ESPN Dan Rafael live chat

My Question: Name: Al-Haymon Location : Atlantic City Question: Dear Fat Dan, Am I overpaying for Judges? I am currently paying $10,000 bribe for each judge, this is hurting my pockets as I need money to blackmail HBO so they put my fighters on, so what is the proper amount to bribe a judge for? Thanks Dan, Don King is not replying to my texts. ^ Hope he replies

Left Hook Tua (Los Angeles , CA) The Taxman is the most avoided man in boxing. Dan Rafael (1:29 PM) Pay the man, Shirley. (And don't forget to pay the taxes.)

Dan Rafael (1:47 PM) Arum will talk to the media at 3 am ET (midnight PT) once the dealine passes. Fight fans can listen to the call via stream live on Toprank.com. Should be a wild night. I've done a lot of conference calls. Never at 3 am.

James from Boston :lol1: Yes, that was me...

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I asked him about the Mike Tyson comeback rumors but he won't answer me. Maybe someone else can ask...

If you guys get through in his chat; post your questions and Dan's answers in this thread...

James (Boston) On a lighter note, who do you think wins the possible April matchup between Arreola-Adamek? I like Adamek by KO, but Chris is the bigger man and is a huge puncher. In any case, great fight... Dan Rafael Dan Rafael (12:44 PM) If that fight actually got made, cool. I'd prefer seeing Adamek-Hopkins and Arreola-Tua, but hey, I'll take what I can get and that's an interesting match..

I was asking if he knew if Chambers and/or Povetkin were fighting interim fights before they face (Wlad) Klitschko. And if so, against who? IDK why the pretentious fat bastard couldn't answer it..

This fat clown just banned me from his stupid chat: Dan Rafael (1:11 PM) Hey, James from Boston -- give it a freakin rest already my man. Craig (Philly) James from Boston....what a knob. Besim (Staten Island, New York) What's the deal with James from Boston? Dan Rafael (1:14 PM) He's banned for sending in the same question about 200 times and just killing this thing. What question did you keep sending in

This fat clown just banned me from his stupid chat: Dan Rafael (1:11 PM) Hey, James from Boston -- give it a freakin rest already my man. Craig (Philly) James from Boston....what a knob. Besim (Staten Island, New York) What's the deal with James from Boston? Dan Rafael (1:14 PM) He's banned for sending in the same question about 200 times and just killing this thing.

I hope that there will be no need for any alternates although I like Green and Bika...

James (Boston) Dan, do you know if there are alternates in the smw touri if one of the six original fighters were to pull out from a fight? If so, who are they? Thanks Dan Rafael There are no alternates signed but I would imagine an Allan Green or Sakio Bika is at the top of the list. Sounds about right. I'm sure neither Bute or Balszay is alternates due to the economics. That is unless Kessler loses to Perdomo. That might incline the organizers to look for Bute as a replacement IMO.

James (Boston) Dan, do you know if there are alternates in the smw touri if one of the six original fighters were to pull out from a fight? If so, who are they? Thanks Dan Rafael There are no alternates signed but I would imagine an Allan Green or Sakio Bika is at the top of the list.

Tunney, is this you? jcs (Winnipeg) Can you explain to me why Wladimir is nowhere on your top 20 p4p list? the guy makes a habit of retiring fighters and has been pretty damn dominant. Dan Rafael P4P is way to compare everyone else, in part, to the heavyweight champion. I would only rate a heavyweight if he was so obviously the best fighter in boxing.

James (Boston) Hey Dano, I've been hearing that your colleague Teddy Atlas is training Alexander Povetkin and will (AP) take a tuneup before the Klitschko fight. Why procrastinate the title shot? I say- take the shot now because there are no guarantees that you'll get another one (due injuries, politics, whatever). What's your opinion? and do you know what opponents Team Povetkin is considering?... Dan Rafael There has been some mention of him possibly being on the Sept. 19 PPV undercard but nothing is firm. Dan Rafael Teddy is training Povetkin and he is taking a tuneup because the mandatory won't happen until December most likely. Povetkin's opponent is TBA but I promise you it won't be anyone too tough.

That FAT Fuk will answer the questions that are politically correct.

Get your questions in today- it starts at 12:30 ET. I'm going to ask him about the Atlas-Povetkin partnership and if Alex will take a tuneup fight before Klitschkio and against who...

The guy is pretty overweight. I've stood right beside him at the last couple of fights I've been at. It's funny, he just looks like some guy that works in the computer department of Best Buy. I just say to myself: "This is the guy that people in the boxing world regard so highly? But seriously, he's alright guy and I like reading what he has to say.

No Chat or Notebook today??? Ghey He had his chat yesterday and rarely posts a notebook on a holiday weekend. The chat wrap is on ESPN's boxing page, but for some reason Rafael's responses to most of the questions (until the very end of the chat) are omitted from the transcript. Weird, and very frustrating...this has been happening for a month or so, ever since they changed their chat software.