From Fat Dan

When Fat Dan lays off the buffets I will lay off the fat jokes. He is good for ESPN though, having a guy that really loves the sport really be their main writer/boxing head is a huge plus his portly nature aside. hehe, I had a hidden message :D

When Fat Dan lays off the buffets I will lay off the fat jokes. He is good for ESPN though, having a guy that really loves the sport really be their main writer/boxing head is a huge plus his portly nature aside. Yeah Fat Dan sound nice and it should really be his nick name kinda like a trademark. He's a really great boxing insider and I often look up espn for his articles..

poor Dan, can't help but crack up everytime he's referred to as "Fat" Dan. Please guys, enough fat jokes, we need to give Dan Rafael a break of that kitkat bar! When Fat Dan lays off the buffets I will lay off the fat jokes. He is good for ESPN though, having a guy that really loves the sport really be their main writer/boxing head is a huge plus his portly nature aside.

let just get it done, I have no problem with a 3 fight PPV (rather it be 4 figths) but if great fights are made then hell yeah, only thing that sucks is come on Mawyeather promotions have garbage fighters, so one of the 3 fights are gonna be a garbage match like jleon love vs TBA or bardou jack vs TBA. I was going to post about that point but you already did, I touched on it briefly when i said if top rank and Mayweather Promotions pick a fight each on their own accord, that it's probably a bad thing and your reasoning underlines exactly what i was talking about, who the hell does mayweather promotions have to make any fight worthy of being viewed by so many people to another point someone else made, i understand that most casual fans want to get to the main event, but a good card doesn't hurt that wait and can even draw good interest and promotion for the fighters if they put on a good show and for the sport as a whole, the point is to hopefully guide a few casuals to tuning into the sport more in general

poor Dan, can't help but crack up everytime he's referred to as "Fat" Dan. Please guys, enough fat jokes, we need to give Dan Rafael a break of that kitkat bar!

Rios will be headed straight to the "Knick" if Marquez gets his hands on him....

This i was actually afraid of esp. as i saw the estimated purse rise from 200 to 250 mil over the past month i began to wonder if there would be any money left for a quality undercard, and with the each promotion picking one fight deal im really worried this event wont be taken advantage of correctly for Boxing, I'd prefer a 4 fight card still but ill take one fight less if the quality is there, each ppv telecast fight should be main event worthy on a regular HBO/Showtime card like you said lets hope there is a nice preshow with undercard fights The only fight casuals care about is the main event, the rest is just leftovers for hardcore fans, whatever the quality.

Even at 40, injured, and past it, Marquez would slaughter Brandon Rios. He might hit the canvas once, but he'd mess Rios up for life in return. Real talk, Marquez is going to make him look like a punching bag again. Get ready for another crying post fight Rios.

The Mayweather-DLH PPV had only three matches. The undercard seemed to drag on forever with the waiting between fights.

Main event?

let just get it done, I have no problem with a 3 fight PPV (rather it be 4 figths) but if great fights are made then hell yeah, only thing that sucks is come on Mawyeather promotions have garbage fighters, so one of the 3 fights are gonna be a garbage match like jleon love vs TBA or bardou jack vs TBA.

JMM-Rios is actually a good option JMM waited around long enough for something halfway decent to pop. I don't mind the higher price and I don't mind 1 less fight on the ppv telecast (I assume there will be a bigger preshow than normal). However if they are going to put 3 fights on the ppv telecast, I would like to see a corresponding rise in quality of the under card fights. That might be asking a lot but I honestly wouldn't mind paying more for less as long as the quality was better. This i was actually afraid of esp. as i saw the estimated purse rise from 200 to 250 mil over the past month i began to wonder if there would be any money left for a quality undercard, and with the each promotion picking one fight deal im really worried this event wont be taken advantage of correctly for Boxing, I'd prefer a 4 fight card still but ill take one fight less if the quality is there, each ppv telecast fight should be main event worthy on a regular HBO/Showtime card like you said lets hope there is a nice preshow with undercard fights

JMM-Rios is actually a good option JMM waited around long enough for something halfway decent to pop. I don't mind the higher price and I don't mind 1 less fight on the ppv telecast (I assume there will be a bigger preshow than normal). However if they are going to put 3 fights on the ppv telecast, I would like to see a corresponding rise in quality of the under card fights. That might be asking a lot but I honestly wouldn't mind paying more for less as long as the quality was better.

A busy morning has caused me to hereby raise the #MayweatherPacquiao threat level to red. There is severe risk this fight will be finalized.— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) February 19, 2015 If #MayweatherPacquiao is gets done PPV will be 3 bouts. Main event & Top Rank & Mayweather Promotions each make 1 fight of their choice.— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) February 19, 2015 Also if #MayweatherPacquiao gets done price of PPV will be greater than usual but I am told the exact price has not been set yet.— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) February 19, 2015 :boxing::boxing:

Did you guys read the article? The Walters-Loma fight won't happen until both guys get another fight in, so don't expect that fight anytime soon. Regarding Rios-Marquez, that fight has always been around for a while and has made sense, but at this point I rather see Marquez try to fight Brook and get another belt. Rios-Bradley wouldn't be too bad IMO.

If history were to tell us anything it's that Arum has proved to have no force when it comes to Marquez accepting a fight. Marquez has ducked Rios, Pac, Provodnikov. I'd like to see Rios-Marquez but we all know Beristain and PEDquez would hate that fight. Marquez will probably choose a fighter who will not force him to use VADA Test.

Put Matthysse with Marquez, Provotnikov with Rios in the same night and I could die after that night.

If history were to tell us anything it's that Arum has proved to have no force when it comes to Marquez accepting a fight. Marquez has ducked Rios, Pac, Provodnikov. I'd like to see Rios-Marquez but we all know Beristain and PEDquez would hate that fight.

Wasn't Brook going to face JMM? Rios...dunno, a win over shot Alvarado doesn't really warrant him a fight with JMM. Should fight Provodnikov...although if we get Provo-Matthysse, Brook-Khan, JMM-Rios, and Floyd-Pac, that will be the dream scenario.

This might be stylistically a decent fight. Since the Katsidis fight, I've been saying a key way to beat Marquez (other than being a superior boxer than JMM, which is rare) was to smother him and fight him on the inside. I think Rios with his granite chin and inside game would do great against JMM. He needs to make it a phone booth fight. It bothered me so much when Alvarado didn't bother to fight him that way (which he's capable of) and instead chose to try box JMM. Plus JMM is old and is coming off a year long layoff. Might be his time.