Dan Rafael: "Not impressed with Floyd, it took him long enough to fight a legit..."

[BirdSong]

There probably is an element to the idea that there was just no safe way out of the fight with berto cancelling and floyd free as a daisy now, but im glad floyd signed up to the fight and if he wins i will definitely give him credit for it, i hope too many people wont refer to old mosley too many times, the dog still has his bite

[arraamis]

Exactly. The guy is an idiot just like Brian Kenny. I can remember clearly the criticism Mayweather got from Kenny for choosing to fight Judah over Baldimer. But after Mayweather beat Baldimer, Kenny blasted Baldimer as an unworthy opponent. Now this clown Rafael is doing the same thing. He implied as recently as a week ago that Mayweather was afraid of Mosley's challenge.That Mayweather had not signed the contract although two weeks had not even passed since Mosley signed lol. Now that Mayweather has signed the contract he continues his criticism? He's just another example of a journalist who shouldn't be taken seriously on topics that bring out his emotional bias.

And that's the problem with many of these bloggers, writers etc....

A couple weeks ago everybody was coming down on Floyd because Mosley didn't have a dance partner and he was the one to beat Floyd - Now that all the signatures are in place, Mosley is old, the fight took too long, Mosley hasn't fought in a year etc......

And this is why Floyd's always stating the he cannot win - Damned if he do or don't.

[MurderDeathKill]

Rafael is right. Shane-Floyd is long overdue. I'm actually glad this is happening first instead of Pac-Floyd. I've been hoping for this clash for years.

[Jim Jeffries]

The same Dan Rafael that scored ZERO rounds for Pavlik in the first Taylor fight?

People still pay attention to that guy's comments on boxing?:thinking1:

[rskumm21]

C mon' Man. Does anybody still take Dan seriously? The can't even pronounce boxers names properly. That's how come you now the guy is just reading off someone's notes. I like how he used the term "Margacheato" a couple weeks back on FNF to get a laugh, as if he just came up with it on his own, even though people having been using it for a long time now.

[-EX-]

I could care less how that fat ass feels...

[Carpe Diem]

That fat douche will always find a way to discredit Floyd. I know it's his job to criticized boxers, but he is too biased.

[Sugar Jay]

I hate how people cant see the business side of boxing....He didnt fight top welters because he was gettin PAID....lol....his 2 biggest pay days plus almost a 2 year layoff....yea dan since 2005 right?? **** outta here.....

He says this now but wasnt saying that when the Pacquiao Mayweather negotiations were going on....Its no secret Dan is a Floyd hater....

[photomane]

From Dan Rafael's Blog (ESPN)...



"With regards to Floyd Mayweather Jr. finally signing a contract to fight Shane Mosley: Don't expect me to gush about it. I'll simply say it's about time he fought a legitimate top-level 147-pounder. After being a welterweight since 2005, it sure took him long enough. He's only doing what he should have been doing years ago."

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/...ame=rafael_dan

Rafael's mad hes FAT and Floyds the TRUTH...

[fabie]

There's really nothing new...it is a general consensus that Floyd has been ducking just about everyone potent.