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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 4h

New podcast! #ParkerWardley preview; is Danny Garcia a Hall of Famer?; Usyk, Fury, Joshua updates; much more news of the week! Listen, rate, subscribe, enjoy! open.spotify.com/episode/3m8w... #boxing

Joseph Parker Fabio Wardley WBO Interim Title Fight + Usyk Fury Joshua Updates Too! | BFW Preview Podcast

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 11h

Program in my #boxing collection from when Mike Tyson nailed Orlin Norris after the bell ended rd 1 & he couldn't continue, though was not ruled on purpose & fight ruled no contest, & Diego Corrales TKO7 Robert Garcia (yes, the trainer) to win IBF 130 title -- 26 years ago today.

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 1d

Program in my #boxing collection from when Naseem Hamed W12 Cesar Soto to unify the WBO & WBC 126 titles in a horrendous fight & Erik Morales W12 Wayne McCullough to retain the WBC 122 title in the co-feature of an HBO card -- 26 years ago today.

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 1d

#Boxing Notebook: Kell Brook exiting retirement to honor Hatton; Murtazaliev-Kelly update; TR's U.S. outlet for #SpencerMayer; heavyweights headed to Nigeria; WBC Grand Prix semis; #ParkerWardley update; Quick hits;Show & tell. Read & sign up for my newsletter: danrafael.substack.com/p/notebook-k...

Notebook: Kell Brook exiting retirement to honor Ricky Hatton

Murtazaliev-Kelly talks continue; Top Rank announces Spencer-Mayer U.S. outlet; heavyweights headed to Nigeria; WBC Grand Prix semifinals in books; Parker-Wardley card update; Quick hits; Show & tell

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 40th birthday today to former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder! Here's a rare card stock site poster in my #boxing collection from when he won the title.

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 2d

Business taken care of: My #boxing Hall of Fame votes are done, ballots signed and will soon be off to Canastota.

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 2d

THE #boxing schedule is updated as it is daily. Check it out & also take a few seconds & sign up for my newsletter & a new sked will hit your inbox each Tuesday: danrafael.substack.com/p/the-update...
#ParkerWardley #BuatsiParker #OrtizLubin #JakeTank #EubankBenn2 #BenavidezYarde #NormanHaney

The updated daily fight schedule

I obsess so you don't have to

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 2d

My ringside credential in my #boxing collection from when the great Floyd Mayweather TKO9 Emanuel Augustus (then Burton) in a fight Floyd often said was the toughest of his career on HBO's "KO Nation" & the first of the 18 Floyd fights I covered in person -- 25 years ago today.

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 2d

If you want the updated #boxing schedule, take a few seconds & sign up for my newsletter & it'll hit your inbox in a bit & each Tuesday! Go here: danrafael.substack.com

#ParkerWardley #BuatsiParker #OrtizLubin #JakeTank #EubankBenn2 #BenavidezYarde #NormanHaney #BamMartinez #InouePicasso

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 4d

Joseph Parker defends the WBO interim heavyweight title vs. Fabio Wardley on Saturday on DAZN PPV atop a Queensberry Promotions card in London. We had a great conversation. Check out our interview video & subscribe to the YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=14lJ... #ParkerWardley

Joseph Parker With Insider Dan Rafael 10 19 25

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 3d

Scarce card stock site poster from when Danny Garcia KO'd Erik Morales to retain the WBC junior welterweight title & send Morales into retirement in the main event of the 1st #boxing card at Barclays Center, which I covered at ringside -- 13 years ago today.

Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 3d

Here is your complete guide to every male titleholder among the four major sanctioning bodies. I keep track so you don't have to. Check it out & sign up for my #boxing newsletter: danrafael.substack.com/p/boxings-wo...

Boxing's world titleholders

I keep track so you don't have to

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 3d

The late, great Hall of Fame junior welterweight champion Aaron Pryor would have tuned 70 today. Here's a gold auto card (print run of 10) from the 2009 Ringside Round 1 set in my #boxing collection.

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 3d

Site poster in my #boxing collection from when the legendary
Mike Tyson stopped Andrew Golota in rd 2 (later changed to NC because Mike tested positive for marijuana) in the 1st Tyson fight I covered at ringside days after my 1st 1-on-1 interview with Mike -- 25 years ago today.

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 4d

Off a shelf in my office, one of my action figures of the legendary Ace Frehley. #RIP

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 4d

Joseph Parker defends the WBO interim heavyweight title vs. Fabio Wardley on Saturday on DAZN PPV atop a Queensberry Promotions card in London. We had a great conversation. Check out our interview video & subscribe to the YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=14lJ... #ParkerWardley

Joseph Parker With Insider Dan Rafael 10 19 25

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 4d

Danny Garcia, still with electric left hook, drills Daniel Gonzalez in rd 4 as former 2-division champion returns for 'Farewell to Brooklyn' but then leaves door open to perhaps fight again. Read my story & sign up for my #boxing newsletter: danrafael.substack.com/p/danny-garc...

Danny Garcia, still with electric left hook, drills Gonzalez in 4th round

Former two-division champion returns for his 'Farewell to Brooklyn' but then leaves the door open to perhaps fight again

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 4d

Site poster in my #boxing collection from when Ruslan Provodnikov went to Mike Alvarado's hometown of Denver and stopped him in rd 10 to win the WBO junior welterweight title in a good fight I was ringside to cover -- 12 years ago today.

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 4d

Happy 63rd birthday today to the legendary all-time great Evander Holyfield! Here's his rookie card in my #boxing collection.

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 5d

Program in my #boxing collection from when HOFer Bernard Hopkins schooled middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik in a one-sided upset decision win in a 170-pound nontitle catch weight fight I covered at ringside -- 18 years ago today.

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 5d

Happy 67th birthday today to the legendary Thomas Hearns, the 1st five-division world champion, one of the greatest punchers of all time & an all-around good guy! Here's his rookie in my #boxing collection from the 1981 Panini multi-sport sticker set from Italy.

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 5d

Extremely limited site poster in my #boxing collection from when Artur Beterbiev stopped Oleksandr Gvozdyk in rd 10 to unify the IBF & WBC light heavyweight titles & win the lineal title in an excellent fight that I was ringside to cover -- 6 years ago today.

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 5d

Site poster in my #boxing collection from Teofimo Lopez outpointed Vasiliy Lomachenko in an upset to unify lightweight titles and win the lineal championship in Top Rank's Covid bubble at the MGM -- 5 years ago yesterday.

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Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social · 5d

Super scarce glossy card stock site poster in my #boxing collection from when ⁦GGG drilled Marco Antonio Rubio in rd 2 to retain WBA 160 title & win vacant WBC interim belt stripped from overweight Rubio in a fight I was ringside to cover — 11 years ago today.

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