It's 2023's first episode of TopHeavyweights.com The Podcast In this episode we preview this weekend's upcoming Heavyweight Doubleheader from Verona, NY in the United States featuring Nigeria's Efe Ajagba taking on St. Louis' Undefeated Stephan Shaw and Guido Vianello's make or break against the surging Jonnie Rice. We review the current status of the ever-advancing Undisputed Heavyweight Clash between Lineal Champion Tyson Fury and Unified Champion Oleksandr Usyk. Anthony Joshua is rumoured to ...
Jan 11, 2023•26 min
We're back in the new year just in time to recap the first big PPV of 2023 on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap." Host T.J. Rives is fresh back working the NFL in Atlanta on Sunday with Dan Rafael, our insider from BigFightWeekend.com, is fresh back from being ringside in Washington D.C. for the Showtime/Gervonta Davis PPV win. Dan has thoughts on how Davis looked against Hector Luis Garcia and what does his TKO mean for the potential battle with the other Garcia, Ryan, that is still being finalized...
Jan 09, 2023•50 min
It's our first show of 2023 and host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com return to go over the latest news to start the year and preview the Showtime/PBC pay per view featuring Gervonta "Tank" Davis. First, they each give their 2023 "wishes" for the fight year and Dan also goes over the big time welterweight showdown that's now scheduled for March for between Eimantas Stanionis and Vergil Ortiz probably in Texas. Also, it looks like newly crowned IBF Featherweight titleholde...
Jan 06, 2023•56 min
It's our final episode of 2022 of the show and we've got controversy again with the another arrest involving one of the top smaller weight fighters in the world in Gervonta Davis. Plus, we are previewing the Kaz Ioka vs. Joshua Franco unified bantamweight title showdown in Japan coming Saturday. Host T.J. Rives returns with Dan Rafael, insider for BigFightweekend.com, to go over it all. The guys talk Davis's domestic violence arrest in Miami earlier this week and whether he will still headline t...
Dec 30, 2022•1 hr 4 min
It's the pre-Christmas edition of the show and for one of the rare weekends of the year there's not a prominent fight to discussion with Christmas Eve coming Saturday. Still, there's lots go over, including news of the death of a prominent referee, a confirmed knee injury for Daniel Dubois and more. And, you'll hear from former WBO middleweight champ Demetrius Andrade one on one. It's all part of the latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview" Podcast with host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of BigFig...
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 10 min
It's one of the final shows of 2022 and we're ready to look back at lightweight contender Frank Martin's victory Saturday night in Vegas over fellow unbeaten contender Michel Rivera in the PBC/Showtime main event. It's part of our "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast. Host T.J. Rives is back with Dan Rafael, insider for BigFightWeekend.com, to talk the Martin decisive decision to solidify him at 135 lb. And, Dan has insight on what it might lead to for "The Ghost" in 2023. Dan also recaps the two ...
Dec 19, 2022•41 min
On the latest edition of the show, the guys are back to get ready for one of the last significant fights of 2022 and hear from an outstanding, unbeaten prospect at welterweight in Jaron "Boots" Ennis of Philadelphia. Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael, insider for BigFightWeekend.com, are back to go over it all. First, they talk the undisputed bantamweight title win Tuesday night by Japan's Naoya "The Monster" Inoue by 11th round TKO over England's Paul Butler. Inoue is now the first ever Japanese u...
Dec 16, 2022•59 min
Off the weekend it's our latest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast that has much more on the booming KO by Terence Crawford in his WBO welterweight title defense, Teofimo Lopez's less than impressive decision win over Sandor Martin at Madison Square Garden and also Luis Alberto Lopez of Mexcio upsets England's Josh Warrington for the IBF featherweight title too. Dan was on hand in New York for the Lopez win, has advice on getting someone to help in the corner with Teofimo's training, etc. and al...
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr 1 min
On the latest edition of the show, it's a tremendous weekend of action to close out 2022. This as unbeaten WBO welterweight champ Terence Crawford returns. Plus, former unified lightweight champ Teofimo Lopez is headlining action in New York and England's Josh Warrington is defending the IBF featherweight crown in Leeds, England. And we're ready to discuss it all on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview" with T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com. The guys first go over the announcem...
Dec 09, 2022•1 hr 28 min
It’s another episode of TopHeavyweights.com The Podcast In this episode of TopHeavyweights.com The Podcast, Your Host Sean Rosen is joined by the Casual Fan Ryan Price to review last weekend’s action and look forward to this weekends action at MSG in New York. Fast-rising Jared Anderson and Jerry Forrest, who has fought on even terms recently with contenders Michael Hunter and Zhang Zhilei. We say as little as possible about the Tyson Fury title defence against outmatched Derek Chisora and inste...
