It's a very interesting weekend of fights and one of the great fighters of the 40 years is a guest with our Dan Rafael as part of the latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview." Host T.J. Rives returns with Dan to go over it all, including news and some Sugar Ray Leonard classic nostalgia. The guys begin with the preview of Friday night’s Top Rank/ESPN+ card from Norfolk, Va. that features rising lightweight Keyshawn Davis against veteran Gustavo Lemos in the main event. Howwever, there's controversy as...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Coming up later this week in Norfolk, VA, rising lightweight contender and former Olympic Silver Medalist Keyshawn Davis headlines for Top Rank Boxing/ESPN+. However, before all the events of fight week hear from Davis one on one with our insider Dan Rafael on this special "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast." They discuss his opponent and the challenge of Gustavo Lemos Friday night. Plus, Keyshawn shares his excitement for the bout being a virtual sellout for his hometown. And, he feels honored to foll...
Nov 05, 2024•18 min
It's the newest edition of our recap show as host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack are back to go over the action, Dan has a one on one interview with a rising star lightweight and we have some great nostalgia. It's al on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" The guys recap the Top Rank/ESPN+ card from Saturday at Turning Stone in Verona, NY, as O’Shaquie Foster regained his WBC 130 lb. title with a split decision over Robson Conceicao. This avenged Foster's...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 29 min
It's the newest edition of our preview podcast as Top Rank Boxing on ESPN+ Saturday night in New York features Robson Conceicao vs. O’Shaquie Foster for Conceicao’s WBC junior lightweight title. We talk that bout, lightweight contender Floyd Schofield headlining for Golden Boy Promotions in Vegas, some fight news and some classic anniverary nostalgia. Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over it all. Will Foster avenge his awful loss to Conceicao to regain...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 2 min
It's a one on one conversation with a former world champ looking to regain his title in a rematch, as O'Shaquie Foster is a guest with our Dan Rafael on a special "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast." The former WBC junior lightweight titlist Foster attempts to regain the title against Brazilian Robson Conceicao, who won the belt from him via controversial decision back in July. This bout headlines the Top Rank card on ESPN+ at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, NY. Foster is a tremendous story, as he ...
Oct 29, 2024•14 min
The lone big fight card of the weekend saw a win for England's Jack Catterall in the main event and we discuss that, have some fight news and some outstanding Muhammad Ali nostalgia, too on the latest 'Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J .Rives and insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Newsletter are back to go over everything. They talk Catterall beating American Regis Prograis in the Matchroom main event Saturday night in Manchester. Is Prograis finished once and fo...
Oct 28, 2024•54 min
It's the latest edition of our preview as host T.J. Rives is joined by insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over the Matchroom Boxing main event in England, have an interview with a former world champ and some great Evander Holyfield heavyweight title nostalgia, too on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." The guys go over: Jack Catterall meeting Regis Prograis in the scheduled 12 round main event for Matchroom in Manchester, England Saturday night. Get the insight on the fight and...
Oct 25, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Coming up Saturday night in Manchester, England, former world champ Regis Prograis of the U.S. will battle England's Jack Catterall junior welterweight contender battle scheduled for 12 rounds. And, as fight week gets underway, hear Prograis in his own words with our insider Dan Rafael one on one. They go over his recent struggles, including being beaten badly by Devin Haney late last year to lose his WBC junior welterweight title and what he hopes for if he's victorious in this meeting with Cat...
Oct 22, 2024•16 min
It's a jammed packed show that is headlined by the shocker KO by Russian Bakhram Murtazaliev over Australian star Tim Tszyu in the 3rd round on Saturday night in Orlando, FL. But there's much more on that fight and more on the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Newsletter to talk about it all. The guys thoroughly cover Bakhram's devastating night in the PBC/Amazon Prime main event, including TJ recount...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 27 min
It's a special edition of the show, as our insider Dan Rafael has a lengthy one on one conversation with longtime promoter/personality in boxing Bob Arum of Top Rank Boxing. Off the Artur Beterbiev unanimous decision win over Dmitry Bivol to win the undisputed light heavyweight title last Saturday night Bob has thoughts on his fighter now owning the division. Plus, what's the possibility of a a quick rematch or might both guys fight someone else first? They also cover other subjects like Naoya "...
