Dan Rafael BASHES Dela Hoya: "Oscar is doing a VERY POOR JOB as a boxing promoter"

[SuckaPunch]

"Does Oscar De La Hoya want to be a real promoter or just be the figurehead for Golden Boy Promotions while everyone else at his company does the hard work? Although he has talked about rolling up his sleeves and getting serious, he has been MIA for some very important recent events. He didn't bother to show up for the Bernard Hopkins-Roy Jones fight in April, which needed every single bit of promotional effort that could be mustered. He was a nonentity during the massive Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Shane Mosley promotion, odd given that he could have offered keen insight because he fought both. He was nowhere to be seen during fight week except for a cameo at the postfight news conference. Last week, he didn't even show up in New York for the American debut of Amir Khan, whom Golden Boy considers one of its most significant signings. When you sign somebody you hail as a future superstar and he crosses the pond for the first time for an HBO fight at Madison Square Garden, shouldn't the face of the company be in the house to help promote the event?"

- Dan Rafael

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to read the entire rant...

http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/blog/_/name/rafael_dan/id/5204269/de-la-hoya-missing-action

[wazaa.]

Bhop was there on May 15th. That was good enough for me. To be frank, I dont like fat Dan. He is too biased towards GBP and Floyd.

[medium-deek]

I've bookedmarked the blog. Rather interesting read and will keep an eye on it. Love his views on the WBC and it's rankings.

[xcaret v3]

oscar has a family, maybe your fat ass doesnt know how it feels to be away from them for so long...

[Ray*]

This fat guy need some Lipo, Family guy looking ******.

[Kball15]

Bhop was there on May 15th. That was good enough for me. To be frank, I dont like fat Dan. He is too biased towards GBP and Floyd.

?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

HE literally JUST tore into GBP, and most of his readers criticize him for being to harsh on Floyd.

Im not a huge fan either, but you have no reason to dislike him.

Try formulating your own opinions instead of just joining the masses

[Blue Heffner]

Typically I don't agree with Rafael but Oscar should have been at all 3 of these fights. The only way he should have missed these fights is if tragedy happened.

[BoxingTech718]

This dude Dan Rafael has no grounds to talk about anybody messing up their job. This guy has one of the most biased boxing platforms around. Plus he likes to misreport on fights he didn't see. Plus he went back on a bet with the fans and didn't shave that bird's nest on his face. DeLaHoya does an excellent job and makes money for his fighters. Dan is officially on Arum's payroll.

[infamous larryx]

this guy is a hater

[Vadrigar.]

Fat boy, Fat boy, what ya' gonna' do when they come for you!