Big Fight Weekend Boxing Podcast

Off a weekend that saw Jermell Charlo score an emphatic win over Brian Castano by knockout to win the undisputed jr. middleweight world titles Saturday night in Carson, CA, host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael are back to breakdown all the relevant action from the weekend on "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast. Charlo and Castano fought a tremendous rematch in their 12 round main event with the T...

A huge weekend of fights is headlined by the long awaited rematch of Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano for the undisputed Jr Middleweight title coming in Carson, CA and we're ready to break that fight and all else down on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview" podcast. Host T.J. Rives is back with Dan Rafael, insider for BigFightWeekend.com to first go over the news of the week, which includes Ryan Garcia...

On a special edition of the "Fight Freaks Unite" podcast Dan Rafael is back with a one on one exclusive with unbeaten, top lightweight contender Ryan Garcia. This, as the WBC on Tuesday ordered that the Californian Garcia fight Mexico's Issac Cruz next in a final eliminator bout for their #1 contender spot. Hear Ryan's thoughts on fighting Cruz and what's ultimately at stake, which is the winner o...

Off his tremendous performance and 12 round decision win over Canelo Alvarez Saturday night, Russian Dimitry Bivol is certainly deserving of credit and a bigger pay day coming up. And, we're ready to recap it all on "Fight Freaks Unite" as part of the "Big Fight Weekend Podcast" Network of shows. Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over just how Bivol got i...

He's arguably the top name in the sport and Canelo Alvarez is back for the first time in 2021, as he battles WBA light heavyweight champ Dimitry Bivol in a scheduled 12 rounder Saturday night. And, host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com are ready to preview it on the "Big Fight Weekend Preivew" Podcast. First, T.J. and Dan set the stage of what Canelo's arrival, etc. this we...

On Wednesday night, our Dan Rafael got one on one opportunity with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn in advance of Saturday night's WBA world light heavyweight title bout in Las Vegas between Dimitry Bivol and future hall of famer, Canelo Alvarez. In this quick portion of the interview that will air in full later this weekend, Hearn says that Bivol will be a real challenge a young, talented, b...

Whether it was Las Vegas or New York City, there was tremendous boxing action on a world championship level and we're ready to recap the weekend on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast. Host T.J. Rives returns with BigFightWeeeknd.com insider, Dan Rafael live from Las Vegas to go over the biggest bouts of the weekend. First, Dan was on hand at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for Shakur Stevenson's wh...

It's an action packed weekend with compelling world title fights in Las Vegas and Madison Square Garden and we're ready to talk all about it on the latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with our content partner and insider Dan Rafael, who is on scene at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for the 130 lb. unified world title showdown between unbeaten champs, Oscar Valdez and Sh...

It's all over in England as "The Gypsy King" Tyson Fury remained unbeaten and successfully defended his WBC heavyweight crown with a sixth round TKO over challenger Dillian Whyte. And, host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael are ready to recap all of it on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" podcast. In a record crowd night at Wembley Stadium, Fury dispatched Whyte with single right uppercut to end it all. Why...

It's one of the most anticipated fights of 2022, as WBC Heavyweight champ Tyson Fury returns to England Saturday night to battle countryman and #1 contender Dillian Whyte in a 12 round showdown at famed Wembley Stadium. And, with over 90,000 scheduled to attend and millions more watching on PPV around the globe, we're ready to preview it on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview." Host T.J. Rives is joine...

It's a special edition of "Fight Freaks Unite" on the Big Fight Weekend Podcast Network, as insider Dan Rafael talks exclusively to unified world welterweight champ, Errol Spence fresh off his win over Yordenis Ugas by TKO last Saturday night. Dan gets the breakdown from Spence on the victory in front of nearly 40,000 fans at AT&T Stadium and how he was able to overcome his latest adversity of an...

It was a great performance by unified world welterweight title holder Errol Spence, as he defeated Yordenis Ugas Saturday night on a 10th round TKO. And, we're ready to talk about that finish and all the week's important action on the latest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is with BigFightWeekend.com insider Dan Rafael to discuss more the Spence win at AT&T stadium, how impress...

It's an enormous World Welterweight title showdown Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, as unbeaten WBC/IBF champ Errol Spence battles WBA titleholder Yordenis Ugas in the PBC/Showtime PPV main event. And, host T.J. Rives is ready to preview it with Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com on the latest "Big Fight Weekend Podcast!" First, T.J. and Dan go over the latest with WBC Heavyweight t...

