Big Fight Weekend Boxing Podcast

Some prominent British fights, WBO World Champ at 140 lb. Teofimo Lopez and the latest with rescheduling Fury-Usyk for May are all part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to recap and give thoughts on everything off the weekend. The Boys talk first about the nasty cut for Tyson Fury in sparring that has now delayed the...

An intriguing battle between unbeaten British light heavyweights in London, the return of a British fighter to headline in Vegas because he still can't fight in the U.K., some fight news and nostalgia are all part of the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over it all. First, they talk the WBA light heavyweight el...

In a special conversation for our podcast audience, insider Dan Rafael is joined by Ben Shalom, the promoter of BOXXER Promotions based in the UK. The 30 year old Shalom is the youngest licensed boxing promoter in the world and has been since he first gained his boxing promoter’s license at just age 23. And, Shalom has taken BOXXER to a new level with an exclusive broadcast deal with the UK’s lead...

An impressive showing for super middleweight contender Jamie Munguia in his kayo of John Ryder is the big story off the weekend and we're ready to go over it on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to give their thoughts on the power punching Mexican disposing of the Brit Ryder on a 9th round TKO. Also, importantly, what cou...

An intriguing super middleweight title fight between Jaime Munguia and John Ryder headlines our latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over that bout, some fight news, nostalgia and more. Hear the guys discuss first the wild Kenshiro Teraji unified 108 title defense of Carlos Canizales Tuesday from Japan. Teraji was...

Coming up Saturday night in Phoenix, former world title challenger John Ryder of England will battle former WBO junior middleweight champ, unbeaten Jaime Munguia in a 12 round Golden Boy Boxing main event. And, prior to the bout, Ryder spent time with our insdier Dan Rafael in a one on one conversation. Hear them go over how the 32-6 Ryder intends to hang in with the hard punching Munguia in this...

It was a close, controversial ending as Natasha Jonas retained her IBF women's welterweight title with a split decidion over Mikaela Mayer Saturday night and we're all about the debate/recacp and more on the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives is joined by insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com and the guys are on opposite sides in this one. Who do they believe won the 10...

The return of a former U.S. women's world champ, a British former world title challenger joins us and some more drama with Ryan Garcia and his promoter, hall of famer Oscar De La Hoya, are all part of the latest 'Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to break it all down. They start with the former junior lightweight world champ...

Coming up this weekend in Liverpool, England, former women's junior lightweight world champ Mikaela Mayer is back in the ring. And, she's moving up in weight to challenge for the IBF world welterweight title against champion Natasha Jonas in a scheduled 10 rounder. And, she joins our insider Dan Rafael in a one on one conversation on a special "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast." Mikaela, 19-1, has fough...

An impressive title defense for Russian/Canadian Artur Beterbiev, a wild bantamweight world title bout on the same card and some fight news and nostalgia are all part of the newest "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to break it all down. Why was Beterbiev able to batter Callum Smith of England so easily? And, most importantly,...

It's a unified light heavyweight title defense for one of the top knockout artists in the sport, a former women's world champ who's back in the ring soon and some great George Foreman and "Tito" Trinidad nostalgia too on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is joined by insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to talk about it all. The guys go indepth on the Russian Artur Bete...

Off the first weekend of action in Last Vegas, our guys return to go over Vergil Ortiz's quick night and a massive heavyweight showdown, figuratively and literally, between Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou is all on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to give their throughts and Dan's insight/reporting. What happened with...

We are back in the new year of 2024 and so too is unbeaten Vergil Ortiz in a Golden Boy/Las Vegas main event that we'll go over and more on the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is back with insdier Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over it all on this edition. The lede is Ortiz coming back from health issues and moving up in weight to 154 lbs. to fight veteran Fredrick La...