Oct 19, 2024•54 min
It's a weekend full of action in the ring and one of boxing's top personalities/promoters is with us, too, on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast" Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael are back to give their takes and preview the weekend. First, Dan recaps the Monday Japanese title bouts that saw Junto Nakatani retain his bantamweight world title in the main event. Then, the boys talk the upcoming IBF junior middleweight title bout with Bakhram Murtazaliev defendiing in the main event...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 5 min
We have a special one on one conversation with one of the most prominent fighters from Australia, as Tim Tszyu joins our insider Dan Rafael on the "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast" in advance of his fight Saturday night to try to regain a portion of the 154 lb. crown. Tim battles IBF Super Welterweight World Champion Bakhram Murtazaliev on Prime Video this Saturday, October 19th from the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. He looks to become a two time champion after suffering a bizarre, contro...
Oct 15, 2024•13 min
An historic win for Artur Beterbiev to become undisputed at light heavyweight champion is the big topic on a brand new "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Email newsletter to give their thoughts on the unified WBC/IBF/WBO champ Beterbiev winning by 12 round decision of WBA Dmitry Bivol on Saudi Arabia. Was the decision warranted and how did Dan score the bout? Will there be a rematch and more is discussed. The...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Oct 11, 2024•57 min
With the Saturday showdown for the undisputed light heavyweight title looming between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol in Saudi Arabia we've got a special conversation with the WBA champ Bivol with our insider Dan Rafael. It's a special "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast." Bivol is anxious to get to the biggest moment of his career against his fellow countryman Beterbiev in Saudi Arabia Saturday night and tells Dan more about it all. Plus, what's the future, if Bivol does win, as he also holds a win ov...
Oct 08, 2024•16 min
Title action in Australia and England, plus, fight news and some intriguing anniversary nostalgia are all part of the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is joined by insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Newsletter to go over everything. They recap first the IBF middleweight title win by Khasakstan's Janibek Alimkhanuly by TKO in the 9th over Russian Andrei Mikhailovich Friday night in Sydney, Australia. It was an easy win for Janibek and we wonder the...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 7 min
On the newest preview edition of our show to start October, we have world title fights in Australia and England and WBA light heavyweight champ Dmitry Bivol joins us, too on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of Big Fight Weekend.com to go over it all. They talk first about the unified middleweight title bout between Janibek Alimkhanuly and Andrei Mikhailovich who will battle in Australia on Friday night there, Friday morning in the USA. Ther...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 3 min
On this special edition of the podcast hear British prominent boxing promoter Frank Warren one on one with our insider Dan Rafael. In this recent conversation the two of them covered: Daniel Dubois' demolotion of Anthony Joshua to retain his portion of the heavyweight crown and make himself very releant at the top of the division. Frank talks what may be next for "Dynamite" Dubois. Warren updates on the other massive fight and Tyson Fury preparing for Olkesandr Usyk rematch in December. They tal...
Oct 01, 2024•37 min
It was a fascinating weekend of action for three different women's world champs. Plus, Devin Haney is going to court over Ryan Garcia's PED violations and for what he says is Golden Boy witholding money from him. And, we have one of the top promoters in the sport talking one on one, too. It's all part of the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack to cover it all. They talk the Top Rank Boxing/ESPN show in NYC Friday...
Sep 30, 2024•1 hr 30 min
An interesting weekend with numerous women's world titel fights in three different locations lead our latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!' Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over it all. They talk the Top Rank Boxing/ESPN show Friday night in New York, as Mikaela Mayer goes for the WBO women's welterweight title against the UK's Sandy Ryan in the main event. Will Mayer get a world title back after being without one for over two years? Also, Xander...
