Big Fight Weekend Boxing Podcast

On this edition of the show, insider Dan Rafael is back and has a tremendous guest who's now part of a new "disrupting" promotional partnership witht the Saudis. Hear from THE Dana White on this "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast." The UFC President and CEO finally enters boxing after saying he would for years. He will run the new TKO Boxing promotion announced last Wednesday. Turki Alalshikh and the Sau...

We're back off the weekend to recap the women's unified welterweight title showdown in London and we have an American Olympic prospect ready to make his pro debut with us, as well as, fight news and some Ali-Frazier nostalgia on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Newsletter to go over it all. First, it's a...

We are back and ready for the second weekend in March with ladies action in England headlining and we've got the scoop on the new Saudis Deal that involves UFC CEO Dana White....from Dana himself. Itls all part of 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 everything. They begin with a preview of the...

It's definitely a charged up edition of our show after the 'was it or wasn't a knockdown' in the narrow split draw for the Tank Davis-Lamont Roach PBC main event. And, our guys are ready to go over it all on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Substack and Newsletter and they are LOADED UP for their takes! They get right to th...

We are back and ready to go for a PBC on Prime (And PPV.com) pay per view, as Gervonta Davis returns defending his lightweight crown. We go over that card, fight news and some Juan Manuel Marquez outstanding nostalgia on the latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael have their takes and insight. First, it's a brief recap of Teiken Promotions world title car...

On this edition of the podcast hear WBA super featherweight champ Lamont Roach prior to his Saturday night PPV battle in Brooklyn, NY with Gervonta “Tank” Davis, as he joins our Dan Rafael one on one on the "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast." Roach is set to battle Davis for the WBA Lightweight World Championship headlining a PBC Pay-Per-View event on Prime Video on Saturday from Barclays Center in Broo...

It was a massive pay per view in Saudi Arabia on Saturday afternoon/night and we're ready to go over the Riyadh Season "Last Crescendo" results on our newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and newsletter have returned to give their insight and takes. They cover: Dmitry Bivol W12 against Artur Beterbiev in their rematch...

We are ready to go with one of the biggest PPV cards of 2025 already in just the second month of the year, as the Riyadh Season PPV takes place Satruday afternoon. And, we go over the massive bout sheet and have an interview with the man battling Tank Davis, as well. It's all on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael return with their thoughts. First...

Coming up on Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand's Joseph Parker goes for a portion of the heavyweight crown, when he squares off with England's Daniel Dubois for the IBF title. And, before the battle in the Middle East, hear from Parker with our Dan Rafael on this "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast." The 33 year old Parker has won the two biggest fights of his career, back to back, as he...

Coming up Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on the massive PPV, former WBA light heavyweight champ will look to get his belt and acquire the other three in an undisputed title rematch with his fellow Russian Artur Beterbiev. And, here you get a chance to hear from Bivol about what he intends to do differently, as he spoke with our insider Dan Rafael on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast."...

It was a fight filled weekend with a world title win for Keyshawn Davis, a dramatic decision win for Arnold Barboza in England and in the same division a KO for Oscar Duarte in California, too. And, we're ready to recap it all on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Newsletter with their insight and takes. Th...

It's a jammed packed edition of the show, as a lightweight world title fight happens in NYC, a top 140 lb. contender battle takes place in Manchester, England and former world title holder at light heavyweight Dmitry Bivol joins us on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael to go over it all. First it's the previews, as Friday night in the Top Rank/...

Coming up Friday night at the Madison Square Garden Theater in NYC, unbeaten lightweight contender Keyshawn Davis goes for his first world title in the main event. But, before he battles Denys Berinchyk for the WBO world title, the entertaining Davis spoke to our Dan Rafael on this "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast." Keyshawn is looking forward to taking the next big step in his boxing career after havi...

Off a light weekend in the ring, we recap the biggest main event in the world (from England), we hear from a prominent heavyweight contender and have the latest on Canelo's new deal with the Saudis all 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 everything. First, they recap Saturday’s Queen...

We're ready for the second weekend in February with a heayweight main event in England, plus, star lightweight Keyshawn Davis joins us on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview." Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael return for their insight and takes. First, the preview   Saturday's Queensberry main event from Manchester, England, as Derek "War" Chisora takes on Otto Wallin in an IBF heavyweight...

We come off a weekend PPV in Las Vegas where Dan Rafael was ringside and we're ready to recap that card, plus Adam Azim's win in England and more on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast" Host T.J. Rives returns with Dan, who was literally less than an hour off the plane from Vegas back to his home in Virginia to give us the insigh on the PBC on Prime Video PPV. It saw David Benavidez decision Dav...

It's a big weekend in Las Vegas as two unbeaten rising fighers square off in a PPV main event and we're ready to preview the entire fight card 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 and Newsletter, who is live in Vegas. It's "PBC on Prime Video" (and PPV.COM) card, as l ight heavyweigts David Be...

Coming up Saturday night in Las Vegas, unbeaten light heavyweight contender David Benavidez will meet fellow unbeaten David Morrell in a 12 round PPV bout to determine who is the likely title challenger later this year. But, before the fireworks on Saturday night hear from Benavidez with our own insider Dan Rafael on this special "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast." Dan and David talk the matchup for the...

Finally! We have a weekend with multiple prominent main events in Jaruary all over the globe. And, we're ready to go over it all on the newet "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast" Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Newsletter return for breakdown on: Friday Ohashi Promotions card at Tokyo, Japan Naoya Inoue scores a KO4 over late replacement Ye Joon Kim of S...

We are back with a prominent fight card in the U.S. for our latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Subtack and Newsletter return to go over: The Matchroom/DAZN card Saturday at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Diego Pacheco meets Steven Nelson for 12 rounds, super middleweights in the main event. What's Pacheco's upside and can the...

It's the newest editoin of our shows, but still, no fight to recap. However, host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Newsletter are still here with much to discuss. First, they preview the Friday morning US time main event from Tokyo on ESPN+ -- Naoya Inoue vs. Ye Joon Kim, for Inoue’s undisputed junior featherweight title. Is there any real shot for the Korea...

It's latest edition of the show, where again, there is not a significant main event fight in the world this weekend. So, host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael go right to the news and some nostalgia, even though it's the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." They begin with former two time heavyweight champ Tyson Fury saying he's retired, again. Does anyone actually believe him? The guys go over i...

It's a brand new edition of our recap show with only one significant fight card world wide. So, that leaves our host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael with more time to discuss news and some excellent boxing and even, 80s U.S. Primetime TV drama debate! It's all on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" They begin with the brief Recap of Boxxer card from Sheffield, England, where super middleweig...

We're ready to recap a mid-week title fight for Cruiserweight champ Jai Opetaia, go over some fight news and have nostalgia on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives and insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com and his Fight Freaks Unite Substack return to go over it all. That includes: Wednesday’s Tasman Fighters/Matchroom card in Australia with Opetaia defeating David N...

We are back in the new year with our what is usually a "recap" pod, but we need to be creative on this edition and we'll explain more on the 'Fight Freaks Unite Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Newletter return. With no major fight to recap they move righ to a preview of the Wednesday Tasman Fighters/Matchroom card in Australia (DAZN). This features  ...