Dec 08, 2022•30 min
On a special edition of "Fight Freaks Unite" Dan Rafael goes 1 on 1 with former unified lightweight champ Teofimo Lopez. This comes, as Lopez will headline on Saturday night in New York's Madison Square Garden against veteran Sandor Martin in a non-title bout. Lopez (17-1, 13 KOs) made his junior welterweight debut in August with a seventh-round stoppage over Pedro Campa. Now, he'll battle the veteran Martin, who upset for two division world champ Mikey Garcia in August of 2021. Dan goes over th...
Dec 07, 2022•20 min
Off a weekend that saw WBC heavyweight champ Tyson Fury return with an expected easy win and Juan Francisco Estrada win his latest super flyweight showdown with "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, we're back with the latest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast. Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael, insider of BigFightWeekend.com return to give their thoughts and analysis on all the action. That includes Fury's pounding in London of Derek Chisora that went on for at least two rounds longer than it should have. Dan c...
Dec 05, 2022•46 min
A jam packed edition of the show this week with two trilogy world title fights being previewed, plus hear from Teofimo Lopez in a 1 on 1 conversation too. All of this on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview" podcast. Host T.J. Rives returns with Dan Rafael, insider of BigFightWeekend.com, to go over it all. The guys begin with the Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez third battle with Juan Francisco Estrada coming Saturday night in Arizona. The bout is for the vacant WBC 115 lb. title and Estrada's "lineal ch...
Dec 02, 2022•1 hr 25 min
It’s another episode of TopHeavyweights.com The Podcast In this episode of TopHeavyweights.com The Podcast, Your Host Sean Rosen is joined by "the Casual Fan" Ryan Price to review last weekend’s action and look forward to this weekend’s Heavyweight Double Header. We discuss Fabio Wardley’s spectacular victory over Nathan Gorman in his biggest test yet. We look at Dillian Whyte’s close-call victory over Jermaine Franklin and examine what the future holds for both. The show also takes a turn to th...
Nov 30, 2022•28 min
Coming off the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in the U.S., host T.J Rives and insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com return for insight and analysis on the fight cards in California and England. First, the guys discuss the Regis Prograis 11th round stoppage of Jose Zepeda for the WBC vacant junior lightweight title Saturday night in Carson, CA. Prograis was the better man and Dan has his thoughts on why and on the future for Regis at 140 lb./whom might be next for him to fight. Dan also goes ov...
Nov 28, 2022•44 min
Off the Thanksgiving holiday, we're ready for an action packed weekend in California and London, England on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview" podcast. Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael, who's slightly under the weather, but toughing it. Before the fight previews, the guys discuss the latest news outside the ring, including it looks like unified welterweight champ Errol Spence will be battling former WBA champ Keith Thurman early in 2023. Dan has more on the WBA and the WBC clearing t...
Nov 25, 2022•47 min
On this special edition of the "Big Fight Weekend Preview" podcast, our Dan Rafael scored a one on one conversation with Regis Prograis, who will battle Jose Zepeda in Las Vegas this Saturday night for the vacant WBC Jr. welterweight world title. Prograis (27-1, 23 KOs), 33, a southpaw from New Orleans, won the WBA title by sixth-round knockout of Kiryl Relikh during the World Boxing Series tournament in April 2019 but lost it by majority decision to Taylor in his first defense, a unification fi...
Nov 24, 2022•21 min
In this episode we look at the Undisputed Chaos that is the Heavyweight Division. We look forward to Dillian Whyte’s return bout against undefeated American Jermaine Franklin at the OVO Arena in London. We briefly cover the clash for the Vacant BBBofC British Heavyweight Title between undefeated Fabio Wardley and Nathan Gorman. The public reaction to WBC-Lineal Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury's voluntary defence against Derek Chisora is scrutinized, while the main undercard attraction has Daniel...
Nov 22, 2022•40 min
It's the latest edition of the show, where we are recapping Mexican Jaime Munguia's latest KO of an unknown opponent, Britain's Anthony Yarde also getting a KO and now a date for fighting Artur Beterbiev in January and we have other fight news too. It's all part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast! Host T.J. Rives is with Dan Rafael, insider for BigFightWeekend.com, and they are ready to go over it all. Dan is simply ready for the unbeaten Munguia to fight someone of championship caliber, ...
Nov 21, 2022•46 min
We're ready for another weekend of action in the ring, but there's also news outside of it to cover, too, on the latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of Fight Freaks Unite substack and BigFightWeekend.com to go over news outside the ring. There's a positive update on super middleweight Aidos Yerbossynuly who has been in a medically induced coma after his brutal TKO loss to David Morrell in Minnesota two weeks ago? Dan gives the insight on what he's ...
