It's a jammed packed edition of the preview show with a big time heavyweight battle in NY, an undisputed lightweight title bout in Australia and a women's double header of title fights in England. Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael insider for BigFightWeekend.com are back to go over it all. The guys go over some news of the week, including the announcement that Naoya "The Monster" Inoue of Japan will defend his unified bantamweight titles in December in an undisputed bout in his home country against...
Oct 14, 2022•1 hr 4 min
This Heavyweight Boxing Podcast covers the latest including: Preview of Wilder vs. Helenius coming up on PPV. Plus, the Fury-Chisora negotiations and the business of Heavyweight Boxing. Deontay Wilder faces off against the dangerous Robert Helenius at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, USA with some interesting undercard action. Sean Rosen from TopHeavyweights.com is joined by The Casual Fan Ryan Price to preview the fight and look at what’s also moving in the Heavyweight Division. They also d...
Oct 13, 2022•33 min
A conversation with a former super middleweight Champion, plus a recap of Sebastian Fundora's main event win Saturday night in Southern California for Premier Boxing Champions are part of our brand new "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" Podcast! Host TJ Rives and Dan Rafael of Bigfightweekend.com and the Fight Freaks Unite Substack are back to first go over what we saw in Carson, California. That's where WBC interim junior middleweight champ Sebastian "the Towering Infern"o Fundora scored a 12 round dec...
Oct 10, 2022•45 min
It's another preview podcast up in advance of a WBC interim 154 lb. title bout to headline for Showtime Boxing in CA and we're ready for that and all the week's news on the "Big Fight Weekend Podcast." Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of Big Fight Weekend and his Fight Freaks Unite Substack return to go over things and set the stage for Sebastian Fundora vs. Carlos Ocampo in a scheduled 12 rounder. First, there's a ton to go over on the cancellation of the Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn b...
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 8 min
On the latest edition of the show, the guys are back going over a light weekend, but also with a big time special guest, as former WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder joins the show. Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael, insider of Fight Freaks Unite and Big Fight Weekend, first go over the KO by former two division world champ Luis Nery Saturday night in Tijuana, Mexico. Nery is also looking towards a possible battle with unified 122 lb. champ Stephen Fulton and they go over it. Next, Dan goes one o...
Oct 03, 2022•54 min
On the latest edition of the show, we're ready to talk news of the week, hear from the undisputed lightweight champion of the world and preview the one significant bout of the weekend, as well. It's all part of the "Big Fight Weekend Preview." Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael, insider of BigFightWeekend.com are back to discuss whether the proposed WBC heavyweight title fight with Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will actually progress towards happening? Dan has the latest and there's some excellent b...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 3 min
This edition of the "TopHeavyweights.com Podcast" covers the latest including: review of Joyce vs. Parker, Fury-Johsua negotiations and the business of Heavyweight Boxing. The Heavyweight Division has a new star as Joe Joyce scores a convincing 11th round knockout over Top Contender Joseph Parker in Manchester, England on Saturday. Sean from TopHeavyweights.com is joined by "The Casual Fan" Ryan Price to review the fight and look at what’s on the horizon for both fighters. They also discuss the ...
Sep 27, 2022•30 min
It was a solid weekend of fights from Newark, New Jersey to Manchester, England and we're ready to discuss it all on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast. Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of Fight Freaks Unite on Substack.com and Big Fight Weekend to talk Shakur Stevenson winning his Top Rank main event and heavyweight Joe Joyce scoring a late KO over Joseph Parker to become the WBO Interim titleholder. First there's news to go over involving unified heavyweight champ Oleksandr ...
Sep 26, 2022•47 min
It's our latest edition of the podcast in the preview mode, as we have controversy in Newark, NJ and a heavyweight showdown in Manchester, England. Both, as part of the "Big Fight Weekend Preview." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over some news and then get to the fights. First, the guys discuss how Shakur Stevenson has already been stripped of his two 130 lb. world titles for missing weight on Thursday afternoon. This was to have been a huge homecomi...
Sep 23, 2022•1 hr 1 min
TopHeavyweights.com The Podcast - Joyce-Parker Preview, Fury-Joshua talk and More! This Heavyweight Boxing Podcast covers the latest including: Joyce-Parker, Makhmudov-Takam, Fury-Johsua, Usyk-Wilder and more! The Heavyweight Division rolls on with a monster clash in the UK as the vacant WBO Interim Heavyweight Title is on the as Joe Joyce faces of against former WBO Champion Joseph Parker. Sean from TopHeavyweights.com is joined by The Casual Fan Ryan Price to preview the fight and review the l...
