ESPN: Dan Rafael Schooling Skip Bayless and Mike Wilbon saying "Boxing is Dead"

It's too bad this tub of lard is just as bad as both of them. He just defended boxing and you chip him , why , because he thinks Floyd is great ,,, your not a boxing fans cake hole just another hatting moron .

If ESPN gave more mainstream coverage to boxing then it wouldn't be even close to being percieved as dead. Instead on Sportscenter you see more coverage being given to Nascar, hockey , and golf. Why? Advertising dollars. Those sports correlate more to a white male aged 26-45 which is the most coveted niche from a marketing perspective due to their buying power. It's accidentally racist but a puposely class-based prejudice. Boxing just had (is still having) an awesome 2013 with more and more prospects emerging. But the ignorant, lazy people at ESPN say its a dying sport. BTW I wasn't trying to be racist, but its obvious that Sportcenter has a preference for the sports with the whitest fanbases. Boxing getting more time on Sportscenter would make it more of a "mainstream" sport.

All three are pedestrian when it comes to boxing knowledge, and generally dummies, but he is right, boxing is far from dead, it's declining, and has been since the 60's, but it's far from dead, if you want to talk about a combat sport that is dangling by a thread, look no further than, well, you know, oh Dana.... :lol1:

Thank you Dan.:boxing::boxing::boxing:

That wasn't the bs I was referring to. I meant to say it was bs to discredit floyd for fighting a guy 2 pounds below his normal weight. I just couldn't care less. A lot of people fight at catchweights, and people don't say anything - but when Floyd does it, people talk about. It's only controversial because it's floyd. ok. fair enough

its quite obvious golden boy has resigned dan rafael to their payroll.

I don't like Dan at all but I like him today.

Dan Rafael was right on. I usually don't agree with him but as I have said here before, boxing has never been dead and will never be dead. The problem is, that boxing is now a sport that is no longer in the mainstream. You can walk around the country and ask most people if they know who Lebron James is, and they will know. You can do the same and ask if they know who Canelo or Floyd is and you will be surprised how many little people know that. Wilbon and the rest of them aren't boxing fans, not hard core fans at least. They just remember the big names, and when they don't, they feel like the sport is suffering.

Well boxing is always dying and always needs to be saved, so it is a weird combination of Jason and Lois Lane. That is just how it will always be to a certain high brow sect. Of course Rafeal would smash those guys in any boxing conversation because he is a boxing head, you might not like his view or opinions but he comes by them because he watches a ton of boxing. Hard core fans don't like him as much because he writes to a more casual audience and his start in the sport came from Gatti so he isn't always the most kind to the sweet science set. Plus Rafeal gets people to react strongly to his views, some would say that is the sign of a quality writer~

On espn the girl said they're gonna talk about "the fight that might save boxing" smh. Will espn ever learn? If they decided to cover boxing more than just Floyd and PAC they'd know it was dead

Fat Dan took em to school. Wilbon and Tony are a step below a casual fan. As long as us harcore fans are around Boxing aint going anywhere.

Dan speaks just as good as he writes. A Dan Rafael boxing show >>>Jim Lampley's show.

Well Said DAN! well said!

Speaking of First Take, they had Teddy Atlas on this morning, and he picked Canelo by decision. Yeah, but he basically said "robbery" without actually saying the word.

My four old year son knows more about today's boxing then Skip and that idiot Stephen A Smith. Smith doesn't know sh1t about anything but basketball. Skip knows about baseball football and basketball but they shouldn't be allowed to talk about boxing.

Speaking of First Take, they had Teddy Atlas on this morning, and he picked Canelo by decision.

The First take producers should not allow these two to talk about boxing... they admitted they only 2 fighters. It makes ESPN look completely inept (which it is).

how to look like a retard ... say "boxing is dead" right before the biggest fight of all time... while the biggest earner in all of sports is a boxer.

Colin Cowherd on his radio show repeated the same refrain today. Some decent points made, some not. He picked Mayweather in a clear victory.

It's always a disgrace watching anyone from first take discuss boxing. That boxing has died or dying stuff is way overrated. These guys call them selves professional sports analyst and couldn't name a champion from each division I bet. If you don't know dont discuss it, cause saying boxing is dead shows your true ignorance to the sport.