Big Fight Weekend Boxing Podcast

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From the opening bell to the final round, our boxing shows are tailored to the fight fan of today and even, yesterday. Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael, who is the premier boxing media personality in the U.S., come your way with a Friday preview and a Monday recap of everything in the boxing ring, every weekend. Plus, you'll hear from the biggest named fighters present and past in one on one interviews. And, the guys LOVE to talk nostalgia of the great fighters like Muhammad Ail, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquaio and more. If you are even a casual boxing fan, you will want to be with us on the "Big Fight Weekend Boxing Podcast Feed."

  1. 12h ago

    Claressa Shields KO For Another Title Win + Fury-Joshua Update And Other Fight News | Fight Freaks Unite Recap

    Arguably the greatest women's fighter in the sport was back and scored an emphatic win + we have fight news, including is the Fury-Joshua fight perhaps in jeopardy of not happening? We discuss it all on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!"  Host T.J. Rives is back and insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Newletter are both ready to give their insight. First, a recap of Saturday night's Salita Promotions DAZN card in Atlanta Claressa Shields TKO6 Kaye Scott and wins WBC/WBA women’s middleweight titles. This wasn't much of a challenge and really, what else is out there for Shields in terms of competition. Then, an undercard fight was moved up, as Troy Isley W10 over Joseph Hicks in a real snoozer of a bout. That's becaue Ernesto “Tito” Mercado, who was in the initial co-feature, had his bout canceled twice when his opponent and a 24 hour eplacement both were way overweight!. What. Are. We. Doing. Here. With the weigh-in debacles?! Then, some News The WBO has ordered super middleweight titlist Hamzah Sheeraz to next face former unified middleweight titlist Janibek Alimkhanuly. They have until Sept. 1 to make a deal. Janibek is still suspended until December for PED failed test!!!!!! Dan has more and both guys go off on the organizations just making up scenarios and rules  Next, the ongoing nonsense about the site for Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua and some question if it will even happen now?? Zuffa Boxing's Dana talked about it after his UFC show Saturday night.   Also, IBF super middleweight titlist Osleys Iglesias will make his first defense against Oliver Zaren on Oct. 8 (DAZN) at the Theatre Capitole in Quebec City, Canada.   Update on Navarrate-Foster 130 unification. WBO announced they were told by promoters terms were agreed to but it will now have to decide whether to approve it force the mandatory with Saurez. Either way the fight will happen even if Navarrete drops the WBO title. Either a two-belt or a three-belt unification.   And, Former WBC featherweight titlist Mark Magsayo and Andres Cortes will meet in a 10-round lightweight bout that will open the Ryan Garcia-Conor Benn main card on Sept. 12 (Paramount+) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Zuffa Boxing announced. Very solid fight.   Hear it all on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast" and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

    Claressa Shields KO For Another Title Win + Fury-Joshua Update And Other Fight News | Fight Freaks Unite Recap

  2. 3d ago

    Teofimo Lopez Joins Us + Claressa Shields Goes For Middleweight Crowns And Fight News | BFW Preview Podcast

    We are back and ready to go with a women's world title main event in Atlanta Saturday and the flamboyant Teofimo Lopez looks to rebound from being routed in his last fight in January and he joins us to discuss his welterweight title next weekend. It's all part of the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Poecast!" Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Newsletter return. First, they preview Saturday’s Salita Promotions DAZN card in Atlanta Kaye Scott vs. Claressa Shields, 10 rounds, for Scott’s WBC/WBAwomen’s middleweight title. Shields is arguably the best female fighter in the sport but this fight is an apparent joke matchup for her. We go into the "why" on this one. In the co feature- Ernesto “Tito” Mercado vs. Emmanuel Tagoe, 10 rounds, junior welterweights. Mercado has potential but has had lots of promotional problems and not been that active. Next, the guys recap Wednesday’s Matchroom Boxing DAZN main event in Broadbeach, Australia Heavyweight hopeful Teremoana Teremoana (12-0, 12 KOs), 2024 Australian Olympian, in his first main event, blew away seemingly petrified DeAndre Savage by second-round knockout. Teremoana needs rounds and better opponents. Then, it's former junior welterweight and lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez talking to Dan. He moves up to welterweight to challenge WBA titlist and good friend Rolando Romero on August 22 on DAZN PPV at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.   Next, some news The death of former welterweight up-and-comer Prichard Colon, who suffered a severe brain injury in an Oct. 17, 2015 PBC bout on NBC TV .Colon was 33, as his father announced his death on Thursday on social media. Dan remembers vividly what happened and covering the aftermath for years. Also, Dan is reporting on the three-belt unification fight between WBO/IBF junior lightweight titlist Emanuel Navarrete and WBC titleholder O’Shaquie Foster being in the works but not done. Although, Top Rank Boxing has a probable date and a site on hold. We like this fight, but will it happen. More Dan reporting on a possible Vasily Lomachenko opponent when he exits an over two year retirement later this year. And, former two-time heavyweight titleholder Hasim Rahman, who is 53 and been retired since 2014, had his license denied by the New York commission and the comeback fight planned for Aug. 18 was canceled but now his team has announced a different fight for next month in Hammond, Indiana, where the commission sucks and it’s way easier to get a license. WHAT. ARE. WE. DOING. HERE?! It's all part of the "Big Fight Weekend Preview" and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

