Off Ryan Garcia's Thursday "plea agreement" with the NY State Athletic Commission to take a one year suspension forfeiture of $1.1 million for his positive PED tests, the guy he defeated in April in their tainted fight- WBC 140 lb. champ Devin Haney was obviously outraged by it all. On Thursday evening, our insider Dan Rafael talked exclusively to Haney in a one on one conversation about Garcia's agreement/punishment and whether he thought it was enough? Plus, what else does Devin think he's owe...
Jun 22, 2024•8 min
A huge story broke Thursday afternoon, as Ryan Garcia has accepted a suspension and huge financial penalties from the NY State Commision and we are all over that, with one on one reaction from Devin Haney. Plus, we have fight previews for Friday night in Vegas on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over it all. They talk first about the breaking news of the resolution to Garcia being disciplined and Haney gives Dan...
Jun 21, 2024•1 hr 25 min
It was an action packed weekend of title action from Vegas to Puerto Rico to London and we're ready to go over it all on the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives and insider, fresh back from Vegas, Dan Rafael are back with Dan giving you the insight and takes from the MGM Grand Garden Arena for the PBC/Amazon pay per view. They talk the Gervonta Davis main event thunderous KO of Frank Martin in the eighth round. Davis is back from a year long layoff in a resounding way and ...
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 21 min
It's another huge weekend of fights with an historic PPV at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas + title fights in Puerto Rico and England and we're ready to go over it all on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is joined on scene in Vegas by our insider Dan Rafael to get his insight and more. The guys go over the Gervonta "Tank" Davis return in action with Frank Martin in the PBC/Amazon Prime PPV main event. Dan had a chance to speak for a few minutes with Davis a...
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 25 min
On a special edition of the "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast" our insider Dan Rafael had a recent one on one conversation wtih former two time WBC super middleweight champ and top 168 lb. contender David Benavidez. This is in advance of Benavidez moving up in weight, to 175 lb. in the co-feature fight of the Gervonta Davis PPV in Las Vegas this Saturday night. Benavidez talks with Dan about having to "wait out" an opprtunity to fight undisputed champ and future hall of famer, Canelo Alvarez. And, why...
Jun 11, 2024•12 min
While it was a lighter significance of action weekend, we are back to discuss it all from the two Top Rank Boxing rising stars winning at the MSG Theater, to a world champion defending and was it the end of Adrien Broner? We talk that, new of Ryan Garcia being arrested and some fantastic nostalgia anniversaries, too on the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and BigFightWeekend.com return and go over it all on this show. Fi...
Jun 10, 2024•1 hr 12 min
An interesting weekend of fights is about to unfold from Florida to New York and we're ready to discuss it. Plus, hear from former super middleweight champ David Benavidez, who moves up to light heavyweight on next week's Gervonta Davis PPV card, joins us and we have fight news and some big names in the anniversary nostalgia on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives (back from an Alaskan cruise) is ready to go with insider Dan Rafael from BigFightWeekend.com to cover it ...
Jun 07, 2024•1 hr 11 min
It's another jammed pay per view from Saudi Arabia and we're ready to go over the "5 vs. 5" card, including the heayweight main event Deontay Wilder vs. Zhilei Zhang on our newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with Dan Rafael, insider of BigFightWeekend.com to give their insight, analysis and predictions on what they think will happen in this latest stacked card featuring mostly the figher's from Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions and Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Box...
May 30, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Coming up Saturday night in Saudi Arabia, former WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder enters the ring in a "crossroads fight" for him against Chinese big man, Zhilei Zhang. And, you can hear the "Bronze Bomber" in his own words with our insider Dan Rafael in a one on one conversation. Wilder talks about his awful performance last December losing a one sided decision to Joseph Parker and looking awful offensively in the 12 rounds. Has he made corrections for this fight with the lumbering Zhang. T...
May 28, 2024•29 min
A revenge win for Jack Catterall over Josh Taylor, the former WBC heavyweight champ speaks, some fight news and great Carl Froch nostalgia are all part of the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to give their takes and more. First, there's discussion of the Catterall Win over the former undisputed 140 lb. champ Taylor in the Matchroom Boxing/Top Rank Boxing main event from Leeds, England. It was an impressive performan...
