We are ready to wrap up the 2023 calendar year, but there's still time for one more look ahead to the weekend action, fight news and more wtih the latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview." Host T.J. Rives returns wtih insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to first go over the impressive, second straight undisputed title victory for Naoya "the Monster" Inoue this past Tuesday in Tokyo, as he kayoed Marlon Tapales in a 10 round victory to own all the belts at 122 lb. How great is Inoue? And, Dan mak...
Dec 29, 2023•57 min
Ho! Ho! Ho! It's Christmas Eve/Day off the weekend and so, therefore, we're out a day early for the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael, insider of BigFightWeekend.com are ready to go over everything that they saw in the "Day of Reckoning" PPV in Saudi Arabia Saturday. Obvioulsy the upset loss for Deontay Wilder has immediately ended the proposed two fight deal for him to meet Anthony Joshua next and twice total. How and why did Wilder fail in his unanimous decisio...
Dec 24, 2023•1 hr 11 min
We have reached the second to last weekend onf 2023 and it's the "Day of Reckoning" pay per view in Saudi Arabia, headlined by a heavyweight co-main event featuring Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder. And, we're ready to discuss it on the 'Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over everyting involved. First, Dan has broken the news that in the likely event that Joshua and Wilder both win Saturday night, that they have agree...
Dec 22, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Coming up Saturday night in Saudi Arabia it's a showdown between former unified heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua and southpaw contender Otto Wallin in one of the co-main events. It's a huge moment for a Swede, who once gave Tyson Fury problems over a 12 round battle in Las Vegas in 2019. And, he joined our insider Dan Rafael recently to do over the Fury fight and his chances against Joshua coming up in the Middle Eastern desert. Wallin is 26-1, 14 KOs, but is an underdog to the popular Brit. Yet...
Dec 19, 2023•12 min
It was an action packed weekend with plenty of KOs and we're ready to discuss them. Plus, Showtime Championship Boxing says goodbye and former WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder is ready to fight this week in Saudi Arabia It's all part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Raael of BigFightWeekend.com return to discuss it all: Jake Paul scores a booming KO Friday night in the first round of his DAZN main event. What does it really mean and what's l...
Dec 18, 2023•1 hr 5 min
It's a jammed packed weekend of fights, a heavyweight contender joins us one on one and some serious PPV nostalgia, as well. It's all part of the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to talk Jake Paul's return to the ring Friday night in Orlando, FL, as he meets little known Andre August in a cruiserweight main event on DAZN. Dan has more on the matchup and Jake Paul's plans for 2024 and beyond. The guys continue the previewi...
Dec 15, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Coming up Friday night in Orlando, FL, it's the return of social media star turned fightter Jake Paul in a DAZN/Most Valuable Promotions main event. Paul will meet Andre August in an eight round cruiserweight main event and he talks with our insider Dan Rafael about his return to the ring, why he picked a fighter and not an MMA star and what his plans are for 2024? Hear Jake in his own words and will he deliver a KO in this one Friday? Hear him in a one on one discussion on a special "Fight Frea...
Dec 12, 2023•12 min
It's the latest edition of our "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast," as host T.J. Rives returns with inisdier Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to give the breakdown from San Francisco to Florida to England on Sunday, as well. First, Saturday night on a DAZN PPV Devin Haney scored an impressive shutout of Regis Prograis and he wins WBC junior welterweight title. What happened and how much do you blame the ineptitude of Prograis vs. how good Haney was? And, whom is Haney likely to meet next 1t 140 ...
Dec 11, 2023•1 hr 17 min
It's a PPV showdown for the WBC jr. welterweight crown as Regis Prograis defends against Devn Haney in San Francisco, Top Rank Boxing has a world title main event in Florida and we hear one on one from Jake Paul, as well, on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns from his computer issues to re-join THE Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to break it all down. The guys go over the Matchroom card as the former undisputed lightweight champ Haney meets Prograis, who's ...
Dec 08, 2023•1 hr 31 min
Coming up Saturday night in San Francisco, CA, Regis Prograis defends his WBC Junior Welterweight title against former undisputed champ Devin Haney in the Matchroom/DAZN main event. As it is fight week for Haney/Prograis, we bring you back interviews wtih both fighters done by our insider Dan Rafael recently. Why did Haney want to move up and fight Prograis? Will the Louisiana native be ready for the slick boxing and fast hand of the former lgihtweight star? Why was it important for Haney to fig...