Nov 18, 2022•1 hr 14 min
Off the weekend, we're back to recap fights and also T.J.'s travels back to the USA from being in Munich, Germany, with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their Sunday NFL win over Seattle there. It's all part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" Podcast! Our insider Dan Rafael of Fight Freaks Unite substack and BigFightWeekend.com is here to shed knowledge and keep T.J. in line, more so than usual. Dan gives thoughts on the Janibek Alimkhanuly surprising need for a decision over Denzel Bentley in the To...
Nov 14, 2022•56 min
It's our latest preview podcast headed towards the weekend with lots of news, a famous heavyweight title anniversary and WBO middleweight champ Janibek Alimkhanuly defending his title Saturday night in Las Vegas. Host T.J. Rives returns with Dan Rafael, insider of BigFightWeekend.com, to go over the latest from the WBC Convention in Mexicio City, as they have ordered several mandatory bouts involving prominent fighters like Deontay Wilder, Caleb Plant, Sebastian Fundora and others. Dan has detai...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 14 min
We recap the weekend action in the ring and begin with the update on. Aidos Yerbossynuly's condition after a brutal loss for him to David Morrell Saturday night in Minnesota. It's all part of the latest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" Podcast. Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com and to go over what happened to the Kazak fighter Yerbossynuly, as he took a pounding from Morrell especially late. The guys go over the rest of the Showtime/PBC card in Minneapolis, as well...
Nov 07, 2022•51 min
We are ready for another weekend of championship fights, but there's also plenty of news out of the ring, too. It's all part of the latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview" Podcast. Host T.J. Rives returns with Dan Rafael, insider for BigFightWeekend.com, are back to go over a title fight midweek in Japan, Errol Spence and Terence Crawford both blaming the other for their world welterweight title fight not happening. Dan and T.J. have lots of insight and takes. The guys then turn their attention to th...
Nov 04, 2022•1 hr 7 min
It's the latest edition of the show ,as Jake Paul has returned victorious in a decision win over UFC legend Anderson Silva, Vasiliy Lomachenko is also back beating a young/tough Jamaine Ortiz. Plus, Ireland's Katie Taylor defended her undisputed lightweight belts in London too! And, we're ready to go over it all on the Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast! Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com, as the boys have their takes on all the action from Arizona to New York t...
Oct 31, 2022•55 min
It's a tremendous fight weekend and we're ready for a full breakdown from Glendale, AZ, to New York City to London and all the way back to San Diego on the latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with co-host Dan Rafael, insider for BigFightWeekend.com to go over it all. First, the guys talk news of the week including disappointing PPV numbers for the Deontay Wilder one round KO of Robert Helenius. Dan has the latest on the British Boxing Board of Control upholding th...
Oct 28, 2022•54 min
On the latest edition of the show. Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael, insider of Fight Freaks Unite and BigFightWeekend.com are back to go over the weekend. First we quickly discuss the Isaiah Steen slight upset loss at the hands of veteran Sena Agbeko in the ShoBox main event from Atlantic Cicy on Friday night. What's possibly next for Agbeko? Then, thoughts on the Mauricio Lara KO3 of Jose Sanmartin on Saturday night in Mexico City. Lara clearly is established as a top Featherweight contender and...
Oct 24, 2022•42 min
It's another edition of the preview show, as the most prominent bout is in Mexico but an unbeaten U.S. prospect headlines in Atlantic City, N.J. And, our guys are ready to discuss on the 'Big Fight Weekend Preview" Podcast. Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com, return to first discuss the confirmation of Tyson Fury's next WBC heavyweight title defense coming against journeyman Derek Chisora December 3rd. Let's just say that Dan isn't a fan of Chisora being given the slot...
Oct 21, 2022•42 min
In this episode we review Deontay Wilder’s stunning first round knockout over Robert Helenius this past Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. We also look at the some of the Heavyweight action on the undercard. We look at potential upcoming fights that are close to signing and review the Top 10 in terms of what’s going or not going on. TopHeavyweights.com The Podcast - Wilder-Helenius Review plus more Heavyweight Talk. This Heavyweight Boxing Podcast covers the latest including: Revie...
Oct 18, 2022•27 min
It was an action packed weekend in fights from New York to London to Australia and we're ready to go over it all on the latest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" Podcast! Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael, insider of BigFightWeekend.com, are back aboard to go over a big Deontay Wilder KO in the first round in the PBC main event in Brooklyn. Dan was there at ringside and describes what he saw from the KO and Wilder's prospective opponents in the future. Plus, Dan has thoughts on a sloppy Caleb Plant-Anthony...
Oct 17, 2022•55 min