May 27, 2024•1 hr 20 min
It wsa a close, dramatic, undisputed junior welterweight title fight two years ago between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall. Now, they are ready to rematch (without titles) in England. And, that fight along with news and excellent Roy Jones-Bernard Hopkins nosstalgia, too, are all part of the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to give their thoughts and analysis on it all. First, they talk the latest in the Ryan Garcia PED po...
May 24, 2024•1 hr 7 min
A tremendous and historic win for Oleksandr Usyk over Tyson Fury to claim the Undisputed Heayweight crown leads our show. We recap the entire "Ring of Fire" card from Saudi Arabia, there's fight news and nostalgia all on the latest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael, insider of BigFightWeekend.com give their takes on the Usyk 12 round victory claim the fourth and final piece to undisputed by beating the WBC champ Tyson Fury. This includes Usyk very nearly stopping...
May 20, 2024•1 hr 30 min
We have reached THE weekend for the first undisputed four belt heavyweight title fight in history as unified champ Oleksandr Usyk battles WBC champ Tyson Fury in a PPV 12 round showdown in Saudi Arabia. And, we'll preview that fight, the undercard and more on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWekend.com to go over everything happening. They spend tons of time on the Fury-Usyk build up in the MIddle Eastern desert, as the win...
May 17, 2024•1 hr 26 min
A dominant performance by a world class fighter, an all time "screw up" by a ring announcer in a championship fight, plus, some news and always, some great nostalgia is part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael insider of BigFightWeekend.com are back to give their thoughts on it all. First, they discuss Vasiliy Lomachenko overwhelming George Kambosos for a late TKO to win the IBF world lightweight title Sunday afternoon in Australia. Dan has thoughts on what ...
May 13, 2024•1 hr 3 min
We get ready for another compelling weekend of action, this time in Australia for a lightweight world title showdown and a top super middleweight contender is our guest, as well, on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com and we're ready to go over the previews, news, nostalgia and more. First, they talk Vasiliy Lomachenko and George Kambosos meeting in the Top Rank Boxing main event Sunday afternoon from Perth, Australia, f...
May 10, 2024•1 hr 23 min
Future hall of famer Canelo Alvarez returned Saturday night and won easily in his latest undisputed defense. We recap that fight and the entire PBC card from Vegas and more on the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insdier Dan Rafael, still in Las Vegas?! Yes. Off the top, Dan explains why he didn't make it home Sunday and will "hang" in Vegas for another day or so. Then, there's lots of discussion on Canelo's unanimous decision win over Jaime Munguia to reta...
May 06, 2024•1 hr 6 min
It's here- the return of Canelo. And, we're ready to analyze Alvarez's latest undisputed super middleweight title defense with fellow Mexican Jaime Munguia that is on PPV from Las Vegas. Plus, the latest on Ryan Garcia testing positive for a PED fight weekend with Devin Haney and more on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com, who is in Las Vegas for this one. The boys go over the "saucy" press conference where Canel...
May 03, 2024•57 min
Coming up Satruday night in Las Vegas, it's the return of undisputed super middleweight champion and future first ballot hall of famer, Canelo Alvarez. He will defend his titles in a PPV main event with unbeaten Mexican Jaime Munguia in an anticipated action showdown. As fight week gets cranked up, hear from Canelo on this battle, his future plans and more in a one on one conversation with our insider Dan Rafael. Rafael, who's covered many of Canelo's biggest fights/wins, gets some good answers ...
Apr 30, 2024•10 min
A successful return for Jose Ramirez in his Golden Boy Promotions debut, a former world champ ready to return talks with ou insider Dan Rafael and some news and nostalgia are all part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives is back with Dan to break everything down starting with Ramirez defeating Rances Barthelemy in his home area of Fresno, California to put himself back in the 140 lb. conversation. The guys discuss the win and what might be next for Ramirez? Also, on the und...
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 22 min
We're already to the end of April and while it's a lighter weekend in boxing, we've still got much to go over on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com are back and ready to talk the Golden Boy main event in Fresno, CA featuring Jose Ramirez,. But, also Dan has a one on one conversation in advance of Canelo Alvarez returning to defend his undisputed super middleweight titles on May 4th against Jaime Munguia. There's fight new...