  3. 5d ago

    Rolly Romero Coversation With Dan Rafael 8 11 26 | Fight Freaks Unite Podcast

    Flamboyant WBA welterweight champ Rolly Romero is set to return later this month in a PPV main event, but first he stops be for a conversation on this special "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast" with insider Dan Rafael. Romero is making his first WBA welterweight title defense vs. his good friend, Teofimo Lopez. on August 22nd on a DAZN/Prime Video PPV from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. He discusses that matchup and the future at 147 lb., especially since, he owns a win over current WBC champ, Ryan Garcia last year. Hear it all as part of our coverage on the "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast" and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.

    Rolly Romero Coversation With Dan Rafael 8 11 26 | Fight Freaks Unite Podcast

  4. Aug 10

    Aaron McKenna Wins IBF Middleweight Crown + Dubois vs Wardley Rematch News and More | Fight Freaks Unite Recap

    It was A "world title" fight in the middleweight division in Ireland, not THE title, but we're ready to go over what happened there and there's fight news and some Roy Jones nostalgia later, too on the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael return to go over it all.  First a recap of Saturday’s Zuffa Boxing 10 in Dublin, Ireland Aaron McKenna W12 Etinosa Oliha, wins vacant IBF middleweight title. This fight, being kind, lacked a lot, but we go over the win and the ramifications. Plus, a discussion on the "World Middleweight Championship" being portrayed on the broadcast. Also on the card, Callum Walsh W10 Tyler Denny, middleweights. Walsh wins a snoozer and Dan is less than enthused by his future.   Also, Saturday’s Boxxer card on DAZN in Leedsa, England Callum Simpson W12 Troy Williamson, rematch, regains British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles   NEWS Daniel Dubois-Fabio Wardley rematch penciled in for October 17th Co-op Live in Manchester, England, same site as the first epic battle. It's arguably the 2026 Fight of Year and we discuss the planned seqel. Conor Benn says fight with Ryan Garcia on September 12th will be his last at welterweight and then will look to biggest fights from 154 to 168 lb. Liam Paro seemingly pricing himself out of Devin Haney unification at welterweight, so now, Haney in talks with Jack Catterall for October. Is this to pressure Paro or for real? Former welterweight titlist Kell Brook says he plans to end his retirement to return at middleweight or super middleweight. Been retired since stopping Amir Khan in their long-awaited welterweight fight in February 2022. T.J. believes this is sad and the boys debate. Nostalgia August 7, 1997 — 29 years ago on Friday – Roy Jones KO1 Montell Griffin their immediate rematch to regain the WBC light heavyweight title in perhaps the greatest performances of his legendary career. The boys discuss the legend of Roy and T.J. has a "Fish Story" to tell about Jones and a golf tournament.  It's all part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" Podcast and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

    Aaron McKenna Wins IBF Middleweight Crown + Dubois vs Wardley Rematch News and More | Fight Freaks Unite Recap

  5. Aug 7

    Rolly Romero Joins Us + Aaron McKenna Goes For IBF Middleweight Crown in Ireland And Fight News | BFW Preview Podcast