It's a special edition of the "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast" for this week, as our insider Dan Rafael has scored an interview with top welterweight contender, unbeaten Vergil Ortiz. In this one on one conversation, Dan and Vergil discuss his health problems that have limited Ortiz to just one fight in the last two and a half years. This includes the rare blood disorder, which has cancelled two fight...

We are ready to wrap up the 2023 calendar year, but there's still time for one more look ahead to the weekend action, fight news and more wtih the latest "Big Fight Weekend Preview." Host T.J. Rives returns wtih insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to first go over the impressive, second straight undisputed title victory for Naoya "the Monster" Inoue this past Tuesday in Tokyo, as he kayoed M...

Ho! Ho! Ho! It's Christmas Eve/Day off the weekend and so, therefore, we're out a day early for the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives and Dan Rafael, insider of BigFightWeekend.com are ready to go over everything that they saw in the "Day of Reckoning" PPV in Saudi Arabia Saturday. Obvioulsy the upset loss for Deontay Wilder has immediately ended the proposed two fight deal for h...

We have reached the second to last weekend onf 2023 and it's the "Day of Reckoning" pay per view in Saudi Arabia, headlined by a heavyweight co-main event featuring Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder. And, we're ready to discuss it on the 'Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to go over everyting involved. First, Dan has broken th...

Coming up Saturday night in Saudi Arabia it's a showdown between former unified heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua and southpaw contender Otto Wallin in one of the co-main events. It's a huge moment for a Swede, who once gave Tyson Fury problems over a 12 round battle in Las Vegas in 2019. And, he joined our insider Dan Rafael recently to do over the Fury fight and his chances against Joshua coming...

It was an action packed weekend with plenty of KOs and we're ready to discuss them. Plus, Showtime Championship Boxing says goodbye and former WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder is ready to fight this week in Saudi Arabia It's all part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast." Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Raael of BigFightWeekend.com return to discuss it all: Jake Paul scores a boom...

It's a jammed packed weekend of fights, a heavyweight contender joins us one on one and some serious PPV nostalgia, as well. It's all part of the "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives is back with insider Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to talk Jake Paul's return to the ring Friday night in Orlando, FL, as he meets little known Andre August in a cruiserweight main event on DAZN. D...

Coming up Friday night in Orlando, FL, it's the return of social media star turned fightter Jake Paul in a DAZN/Most Valuable Promotions main event. Paul will meet Andre August in an eight round cruiserweight main event and he talks with our insider Dan Rafael about his return to the ring, why he picked a fighter and not an MMA star and what his plans are for 2024? Hear Jake in his own words and w...

It's the latest edition of our "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast," as host T.J. Rives returns with inisdier Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to give the breakdown from San Francisco to Florida to England on Sunday, as well. First, Saturday night on a DAZN PPV Devin Haney scored an impressive shutout of Regis Prograis and he wins WBC junior welterweight title. What happened and how much do you bla...

It's a PPV showdown for the WBC jr. welterweight crown as Regis Prograis defends against Devn Haney in San Francisco, Top Rank Boxing has a world title main event in Florida and we hear one on one from Jake Paul, as well, on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast." Host T.J. Rives returns from his computer issues to re-join THE Dan Rafael of BigFightWeekend.com to break it all down. The guy...

Coming up Saturday night in San Francisco, CA, Regis Prograis defends his WBC Junior Welterweight title against former undisputed champ Devin Haney in the Matchroom/DAZN main event. As it is fight week for Haney/Prograis, we bring you back interviews wtih both fighters done by our insider Dan Rafael recently. Why did Haney want to move up and fight Prograis? Will the Louisiana native be ready for...

It's the latest edition of the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap" but with THE Dan Rafael flying solo due to TJ technical difficulties. Dan recaps Saturday Golden Boy/DAZN card in Houston, as Ryan Garcia scores KO8 of Oscar Duarte, What did Dan think of Ryan's bounce back performance? And also, Flloyd Schofield demolishes Ricardo Torres in one round. Next up was the Saturday Matchroom Boxing/DAZN card ear...