Site poster and program in my #boxing collection from when Hasim Rahman scored one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight history by knocking out Lennox Lewis in rd 5 to win the lineal and unified title in their 1st fight -- 25 years ago today.
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#Boxing Notebook: Richardson Hitchins vacating 140 title, will move up in weight; new deal for Bam Rodriguez; Ben Whittaker to make U.S. debut; Green suffers brain bleed in unified title loss; Quick hits; Show & tell double. Read & sign up for my newsletter: danrafael.substack.com/p/notebook-h...
Scarce thin cardboard site poster in my #boxing collection from when the great Terence Crawford easily stopped Amir Khan in rd 7 to retain the WBO 147 title on a card that also included Shakur Stevenson, Teofimo Lopez, Edgar Berlanga & Carlos Adames, which I covered at ringside -- 7 years ago today.
Scarce site poster in my #boxing collection from when the great Canelo Alvarez dropped and outpointed then-undefeated Austin Trout to unify junior middleweight world titles & win the vacant Ring title -- 13 years ago today.
Extremely rare site poster that hung in MGM Grand light box during fight week in my #boxing collection from when Floyd Mayweather won the WBC lightweight title from Jose Luis Castillo in their controversial 1st fight, which many had Castillo winning (I had it a draw) -- 24 years ago today.
New podcast! My interview with David Benavidez ahead of Zurdo Ramirez fight + recaps of #WhittakerSuarez, #BaumgardnerShin, Shadasia Green medical update; Conor Benn's new deal with Zuffa; Bam moving up; more news of the week. Listen, rate, subscribe, enjoy! open.spotify.com/episode/6gjo... #boxing
Site poster in my #boxing collection from when the great Evander Holyfield W12 late fellow HOF legend George Foreman to retain the undisputed heavyweight title a terrific fight. It was one of the biggest fights of the 1990s & the 1st fight in modern PPV history -- 35 yrs ago today.
Scarce site poster in my #boxing collection from when the great Terence Crawford scored three knockdowns and stopped Thomas Dulorme in rd 6 to win the vacant WBO junior welterweight title for a title in his 2nd division -- 11 years ago today.
#Boxing Notebook: Conor Benn signs 5-fight deal with Zuffa, Ryan Garcia likely up 1st; Bam moving up to fight for 118 belt; Whittaker plans to ‘dust’ Suarez; HOFer Miguel Canto dies; #FosterFord set; Quick hits; Show & tell. Read & sign up for my newsletter: danrafael.substack.com/p/notebook-b...
Extremely limited run glossy HBO poster in my #boxing collection from when Sergio Martinez, who deserves to be in the HOF, beat Kelly Pavlik to win the middleweight championship in a fight I was ringside to cover -- 16 years ago today.
#Boxing Notebook: Conor Benn signs 5-fight deal with Zuffa, Ryan Garcia likely up 1st; Bam moving up to fight for 118 belt; Whittaker plans to ‘dust’ Suarez; HOFer Miguel Canto dies; #FosterFord set; Quick hits; Show & tell. Read & sign up for my newsletter: danrafael.substack.com/p/notebook-b...
New podcast! Previews of #BaumgardnerShin card, #WhittakerSuarez + tons of news: Ryan Garcia-Conor Benn talks; Fury-Joshua update; #FosterFord, #KeyshawnAlbright fights set; more! Listen, rate, subscribe, enjoy! open.spotify.com/episode/34WU... #boxing
Signed poster in my #boxing collection from when Victor Ortiz outslugged Andre Berto in a sensational battle -- both were down 2x -- in their first fight to win the WBC welterweight title in an HBO headliner I was ringside to cover -- 15 years ago today.
#Boxing Notebook: Top Rank kicks off DAZN deal with Keyshawn Davis, Brian Norman bouts; IBF 147 final eliminator set; Sandoval to defend unified 112 title; Quick hits; Show & tell Hagler-Hearns special. Read & sign up for my newsletter: danrafael.substack.com/p/notebook-t... #KeyshawnAlbright2
I joined Pro Boxing Fans to discuss #FuryMakhmudov, the prospect of #JoshuaFury, #BennPrograis, will we see Ryan Garcia-Benn next, Top Rank's deal with DAZN and more. Check out the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeOl... #boxing
Was great to chat with David Benavidez today about challenging unified cruiserweight titlist Zurdo Ramirez on May 2. Some good stuff! Will play interview on an upcoming podcast, which can subscribe to here & get an alert as soon as it posts: www.spreaker.com/podcast/big-... #boxing #BenavidezZurdo
With today being the 41st anniversary of #HaglerHearns, check out the video we did on the 40th anniversary speaking to HOF broadcasters Al Bernstein & Barry Tompkins, who called the fight. This is the piece of the longer video just about the epic first round: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAj7... #boxing
Today would have been the 54th birthday of my all-time favorite fighter, the late, great HOFer Arturo Gatti, the most legendary action fighter of his time & 2-division champion. Was honored to cover 12 of his fights. Here's a signed site poster from the Damgaard fight in my #boxing collection.
Happy #HaglerHearns Day! 41 years ago today! I have many items from this legendary fight in my #boxing collection. This is off beat and really cool: a mint and sealed official Betamax home video of the fight! Front and back of the box.
Site poster in my #boxing collection from when legendary Manny Pacquiao stopped Jorge Solis in rd 8 at 130 in the main event of a Top Rank PPV card that also had Mijares-Arce in a 115 title fight & Viloria-Sosa in a 108 title bout -- 19 years ago today.
Limited HBO poster in my #boxing collection from when the great Bernard Hopkins routed Keith Holmes to unify the IBF & WBC 160 titles in the 1st semifinal of the 4-man Middleweight World Championship Series that I was ringside to cover -- 25 years ago today.
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#Boxing Notebook: #ZayasEnnis made sans usual posturing of big fight deals; Billam-Smith signs with Zuffa; more $ woes for Mayweather; Nasukawa TKOs Estrada in elim; #GarnerMagnesi for interim 130 belt; Quick hits; Show & tell. Read/sign up for my newsletter: danrafael.substack.com/p/notebook-z...
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#Boxing Notebook: #ZayasEnnis made sans usual posturing of big fight deals; Billam-Smith signs with Zuffa; more $ woes for Mayweather; Nasukawa TKOs Estrada in elim; #GarnerMagnesi for interim 130 belt; Quick hits; Show & tell. Read/sign up for my newsletter: danrafael.substack.com/p/notebook-z...
Ticket in my #boxing collection from when heavyweight contender David Tua gloriously drilled F*** O****** in round 9 on Showtime -- 24 years ago today.
New podcast! Recaps and thoughts on #FuryMakhmudov card & Fury-Joshua confrontation, #NasukawaEstrada, #IglesiasSilyagin + plenty of news of the week! Listen, rate, subscribe, enjoy! open.spotify.com/episode/1G5v... #boxing