Apr 26, 2024•1 hr 18 min
It was a wild week culminating with a wild night in the ring in Brooklyn, NY, as Ryan Garcia scored a shocking upset by decision over Devin Haney in the Golden Boy Promotions Main Event. We're ready to go over the upset, how it happened, the officiating controversey and where we go from here for both Garcia and Haney on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to give their thoughts and insight on the Garcia victory. And, the ...
Apr 22, 2024•1 hr 22 min
It's (on paper) an intriguing pay per view Saturday night in Brooklyn, NY, as WBC 140 lb. champ Devin Haney meets Ryan Garcia in the 12 round main event. However, there are big time issues with the social media popular Garcia leading up to this bout. We're ready to go over it all on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com are back to go over the promotional mess of Haney-Garcia, which isn't the champion's fault. And, will Garc...
Apr 19, 2024•1 hr 17 min
It's Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia fight week for Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY and the WBC junior welterweight titleholder was a recent guest with our insider Dan Rafael. Hear the former undisputed lightweight champ Haney give his breakdown of why he believes he will dominate the social media popular Garcia in this scheduled 12 round pay per view main event. And, what are his plans and goals moving forward to try to unifiy at 140 lb., etc? It's all part of this special conversation with Dan on ...
Apr 17, 2024•16 min
It was a less than thrilling night for heavyweight Jared Anderson's main event win for Top Rank Boxing in Texas, there was a much more entertaining British junior lightweight main event for Matchroom Boxing and we're ready to discuss those fights and more on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and BigFightWeekend.com to go over it all. They talk the Top Rank show including the reasons the Anderson fight was a ...
Apr 15, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Arguably the top U.S. Heavyweight is back headlining for Top Rank Boxing, a British 130 lb. contender is back in action for Matchroom and we have news and lots of good nostalgia 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 go over it all. They talk Jared "Real Big Baby" Anderson returning after a tumultuous last few months with two arrests and now fighting a slightly known vetera...
Apr 12, 2024•49 min
Off a weekend that has seen a couple of tough fights for the featured buys on the Matchroom Boxing card in Las Vegas, we're ready to recap those bouts. Plus, we hear from WBC 140 lb. champ Devin Haney prior to his PPV with Ryan Garcia, we go over some news and even, some nostalgia on Marco Antonio Barerra and the great Muhammad Ali, as part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of his "Fight Freaks Unite Substack" and BigFightWeekend.com retur...
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 3 min
We are ready for the beginning of April with a Matchroom Boxing show in Las Vegas to go over, some fight news involving the fallout continuing of the Tim Tszyu nasty head gash and a possible rematch soon with Sebastian Fundora. Plus, we talk the confirmed Haney-Garcia undercard and some great nostalgia involving the great "Sugar Ray" Leonard is all part of the "Big Fight Weekend Preview!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to give their insight and analysis.on...
Apr 05, 2024•1 hr 3 min
It was an amazing weekend of fights that includes one of the bloodiest title battles, maybe ever, in the Tim Tszyu vs. Sebastian Fundora unified junior middleweight title bout in Las Vegas for PBC/Amazon PPV. And, we're ready to talk about that fight, the rest of the card, other title bouts, news and more is part of the latest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWekeend.com to go over it all. The biggest news is the Fundora split decisio...
Apr 01, 2024•1 hr 7 min
It's a jammed weekend of action from Vegas to Arizona to California and even to Great Britain on Sunday, and we're ready for inisght, previews and more on the bouts involving Tim Tszyu, Oscar Valez, "Zurdo" Ramirez and more on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview!" Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to take a look at all the fight cards. They begin with the Top Rank/ESPN+ card in Glendale, AZ, as popular, former two division world champ Oscar Valdez is back b...
Mar 29, 2024•1 hr 9 min
A big knockout win for a rising British contender, some news on some upcoming prominent fight cards and some nostalgia involving a famous "cult classic" 80s movie that has it's 40 year anniversary is all part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over the weekend. The start with the Matchroom Boxing show in Sheffield, England, as Dalton Smith remained unbeaten by knocking out his biggest name to date in Jose Zepeda...
Mar 25, 2024•57 min