Dec 06, 2023•33 min
It's the latest edition of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" but with THE Dan Rafael flying solo due to TJ technical difficulties. Dan recaps Saturday Golden Boy/DAZN card in Houston, as Ryan Garcia scores KO8 of Oscar Duarte, What did Dan think of Ryan's bounce back performance? And also, Flloyd Schofield demolishes Ricardo Torres in one round. Next up was the Saturday Matchroom Boxing/DAZN card earlier Saturday in Belfast, Northern Ireland. England's Jordan Gill pulls the shocker with a TKO7 over...
Dec 05, 2023•59 min
We are ready to go with another preview podcast in the final month of 2023, as Ryan Garcia returns, Devin Haney talks with Dan and much more on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com return and are ready to go over it all . That includes the Golden Boy / DAZN show from Houston as Ryan Garcia takes on Oscar Duarte in a junior welterweight return. Will it be a big night for Ryan? Also earlier in the day on DAZN from Belfast, Northern Ireland ...
Dec 01, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Coming up Saturday night in Houston, TX, it's the return of Ryan Garcia in a non-title fight headlining the Golden Boy Promotions show there. In this special interview with Garcia, our Dan Rafael gets his thoughts on the matchup for the junior welterweight star Garcia against Oscar Duarte on Dec. 2 i n what very likely will be a competitve fight. Dan and Ryan also discuss dealing with his knockout loss to Gervonta Davis in his last fight in April; what it was like to make $30 million; plus meshi...
Nov 28, 2023•15 min
It was an action packed weekend with a Las Vegas PPV, a women's world title rematch in Dublin, Ireland and we've got WBC 140 lb. champ Regis Prograis on the show too. It's the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com They Recap PBC final Showtime PPV from Las Vegas that includies the David Benavidez TKO6 over Demetrius Andrade. And, he retains WBC interim super middleweight title. Is Canelo next? Jermall Charlo returns from a 2.5 y...
Nov 27, 2023•1 hr 19 min
We are ready for a jammed packed PPV fight card in Vegas, a big time women's rematch in Ireland, Ryan Garcia in conversation and fight news, nostalgia and more. And, it's all part of the latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com are back to go through all of it on this show. There's lots of discussion on David Benavidez vs. Demetrius Andrade, for Benavidez’s WBC interim super middleweight title Saturday night in Vegas. Dan has his t...
Nov 24, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Coming up Saturday night in Las Vegas, WBC interim 168 lb. champ David Benavidez headlines for Showtime/PBC in their final PPV from Las Vegas, as he battles former middleweight champ Demietrius Andrade. And, in this one on one conversation with our insdier Dan Rafael, Benavidez discusses the showdown with Andrade, the possiblity of fighting legendary undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez next year and more! Hear the full conversation with the top contender at super middleweight, ...
Nov 21, 2023•14 min
Off a weekend that had fight results from L.A. to England, our guys are back to go over the winners/losers, have some fight news, hear from unbeaten super middleweight David Benavidez one on one and some nostalgia on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives retuns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to cover it all. That includes Diego Pacheco's win by KO in the Matchroom Boxing main event Saturday in Los Angeles, CA. What's Pacheco's ceiling for the near future? Dan ha...
Nov 20, 2023•1 hr 7 min
We head into another weekend with a Thursday night championshp double header in Vegas to go over, fight to preview from England to L.A., fight news, nostalgia and more on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over it all starting with the horrific, dull, main event for Top Rank Boxing/ESPN as Shakur Stevenson got his hand raised in a 12 round decision for the WBC lightweight crown, but it was a putrid showing. His op...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Former two division world champ Shakur Stevenson will go for a third world title in three divisions Thursday night in Las Vegas. That's when he battles Edwin De Los Santos for the vacant WBC lightweight in a Top Rank Boxing/ESPN main event.' And from our "Fight Freaks Unite Podcasts" hear our insider Dan Rafael go one on one with him as fight week unfolds. What does Shakur think about moving up to 135 lb.? What kind of challenge will De Los Santos be? Is there a looming battle with Emanuel Navar...
Nov 14, 2023•13 min
It was a light weekend with very little prominent worldwide action for a recap, but we still have plenty to discuss and a former world champ in Demetrius Andrade on the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com talk the Matchroom Boxing prospect show and main event won by Shabaz Masoud and the other pertinent fights. Dan has a one on one interview iwth Demetrius Andrade, as he readies to meet David Benavidez in a Super MIddleweight P...
