Big Fight Weekend Boxing Podcast

It's another lighter weekend of action, although there is a prominent world title on the line in the Far East. We go over the matchups and have plenty of news, including Manny Pacquiao confirming his return and more on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael to go over it all on this edition. They start with the preview of the Queensberry DAZN card S...

It was a lighter weeeknd of non-title action but we still have a couple of main eventst to go over and some interesting fight news are also part of the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael o f his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Newsletter are back with their takes. They recap the Matchroom Boxing/DAZN main event in London Heavyweight Dave Alle...

Although it's a lighter weekend of action, there are a couple of solid contender main events and we've aslo got some interesting fight news and more on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael to go over it all. They begin with the preview of the Matchroom/DAZN main event Saturday in London Johnny Fisher vs. Dave Allen, rematch in a 10 round heavywei...

Some controversy in San Diego, another big showing for Anthony Cacace in the U.K. and a tremendous under the radar Japanese title fight Sunday were all part of the weekend for us to go over on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack to talk it all. They Recap the Top Rank / ESPN show Saturday in San Diego Emanuel Na...

We get ready for a wekkend with action all over the globe- from San Diego, CA to Nottingham, England and then, back over to Tokyo, Japan and we're ready to go over it all on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael for their takes and insight. They begin with the preview of the Top Rank ESPN card Saturday in San Diego Mexican star Emanuel Navarrete r...

It was a CRAZY weekend of fights that thankfully saved the best for last as "The Monster" Naoya Inoue had to get off the canvas himself to rally and score a Sunday night KO. We are ready to go over his win and the upset of Ryan Garcia and a lackluster Canelo performance in Saudi Arabia on the latest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap podcast! Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael to go over it al...

A HUGE weekend of action to go over from NYC to Saudi Arabia and back to Las Vegas with massive names headlining and we'll go over it all on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael are ready to mix it up and analze the rare three fight nights in a row to start the month of May The begin with the preview of Friday Turki Alashikh/DAZN PPV in New York’s Times S...

Canelo Alvarez gets set to make his 2025 ring debut in a new place for him, Saudi Arabia. And, before his super middleweight title fight, he's here to discuss why it's there and more with our insider Dan Rafael on this "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast!" Canelo talks why he did the multi-fight deal with Turki Alashikh and the Saudi Entertainment Authority and will fight in the Middle East for the first...

We are ready to go with the recap of what may end up being the Fight of the Year for 2025, as Chris Eubank Jr. outslugged Conor Benn in their London main event Saturday night. Plus, you'll hear from one of the active legends of the sport, Canelo Alvarez as he readies to return to the ring this weekend in Saudi Arabia. It's all on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns to b...

We are ready for a classic, British "grudge match" that is over two years in the making, as host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael return on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" They start with a preview of Saturday’s Turki Alahiikh/DAZN card in London Rivals Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr., finally meet after an over two year delay due to Benn failing a PED test prior to their 2022 bout. Will...

Fight Cards all over the globe, all weekend and we're ready to recap them with host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael on the latest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" The guys being with a recap of the Sunday Boxxer/Sky Sports main event in Birmingham, England Light heavyweight Ben Whittaker TKO2 Liam Cameron, rematch of their technical draw, with Whittaker causing controversy with his behavior p...

We're back with another busy weekend of main event fight cards on two continents, we have some fight news and some heavyweight nostalgia too on the latest "The Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael return with insight and takes on it all. First, they preview the Saturday Matchroom Boxing DAZN card at Sheffield, England Dalton Smith returns vs. Mathieu Germain i...

It's the greatest opening round in boxing history as Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas "Hitman" Hearns blasted each other on April 15th, 1985 in Las Vegas. And, our guys Dan Rafael and T.J. Rives are ready to remember it all with legendary, hall of fame broadcasters Al Bernstein and Barry Tompkins. The future International Boxing Hall of Famer Bernstein was on the closed circuit/PPV call with als...

Off a weekend that saw a big win for a star in the welterweight division we recap the Matchroom card, go over some fight news and have some excellent nostalgia on tap, as well. It's part of the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael to break it all down. They start with a recap of Saturday’s Matchroom Boxing/DAZN card in Atlantic City, NJ.  That...

One of the top unbeaten fighters in the U.S. is back in action Saturday night and we're ready to preview the unified welterweight title showdown, give you some other fight news and some heavyweight title nostalgia too on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael for the takes and insight. First, we preview Matchroom Boxing/DAZN card Saturday in Atlant...

On a new edition of the show, our insider Dan Rafael goes one on one with Jaron "Boots" Ennis in advance of his latest title fight coming this weekend. Ennis faces Eimantas Stanionis on April 12th on DAZN at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in an IBF/WBA welterweight unification fight. And, we're talking all about it on the "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast." Ennis elaborates on his plans, i...

A very busy weekend of action all over the globe and we've got plenty of takes and insight on the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack to go over it all. They start with the "PBC on Prime" show in Newcastle, Australia, as   Tim Tszyu wiped out Joey Spencer in four rounds in his return after a tough set of loss...

It's a tremendous weekend of main event fights all over the globe and we're ready to go over it all. And, you'll hear from an unbeaten welterweight star champ, who's going for a unified title next weekend, as well, on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast" Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael to go over it all. There are tons of Saturday previews In the "PBC on Prime" main event from N...

On this edition of the show, former WBO 154 lb. champ Tim Tszyu of Australia is back and he took time recently to be with our Dan Rafael as part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast."  Tszyu is coming off a hard KO loss to Bakhram Murtazaliev in an IBF world title fight last October- his second straight loss. This after his gruesome head gash that hampered him a decision loss earlier in the year to...

We are back off a weekend that has seen some significant main event rematches in Las Vegas and Cancun, Mexico to analyze and give our takes on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and newsletter to go over it all and give the insight. They start with the Saturday Top Rank card on ESPN in Las Vegas, as Mikaela May...

We roll into the final weekend of March with two different compelling fight cards in Mexico and Las Vegas. A former world champion at 154 lb. joins us and more on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack to go over it all. They preview the Saturday night Golden Boy DAZN card in Cancun, Mexico with William Zep...

It's a jammed packed recap off the weekend that starts with sad news about the death of a boxing legend and in the ring has title defense for "The Towering Inferno" in Vegas and a prominent featherweight contender talks with us 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 Newsletter. We start with news of...

We are ready for the weekend, as junior welterweight unification title fight in Vegas tops the show and a welterweight world champ joins us, too. It's all part of the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast" Host T.J. Rives is back from his travel chaos this weekend and is joined, as always, by insider Dan Rafael to go over everything. They start with: Saturday night's  "PBC on Prime Video" at M...

Well....it's been a CRAZY weekend of travel Sunday afternoon/night and into Monday for T.J. Rives, so we have shortened up the pod off the week. However, even though there's not a recap conversation of the fights this weekend, the unified junior middleweight champion for the WBC/WBO is on the show with our insider, Dan Rafael. It's the "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast" with Sebastain Fundora before he...

Another big week and weekend of fights unfolding and we're back with the newest edition of the show, as it spans with action Wednesday and Thursday from Australia to Japan to England and even, Orlando, FL, coming this weekend. It's all on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael are back to go over it all. First, they recap Wednesday No Limit Boxing main even...