Sep 27, 2024•51 min
Off his latest win Friday night on the Top Rank Boxing/ESPN card in Glendale, AZ, heavyweight prospect Richard Torrez is the guest on this special "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast." Torrez joins T.J. Rives in a one on one conversattion to talk about his latest victory to improve to 11-0 and how frustrating it was to deal with veteran journeyman Joey Dawejko in this bout. Dawejko was evventually DQ'ed for continually spitting out his mouthpiece,, but what did Torrez think was going on with that? Also,...
Sep 24, 2024•14 min
It was a very busy weekend for the Riyadh Season card in London, as Daniel Dubois scored the upset of hs career with his impressive KO of former unified heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua. We go over the rest of that card, talk super middleweight contender Jaime Munguia's KO victory on Friday night in Arizona and have news and nostalgia on the latest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack to give their takes, including...
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 21 min
It's a heavyweight title showdown in the U.K., a super middleweight contender is back and we have news and nostalgia on the latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over it all. They begin with talking Jaimie Mungia's return off the loss to Canelo Alvarez in the ESPN/"Top Rank Boxing Friday night main event. Munguia fights little known Erik Bazinyan looking to get back into the title picture in 2025. Next, the guys h...
Sep 20, 2024•1 hr 13 min
It's a massive interest all British heavyweight main event Saturday night in London, as former unified champ Anthony Joshua meets fellow countryman and top contender Daniel Dubois and we've got good insight from England on a special "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with David Payne of www.boxingwriter.co.uk, who is a long time friend of the podcasts and insider on all thing British Fights. The guys talk the Joshua-Dubois matchup and what's the amount of buzz for this bout an...
Sep 18, 2024•22 min
Future hall of famer Canelo Alvarez was back headlining in Vegas for Mexican indpendence weekend and he delivered another impressive performance in victory. We go over that, have fight news and some excellent nostalgia on the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J Rives is with insider Dan Rafael, who was ringside for the Canelo win over Edgar Berlanga at the T-Mobile Arena on the Vegas strip. They talk Canelo's greatness and how there's some respect gained in the loss for Berlanga....
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 5 min
It's the return of one of the top draws in the sport of boxing, as future first ballot hall of famer Canelo Alvarez will battle Edgar Berglanga in a pay per view main event in Las Vegas. And, we're ready to go over that and more on the latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com, who is on scene in Vegas for Canelo's headlining on Mexican Independence Day Weekend. Will Alvarez face a challange from the unbeaten but not often ...
Sep 13, 2024•1 hr 8 min
He's one of the premier names in boxing and future hall of famer Canelo Alvarez returns to the ring on Saturday night in Las Vegas. However, you don't have to wait for later this week to hear from him about his matchup wtih unbeaten contender Edgar Berlanga. He's with our insider Dan Rafael in a one on one conversation right here, as part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast." Canelo talks on several subjects, including the IBF having stripped him of their super middleweight crown and whether it b...
Sep 10, 2024•12 min
It was a lighter weekend of action with a title fight in Australia, but we give some insight on "CP Freshmart's" WBA straweight title win over Australian Alex Winwood. There's also some tremendous nostalgia on the Whitaker-Chavez HOF controversial battle just over 31 years ago. It's all on the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns wtih Dan Rafael insider of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack are back to give their takes. Will the Thai "Freshmart" eventually fight WBO st...
Sep 09, 2024•54 min
It's a light weekend of action in the ring, but we have a future hall of famer with us, as Canelo Alvarez talks to Dan one on one. And, there's some fight news and some Erik Morales and dubious Mike Tyson nostalgia, as well on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to give their takes. The guys talk first about the latest KO win by Naoya Inoue this past Tuesday in defense of his undisputed 122 lb. titles. How did he look vs...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Coming up September 14th in Las Vegas, unbeaten super middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga faces his biggest challenge to date, when he meets future hall of famer Canelo Alvarez in a ppv main event. And, as the build up to that bout continues, Berlanga spoke with our insider, Dan Rafael, for this edition of the "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast." Hear more on why Berlanga believes his youth and punching power give him a legit shot to beat the legend Canelo. Also, there is a natrual "Mexico vs. Puerto...
Sep 03, 2024•17 min
