Dan Rafael analist of boxing or ....

[R.Winky Wright]

He has Andre Dirrell on his top 10 p4p...........

Do we need any more proof of biasedness?

did you see his article after the fight. look it up! FACTS > OPINION!

[Tamis!]

Man...

If Dan Fael was this, what do people think about Teddy Atlas?

[BattlingNelson]

did you see his article after the fight. look it up! FACTS > OPINION!

Meaning what exactly????

[j.one]

He works for Bob Arum.

[Carpe Diem]

Dan,

Maybe you are right, some of the writers,promoters or managers are afraid to tell you how they really feel.

Well like I told you today, "you are way off base". Since when does an ESPN employee, a boxing scribe at that, tell another network what promoter they should be using and what fighters of the promoter they should be using. Maybe you should have sent the blog to your own company first.



ESPN hasn't done any shows with many of us, or used our talent, but I know that doesn't bother you, only things you care about, are what you believe. I am starting to believe that you think you know more than anyone else in the sport, and many believe the same thing, but for you to start shilling an entire company, and their fighters, "you have lost your mind". The tenor of your blog is all wrong, it should read Golden Boy's Prospects should be on ESPN. Then Gordon Hall can see them in action, and make a case for who or who should not be on the air, but remember....Gordon wants them in tough fights. When is the last time you called Doug Loughrey and told him how to program and who to use, maybe you should walk Richard and Oscar into Dougs office, maybe they can do an autograph signing.



You need to understand that you maybe the "Heart and Soul of Boxing" to a network, but you are only one of many boxing writers in the world, and you are not the best, or the brightest, but you are entitled to your opinion. What you should not be doing is exactly what you do all the time, blogs or articles like this. If you want to promote, stop hiding, quit ESPN and join us other ass holes who are still trying to find, build, and sell our talent to the networks. But maybe you are getting commission from Golden Boy, or someone that does business with them, that I would understand.



Anyway, like you I am entitled to my opinion, except ESPN hasn't given me the platform to show what an idiot or someone who crosses the line can write. You sent your blog to a select few, but I thought that on the chance you might get a Pulitzer Prize for the blog, I thought your peers should also have the opportunity to push their favorite promoters as well, as all competitions should be fair. Anyway, on the chance that you will read this and understand that the competition for dates and fights is fierce, on the networks, you will do what you were hired to do,,,,,,,,report and write the news, don't try to make it. Remember it's one thing to talk about matches you would like to see on the air, and it''s another for you to try and play promoter and programmer, leave something for the rest of us to do.

Gary Shaw

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=243088

[Biolink]

Its crazy how some people on this forum seem more informed than him.

I don't care if he has connections. By some of the stuff he writes, he certainly does not act like a person who knows a lot about the business of boxing.

[lyonheart]

Analyst, Analyst, analysts, they alla re biased. They tend to go with the hottest thing happening and disregard certain fighters. The way it is. However, we, as the fans, know better, and support all fighters who deserve it.

[Walt Liquor]

Meaning what exactly????

stop hurting him bat.

[Pullcounter]

To much of a fan/bias towards other fighters.


I'm going to be as PC as possible with this. But I do find Dan Rafael very very bias at times. he overlooks glaring facts and states his opinions instead of the realities and nature of what is taking place in the sport of boxing. He's good at his craft but I think his areas of "his" interests in regards to what he reports and comments on skewed.

I would find it better if he stated what happened his opinion and then backed it up with fact. it would be easier to get threw without getting half way and going to the sweet science or si.

has he commented on Mosley admittance to PED video. He backed Carl froch's bizarre win over Direll (compubox stats). In that case he can argue it not being fan friendly fight but at lease question some of the factual info on the fight itself. I like his barbs about athletes but it would be better if backed up by a source. His bias towards floyd, and glorification towards a guy who will not take blood tests, is i find a huge blindside to his commentary. It's just sketchy to me...it's almost like listening to fox and hoping for news.

dan raf's job is to put boxing in as positive a light as possible so ESPN doesn't get rid of the boxing programs and boxing coverage.

he's fighting for his job, so you shouldn't be surprised by what raf does

[C.Y.]

i been saying this for years, fatty dan is a biased journalist.. he sucks straight up