Sep 22, 2022•32 min
Off the massive PPV win for undisputed Super Middleweight champ Canelo Alvarez over rival Gennadiy Golovkin, we're back with another edition of "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" Podcast. Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com are here to go over it all. Dan was ringside at the T-Mobile Arena in Vegas with his insight of Alvarez's victory. It wasn't a great fight but Canelo was good enough. Also, Alvarez admitted post-fight he has injured left hand and what affect did that have on him not...
Sep 19, 2022•57 min
It's arguably the biggest fight remaining in 2022 and it's been over three years in waiting, but finally Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin will meet for the third time and we're ready to go over it all on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview" podcast! Host T.J. Rives and our insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com, who's live from Las Vegas for the trilogy bout, are ready to go over it all. Dan spent time Wednesday afternoon with both Canelo and GGG in an exclusive media event and has insight on ...
Sep 15, 2022•50 min
On a special edition for our podcast feed, we talk with Todd Grisham, play by play commentator for DAZN streaming's Saturday night call of the Canelo Alvarez-Gennadiy Golovkin fight in Las Vegas. Host T.J. Rives and Todd go over the third fight in this series with the first two having gone the distance with disputes by GGG's camp and fans that he won both fights. Yet, Canelo got a draw and then a narrow decision win in the 2018 rematch. Will this third bout be different for Golovkin? Will GGG's ...
Sep 14, 2022•14 min
On the latest recap off the weekend, we look back on the "ShoBox" Friday night main event in Atlantic City and look ahead to the big week buildup of the Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovikin trilogy fight upcoming in Las Vegas. And, it's all part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast. Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of Fight Freaks Unite and BigFightWeekend.com to go over it all. First, they discuss the 10 round victory by Joseph Adorno in the Showtime "Shobox" main event over Hug...
Sep 12, 2022•59 min
It's a weekend that was supposed to have a women's doubleheader of championship fights in England, but that's now in doubt due to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. Nonetheless, we are ready to get you news and preview what may or may not happen on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview" Podcast. Host T.J. Rives is back with our insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeeknd.com to try to decipher if the Claressa Shields-Savannah Marshall and Mikaela Mayer-Alycia Baumgardner bouts will take place? And...
Sep 09, 2022•49 min
On the latest edition of the show devoted specifically to the Heavyweights and their battles, host T.J. Rives and Sean of TopHeavyweights.com return to go over the decision win by Andy Ruiz over Luis "King Kong" Ortiz last Sunday night in L.A. What are Sean's thoughts on whether Ruiz should have finished Ortiz, when he had him down and hurt early? How much do we credit the Cuban for his performance after the early problems to last the distance? Also, T.J. debates whether we have now seed enough ...
Sep 07, 2022•47 min
Off the Labor Day Weekend holiday in the U.S., we're back taking a look at fights and results on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives is with our insider Dan Rafael of Fight Freaks Unite Substack and BigFightWeekend.com to go over the Premier Boxing Champions/Fox Sports PPV Sunday night in L.A. Heavyweight Andy "The Destroyer" Ruiz got a 12 round decision win over Luis "King Kong" Ortiz in large part (pun intended) on his three knockdowns of Ortiz from earlier in the fight. St...
Sep 05, 2022•42 min
It's a new month and another preview ready to go as former unified heavyweight champ Andy Ruiz battles contender Luis "King Kong" Ortiz Sunday night in L.A. And, we're ready to preview it with the rest of the card and fight news and more on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview" Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com, to go over some news of the week. This includes WBA Light Heavyweight champ Dmitry Bivol battling top contender Zurdo Ramirez and Dan spoke with both earli...
Sep 02, 2022•1 hr 26 min
On a special mid week edition of the "Fight Freaks Unite" podcast, our insider Dan Rafael got an opportunity to ask questions and answers of WBA world light heavyweight champ Dmitry Bivol and top challenger Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez Wednesday afternoon. The fighters were made available by Matchroom Boxing and Golden Boy Promotions at the kickoff press conference for their November bout in Dubai, UAE. What does the Russian Bivol think about whether Canelo Alvarez will rematch him in what would be ...
Sep 01, 2022•14 min
It was a solid night of fights in Tulsa, OK with some early Heavyweight knockouts and then a main event that didn't end up with a winner. And, we're ready to discuss it all on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast. Host T.J. Rives returns with BigFightWeekend.com insider Dan Rafael are back to break it all down from the Top Rank Boxing/ESPN show Saturday night. First, the guys cover some news on the potential upcoming Naoya "the Monster" Inoue of Japan's undisputed title battle with England's P...