    We're back on a lighter weekend of action with a vacant middleweight world title fight in Ireland and a current world champion joins us to preview his upcoming title bout later in the month. It's all on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Previvew Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael to go over it all on  First, they preview the Zuffa Boxing Card on Saturday in Dublin, Ireland (Paramount+) Aaron McKenna vs. Etinosa Oliha, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF middleweight title. Who are these guys and what has happened to our famed middleweight division that this is a title bout? In the co-feature Callum Walsh vs. Tyler Denny, 10 rounds, middleweights. Can Walsh take step towards a title fight, himself? Then, it's Rolly Romero with Dan, as he makes his first WBA welterweight title defense vs. good friend Teofimo Lopez on Aug. 22 on DAZN and Prime Video PPV at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas   Then, fight news The heavyweight clash between rising British star Moses Itauma and top contender Filip Hrgovic took on greater stakes Tuesday when it was upgraded to be for the vacant IBF world title. They are scheduled August 29 on DAZN PPV at The O2 Arena in London. Frank Sanchez took a step-aside deal and IBF signed off. Former WBO heavyweight titlist Joseph Parker has had his provisional suspension lifted by the British Boxing Board of Control and can return to the ring following positive cocaine test after a dramatic and controversial 11th-round knockout loss to Fabio Wardley in London that cost him the WBO interim belt and a due mandatory shot at then-undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk. Dan's reporting: It is probable that Jaime Munguia, who easily outpointed Armando Resendiz to win the WBA super middleweight title in May, will make his first defense against an opponent to be determined on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez’s challenge of WBC super middleweight titlist Christian Mbilli on the Oct. 31 “Mexico vs. the World” DAZN PPV card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. WBC interim junior welterweight titlist Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz will defend against Nestor Bravo in the Mexico-Puerto Rico main event of the first non-pay-per-view card of PBC’s new deal with DAZN on Sept. 19 at  Pechanga Arena in San Diego. In the co-feature, WBC interim middleweight titlist Jesus Ramos Jr. will face mandatory challenger Meiirim Nursultanov. Lineal cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia will make his ninth defense against Noel Mikaelian on September12 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Zuffa Boxing announced on Tuesday. The bout will serve as the co-feature on the card headlined by WBC welterweight titleholder Ryan Garcia’s first defense against Conor Benn but Mikaelian likely will be stripped of the WBC title and faces a  lawsuit from Don King. And, more Dan reporting: one of the Golden Boy fights in the works for that same Ryan Garcia-Conor Benn undercard on September 12 would pit former unified junior welterweight titlist Jose Ramirez and Alexis Rocha in welterweight bout. Hear it all on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview" Podcast and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

  6. Aug 3

    William Zepeda Wins WBC Lightweight Crown + Wild O'Leary-Chamberlain Ireland Bout And Fight News! | Fight Freaks Unite Recap

    It was a lightweight championship doubleheader weekend in Las Vegas, there was.a wild Queensbery main event in Ireland and we have fight news, too, on the latestt "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Recap Substack and Newslettter are back to give their insight on it all. First, they recap Saturday’s Golden Boy “The Fight” card on DAZN, TNT, truTV in Las Vegas Lightweight William Zepeda W12 Lamont Roach and wins the vacant WBC title. Great performance by Zepeda and what does it mean at 135 lb. for him. Also, lightweight Raymond Muratalla W12 Robson Conceicao, retains IBF title. He wasn't tremendous and now wants to vacate and move up to 140 lb. Also, on the undercard, welterweight Raul Curiel W10 majority Quinton Randall (Curiel had missed weight)with one card as a draw and another as a 10-0 SHUTOUT?! We have more on - What. Are. We. Doing. Here?! Plus, Junior middleweight Charles Conwell TKO9 Paul Kroll . What is Conwell's future? Recap Queensberry DAZN main event in Dublin, Ireland Junior welterweight Mark Chamberlain TKO10 Pierce O’Leary – TERRIFIC FIGHT and the boys go into more detail. News Keyshawn Davis declines to abide by Top Rank’s winning purse bid and won’t fight WBO welterweight titlist Devin Haney. What is he doing with his career at this point? T.J. thinks Top Rank should delete him. What will they do? Next, the WBA has stripped injured Rene Santiago of its junior flyweight title and re-classified him as its champion in recess. Dan disagrees with this. Also, the WBA finally orders the purse for the vacant lightweight title after stripping Gervonta Davis. August 11th bid scheduled for Floyd Schofield vs. Lucas Bahdi. Lightweight contender Andy Cruz, who plans to drop down to junior lightweight, has become a promotional free agent with the recent expiration of his contract with Matchroom Boxing. And, non-boxing sports media is now raising questions about Zuffa Boxing and their contradictory plans and floundering Paramount+ audience, etc. The guys discuss. And, we finish with Nostalgia August  2, 1980 – 46 years ago on Sunday – Thomas Hearns, age 21, KO2 fellow Hall of Famer Pipino Cuevas in devastating fashion to win the WBA welterweight title, the first of his any titles in 5 divisions (147 to 175). The guys have more on that fight and Hearns' lethal right hand. It's all part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" Podcast and make sure to follow/subscribe to this feed on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

