Dan Rafael has been let go by ESPN

[powerpuncher]

I liked Dan, he was usually more objective and more knowledgeable than Max Kellerman.

Unlike Max, he didn't rave on like a silly fanboy about certain boxers nor was he unfairly negative about others.

Dan Rafael out at ESPN, as he's not getting his contract renewed

I get people not liking Kellerman but Kellerman is much more knowledgeable about boxing than fat Dan. I’m let glad they let fat Dan go. He was awful. And he was also very bias.

Dan’s opinion was bought and paid for. Max is biased but at least he seems to believe what he says. Dan was a shill

I agree with that assessment.

[Daniel_A]

Hmmm nice comments

[Fenster]

Never liked the way he arrogantly called fighters "bums" and "cowards" ... and Steve Kim getting his foot in the door over the past year makes sense.

[TIC]

Never liked the way he arrogantly called fighters "bums" and "cowards" ... and Steve Kim getting his foot in the door over the past year makes sense.

yeh with steve there is no need for dan

[Fenster]

Never liked the way he arrogantly called fighters "bums" and "cowards" ... and Steve Kim getting his foot in the door over the past year makes sense.

yeh with steve there is no need for dan

I wondered why Kim (whose become mainstream in his own right) was brought into that joint reporting role, makes obvious sense now.

[SlimTrae]

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-war-continues
Link above is entitled: ESPN.com Removes Criticism of Shannon Briggs from Dan Rafael Chat Transcript

Dan Rafael wished that Briggs' fight against Vitali Klitschko, in which the Brooklyn native took a vicious, career-ending beating that put Briggs in a German hospital for two weeks., "went 15 rounds," instead of the usual 12.


one poster replied that remark "wasn't very nice."
"It wasn't meant to be," Rafael responded.

He did win a few awards for his craft. Personally I wasn't into his personal favorites, which IMO he made it known, whereas a Max Kellerman tried to pass his personal picks as facts.

I will give Dan credit for introducing me to Mahyar Monshipour vs. Somsak Sithchatchawal. Just perusing the website and Fat Dan was like...so you don't know these guys, they aren't marquee names, but do yourself a favor get it. The commentating is in French, who cares. The fight is so great every so often you will learn French when they keep saying ooh-la-la. LMAO!

Well I am paraphrasing because I cant find the that article. But I took a chance, watched it and Yup, if Dan did anything right by me- it was that fight.