Aug 29, 2022•45 min
It's a brand new edition of the show, as the Top Rank Boxing/ESPN card in Tulsa features a pair of former world champs facing off between Jose Pedraza faces off Richard Commey in a Jr. Welterweight 10 round main event. And, we're ready to discuss it and more on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview!" Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael return with the latest news involving WBC Heavyweight champ Tyson Fury and whether he wants to fight unified title holder Oleksandr Usyk next or not? The guys also ta...
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Off the Oleksandr Usyk unified heavyweight title decision win, again, over Anthony Joshua last Saturday night, we're back with another edition of "TopHeavyweights.com the Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with Sean from TopHeavyweights.com to go over Usyk's great boxing performance scoring a spit-decision win over the Brit Joshua. Sean has thoughts on how he did it, again and what Joshua didn't change in his favor in this rematch. Also, what's next for both, including the WBA/IBF/WBO champ Usyk ...
Aug 24, 2022•54 min
Off a huge weekend of fights, including the unified heavyweight title bout in Saudi Arabia, it's time to go over it all on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast! Host T.J. Rives returns with Dan Rafael insider of BigFightWeekend.com with more on Oleksandr Usyk's impressive win in his rematch over Anthony Joshua. How did Usyk use his skill, jab, and hard left hand to keep keep Joshua at bay long enough for a split decision win? What about Joshua's odd behavior on the PA system after the bout? An...
Aug 22, 2022•56 min
It's one of the top anticipated fights of 2022 as unified heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk defends his three titles against former champ Anthony Joshua Saturday night in Saudi Arabia. And, we're here to go over it all, hear from Joshua himself and more on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview" podcast. Host T.J. Rives is back with Dan Rafael, insider of BigFightWeekend.com, to discuss the rematch and what will or won't be different from Usyk's upset decision win in September 2021 that has put Joshua's ...
Aug 18, 2022•1 hr 13 min
It's one of the most anticipated heavyweight title fights of the past few years, as unbeaten Ukrainian heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk rematches England's Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia Saturday night. And. we're ready to discuss and break it down on the "TopHeavyweights.com Podcast" Host T.J. Rives is back with Sean of Top Heavyweights and the guys are joined right at the jump by David Payne, aka "The Boxing Writer" from the U.K. David has been covering the sport for over 20 years and has grea...
Aug 17, 2022•58 min
It's a brand new edition of the show, as former unified lightweight champ Teofimo Lopez returned to the ring in Las Vegas and scored a KO over a veteran in Pedro Campa. That and some news of the weekend are part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast. Host T.J. Rives is back with Dan Rafael, insider for BigFightWeekend.com, to discuss the Lopez return/victory along with junior middleweight prospect Xander Zayas. Zayas stayed unbeaten with a KO in his co-feature fight on the Top Rank Boxing un...
Aug 15, 2022•42 min
It's the latest edition of the show, as former unified lightweight champ Teofimo Lopez is back in the ring Saturday night in Las Vegas and we're ready to discuss and preview his bout on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview' podcast! Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com talk the hard punching Lopez getting back in a non-title fight with veteran Pedro Campa. And, Dan went more in depth with a one on one interview Lopez that you'll hear in full. Lopez talks his loss last...
Aug 12, 2022•57 min
Coming up Friday on our preview show, our Dan Rafael spoke with former three belt world title holder at lightweight Teofimo Lopez at length at his upcoming return to the ring Saturday night in Vegas. Lopez, who lost to George Kamobosos by narrow 12 round decision last November, is candidate about what went wrong and what his thoughts are about trying to get his 135 lb. titles or maybe, moving up to jr. welterweight instead? This portion of the interview has Lopez discussing the repeated delaying...
Aug 10, 2022•3 min
On the latest edition of the show, unbeaten welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz returned in Texas and got his latest KO. Plus, Irish featherweight contender Michael Conlan also got back in the ring after his first loss and got a decision victory. And, we're ready to discuss it all on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast. Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com are back with their thoughts on the Texas and Ireland bouts. First, they discuss for the final time the cancelled...
Aug 08, 2022•47 min
It's a brand new month and a brand new preview edition of the Big Fight Weekend podcast as Virgil Ortiz returns to the ring in Fort Worth, Texas and Michael Conlan of Ireland does the same. Host TJ Rives and Dan Rafael insider of BigFightWeekend.com are back to go over it all starting first with some news. That includes, the sensational story that Dan broke that legendary, long time promoter Don King has allegedly failed to pay British heavyweight Daniel Dubois for his "WBA regular title" KO win...
Aug 05, 2022•54 min