It's regarded as the greatest "short fight" in boxing history, and the anniversary of the EPIC Middleweight title clash of "Marvelous Marvin" Hagler and Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns is April 15th from 1985. So, host T.J. Rives and insider/historian Dan Rafael are back on "Fight Freaks Unite" to discuss it all. The guys breakdown the phenomenal first round, where both future Hall of Famers are throwing...

It was an exciting Saturday of boxing and host T.J. Rives and BigFightWeekend.com's insider, Dan Rafael are back on the maiden voyage of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast" to discuss it all. What did Dan think of Gennady Golovkin's TKO Middleweight title win early Saturday in Japan over Ryota Murata? And, now that Triple G cleared that hurdle, what are his prospects in a third bout with Canelo...

It's the latest edition of the show and host T.J. Rives has a special announcement. He's welcoming a new content partner to the "Big Fight Weekend Podcast" and BFW website with one of the most prominent boxing writers/insiders of the last nearly 25 years in Dan Rafael formerly of ESPN and USA Today! Dan explains why he's excited to join the site as a regular daily contributor to BigFightWeekend.co...

The month of April is here and some tremendous title fights are coming from the Middleweight to Lightweight to Welterweight and of course, the Heavyweight division. And, host T.J. Rives is back to discuss it with a special guest on the latest "Big Fight Weekend Podcast." That guest is boxing media personality and even, part time fighter now, Michael Montero of MonteroOnBoxing.com and Ring TV. He a...

It's a highly anticipated debut for star Australian contender Tim Tszyu, as he fights in the USA for the first time Saturday night in Minnesota on Showtime Boxing. And, host T.J. Rives is back to discuss his bout and all the others that matter for the weekend on the "Big Fight Weekend" podcast. First, T.J. welcomes legendary Showtime play by play man Barry Tompkins back to the podcast. Barry has i...

We have intriguing action, including a world Flyweight title fight, all over the globe this weekend and host T.J. Rives is ready to preview it on the latest "Big Fight Weekend Podcast." First, T.J. welcomes special guest Manouk Akopyan of the L.A. Times and Boxingscene.com. The guys not only discuss the release of the Showtime Boxing Spring/Summer schedule of world title fights and PPVS, but they...

The mysterious and unsolved decade old murder of boxing legend Hector "Macho" Camacho has developments. And, we are ready to update that and talk fights this Friday and Saturday nights on the latest "Big Fight Weekend" podcast. Host T.J. Rives returns and welcomes documentary filmmaker Eric Drath who produced and directed the documentary "Macho...the story of Hector Camacho" that debuted in late 2...

We're looking forward to an exciting weekend of fights in the smaller weight classes, including Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez taking on "El Rey" Julio Cesar Martinez in the Matchroom Boxing main event. And, host T.J. Rives is ready to discuss that bout, the news of the week and more with his guests on the "Big Fight Weekend" podcast. T.J. welcomes Todd Grisham of the DAZN play by play call of Choco...

We get ready for a weekend of championship fights from Scotland to Las Vegas and back to London on this edition of the "Big Fight Weekend" podcast. Host T.J. Rives returns to go over the news of the week, including how the Russian invasion of Ukraine could be affecting the proposed Unified Heavyweight title rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua? And, TJ welcome to board David Payne aka...

We're ready for another weekend of the fights in February, but first, we'll try to get to the bottom of who's fighting Canelo Alvarez in May and also, will another March prominent title fight just be delayed by injury or is it off all together? We are ready to break it down on "The Big Fight Weekend Podcast" Host T.J. Rives returns with insight, analysis and up to the minute info with Keith Idec,...

It was a solid return to the ring for former World Welterweight Champion Keith Thurman last Saturday night and we're ready to recap that. Plus, we re-live one of boxing's greatest upsets on this week's edition of the "Big Fight Weekend" podcast. Host TJ Rives is back to go over Thurman's 12-round decision victory over Mario Barrios in Las Vegas last weekend. Thurman is hoping to get back into the...

It's a brand new edition of the only boxing show you need for the news, fight previews and of course, picks against the lines on "The Big Fight Weekend Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with Dan Canobbio of his own successful show "Inside Boxing Live" found on Fubo Sports, Youtube and more. The guys are ready to go over the news of the week, including a couple of big battles that are now set for t...