Nov 13, 2023•1 hr 8 min
There's not a major fight card to go over, but we still have plenty, including a two time world champ, on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to cover all fronts, including the news and nostalgia. There wasn't nostalgia but more outrage over James Toney and Razor Ruddock fighting an exhibition in Jamaica this weekend. Dan gives his disdain for it. Then with two title fights involving Shakur Stevenson and Emanuel N...
Nov 10, 2023•1 hr 15 min
World title fights, fight news and great nostalgia on Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe are all part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives retrns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com are back to go over: Matchroom card from Monte Carlo Joe Cordina W12 Edward Vazquez to retain the IBF junior lightweight titleAdrian Curiel KO2 Sivenathi Nontshinga in win IBF junior flyweight title Don King card from Miami Noel Mikaelian TKO3 Ilunga Makabu for vacant WBC cruiserweigh...
Nov 06, 2023•1 hr 5 min
World title fights and a former world champ joins us to talk about his return to the ring soon after a brief "retirement" on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview" Podcast. Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite substack and BigFightWeekend.com to cover it all from: The Matchroom DAZN card Saturday, 3 pm ET in Monte Carlo , as Joe Cordina meets Edward Vazquez, for Cordina’s IBF junior lightweight title. Plus: Sivenathi Nontshinga battles Adrian Curiel, for Nont...
Nov 03, 2023•1 hr 12 min
Tyson Fury Escapes, A crazy TKO ending for the champ in a WBC title fight in Mexico, fight news and Ali-Foreman nostalgia and more are all on the newest edition of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com return to go over it all. They begin with WBC heavyweight champ Tyson Fury strugling with UFC star Francis Ngannou in their PPV in Saudi Arabia. What was Fury's problem? Out of shape? Not focused because Ngannou had never boxed? Dan a...
Oct 30, 2023•1 hr 10 min
It's a week where WBC heavyweight champ Tyson Fury is back in action, although his belt is not on the line, against former UFC champ Francis Ngannou and we're ready to discuss that PPV and more on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over the Fury fight Saturday afternoon U.S. time from Saudi Arabia and is it truly a legit fight or essentially, an exhibition? Is Ngannou a threat at all without boxing experien...
Oct 26, 2023•51 min
It's a special "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast" mid-week, as our insider Dan Rafael of his substack and BigFightWeekend.com is back with special guest, hall of famer Oscar De La Hoya. Dan and Oscar have a wide ranging discussion on several subjects involving his Golden Boy Promotions and fighters/fights in the future. They talk about the always soap opera-like relationship with Ryan Garcia and Garcia's next slated bout for December 2nd in Houston, Texas, taking on a solid fighter in Oscar Duarte in ...
Oct 24, 2023•26 min
It's a brand new editon of the only show you need coming off a boxing weekend- a weekend that saw an upset KO in a welterweight showdown in California and a British 140 lb. contender getting a win that wasn't that impressive, but still a win. It's all on the 'Fight Freaks Unite Recap!" Host T.J. Rives is back wth insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over it all. This includes the impresive upset, sixth round KO by Giovani Santillan over Alexis Rocha in the Golden Boy California main e...
Oct 23, 2023•1 hr 6 min
It's a monster edition of the "Big Fight Weekend Preview" Podcast as we talk the end coming for Showtime Boxing, preview fight cards in England and Inglewood (CA) and hear from hall of famer Oscar De La Hoya at length and more! Host T.J Rives and insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com are here to discuss it all. Dan has more on the end for Showtime Boxing, as an institution in televising the sport for the last 37 years and why it won't be continuing after 2023. Also some SPIRITED debate on th...
Oct 20, 2023•1 hr 47 min
Some impressive title defenses from Tim Tszyu and Janibek Alimkhanuly on separate contininents, some fight news and some Triple G and Bernard Hopkins nostalgia all are part of the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael to break down the Australian 154 lb. world champ Tszyu's eventual dismantling of Amerian contender Brian Mendoza. And, what's likely next for Tszyu over the next 6-9 months? Then, the conversation turns to Janibek, who whalloped ...
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr
World title fights in Australia and Texas are a big part of our newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com return to go over the latest. That includes Australian unbeaten star Tim Tszyu defending his WBO super middleweight title against a American Brian Mendoza in a scheduled 12 rounder. Will Tszyu impress big time in this one, as he eyes a potentional undisputed title bout with Jermell Charlo? We will find out soon enough. Then, the...
Oct 13, 2023•1 hr 6 min
