You can even go as far as giving reasons for your agreement or disagreement. For instance: "PBF will stay #1 until he loses" is an acceptable answer. "Right now, PBF is too well established in that position to be removed for NOT fighting someone" is acceptable. What is not acceptable is what you have done, Dan. Because what you have done is nothing. the air is in Butte. That's the answer? Did you even read the question? What does that even mean? Is that a drug reference without referencing any drugs? Can you do that? Also, "get real"? Who says that? What is he nine years old? Get real? No, you get real Dan. dan raf= fan boy!!