    William Zepeda Wins WBC Lightweight Crown + Wild O'Leary-Chamberlain Ireland Bout And Fight News! | Fight Freaks Unite Recap

  7. Aug 1

    Mike Tyson Conversation With Dan Rafael 8 1 26 | Fight Freaks Unite Podcast

    The former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and one of the most menacing fighters ever is with us on a special "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast!" "Iron Mike" Tyson joins our insider Dan Rafael in a one on one conversation to go over several things. First, it's the first time Big Dan had chance to catch up with Tyson since late 2024, when he was about to re-enter the ring in an actual fight with Jake Paul. He ended up losing a decision that night in Texas in his first action in some 20 years.  Now, they discuss his serious involvement in amateur boxing and a new series of events he's part of and what his amateur career meant to his pro development? Tyson has happy memories of his early pro days, and gives thoughts on having come back to fight Jake Paul. Plus, what about his upcoming exhibition with Floyd Mayweather, his views on the current state of the heavyweight division, and more. It's all part of this "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast" and make sure to follow/subscribe to this feed on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

    Mike Tyson Conversation With Dan Rafael 8 1 26 | Fight Freaks Unite Podcast

  8. Jul 31

    Mike Tyson Joins Us + Lamont Roach vs.William Zepeda WBC Lightweight Battle And Fight News | BFW Preview Podcast

    We are back and ready for a lightweight championship doubleheader in Las Vegas and a legend joins us for a conversation, as well, on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and newsletter to go over it all. First, they preview Saturday's DAZN/TNT/truTV “The Fight” card at Virgin Hotels, LV Lamont Roach Jr. vs. William Zepeda, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC lightweight title. This one should be highly entertaining for a coveted world title belt.   Then,, Raymond Muratalla vs. Robson Conceicao, 12 rounds, for Muratalla’s IBF lightweight title. will Muratalla step up in this one? Plus, Raul Curiel vs. Quinton Randall, 10 rounds, welterweights and Charles Conwell vs. Paul Kroll, 10 rounds, junior middleweights. Then, former undisputed heavyweight champ and hall of famer MIKE TYSON joins the show! He and Big Dan go over his new amateur boxing initiative and also will this crazy exhibition with Floyd Mayweather ever happen and more! Then, some news Top Rank Boxing wins the Devin Haney-Keyshawn Davis WBO purse bid held on Thursday. How bad did Davis screw himself out of money and will this fight actually happen? We discuss Terms are agreed to for planned November DAZN PPV topped by David Benavidez vs Noel Mikaelin three-belt cruiser unification fight. Dan has the latest. Next, PBC announces three-fight PPV undercard for August 22 Romero-Teofimo Lopez main event.: Yoenli Hernandez vs. Francisco Daniel Veron, 10 rounds, middleweights Victor Santillan vs. Gary Antonio Russell, 12 rounds, for Santillan’s WBA interim junior featherweight titleCarlos Utria vs. Israel Mercado, 10 rounds, junior welterweights Xander Zayas passes on his contractual right for an immediate rematch with Boots Ennis for the unified junior middleweight titles. Anc, ProBox has September 11 card announces solid card: junior middleweight Giovani Santillan vs. former WBA titlist Abass Baraou in his first fight since the split decision loss to Xander Zayas in their January unification fight. Also, former IBF featherweight titlist Luis Alberto Lopez faces Mexican countryman Daniel Lugo.  Plus, IBF featherweight titlist Angelo Leo will make his second defense against an opponent to be determined on Oct. 9 (ProBoxTV). First fight since he slated to defend on May 9 in College Park, Georgia, but the fight was canceled after the weigh-in because mandatory challenger Ra’eese Aleem badly missed weight. It's all on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast" and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

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From the opening bell to the final round, our boxing shows are tailored to the fight fan of today and even, yesterday. Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael, who is the premier boxing media personality in the U.S., come your way with a Friday preview and a Monday recap of everything in the boxing ring, every weekend. Plus, you'll hear from the biggest named fighters present and past in one on one interviews. And, the guys LOVE to talk nostalgia of the great fighters like Muhammad Ail, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquaio and more. If you are even a casual boxing fan, you will want to be with us on the "Big Fight Weekend Boxing Podcast Feed."

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