Dan Rafael
1,538 articles · USA Today
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Arum suggests alternate drug test plan
An impasse over the drug-testing protocol to be used in the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather welterweight title bout can be overcome if Mayweather agrees to allow the agencies used by the NBA, NFL…
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Drug test procedures being debated
The Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather welterweight title mega fight, tentatively scheduled for March 13 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, is in jeopardy. According to Golden Boy Promotions, which is representing Mayweather,…
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De La Hoya: Deal not signed yet
The deal is not done yet, but the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. welterweight title fight likely will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De…
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Jones: ‘It would be a spectacle’
Before Jerry Jones bought the Dallas Cowboys in 1989 and became one of the best-known owners in the NFL, he dabbled in boxing promotion, putting on a card in Little Rock, Ark.,…
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Pacquiao-Mayweather mania running wild
Your weekly random thoughts … (BULLET)You know just how big the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight is when just the discussion of where the March 13 super fight will take place generates daily…
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Golden Boy CEO pulls out of tour
For unspecified reasons, Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, is out of the running to host the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather super fight, Top Rank's Bob Arum told ESPN.com on Wednesday. Arum, Golden Boy…
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Bradley-Peterson makes foes of friends
When Timothy Bradley Jr. and Lamont Peterson were teenagers and among the best amateur fighters in the United States, they got to know each other well. They traveled to the same tournaments…
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Exec: Chavez tested positive for diuretic
Middleweight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., the son of the former three-division champion and Mexican icon, tested positive for a banned substance in conjunction with his Nov. 14 fight against Troy Rowland, according…
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Source: Pacquiao agrees to 50-50 split
Manny Pacquiao has signed a contract to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. in boxing's biggest fight on March 13, a source with knowledge of the meeting told ESPN.com on Friday night. Arum and…
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Let Hopkins-Jones be a lesson to Pacquiao-Mayweather
The return of your random thoughts … • Let what happened on Wednesday be a lesson to Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and all of their handlers. When a fight is ripe,…
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Thanksgiving offers no rest for busy boxing folks
Although many folks are taking it easy this week because of Thanksgiving, that's not the case in boxing as several fights are in the works. While Top Rank's Bob Arum and Golden…
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Pacquiao-Mayweather in negotiations
Let the talks begin. Formal negotiations in an effort to make a megafight between pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the first part of 2010 will open Monday, Golden…
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Pacquiao’s power? All natural
Almost as soon as referee Kenny Bayless waived off Manny Pacquiao's resounding 12th-round TKO of Miguel Cotto, talk turned to the prospect of the inevitable showdown between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.,…
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Pacquiao-Cotto tops Mayweather in PPV
Manny Pacquiao's historic 12th-round TKO of Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas on Saturday night did big business. The Top Rank-promoted fight generated 1.25 million buys and $70 million in domestic pay-per-view revenue,…
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HBO honcho keen on making megafight
LAS VEGAS -- Ross Greenburg is the most influential man in American boxing because, as president of HBO Sports, he wields the biggest checkbook in the business. He makes the final decision…
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Pacquiao-Mayweather will set new fight standard
When (and that's when, not if), Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. eventually fight, it's going to be gargantuan business. It really is the fight the world wants to see. In my…
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Mayweather already yapping about Pacquiao
Other than a brief interview with a British television outlet, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been awfully quiet in the aftermath of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao's impressive 12th-round knockout of Miguel Cotto to…
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Pacquiao looking to Mayweather fight
It's been only two days since Manny Pacquiao's historic 12th-round knockout of Miguel Cotto on Saturday night in Las Vegas to win a welterweight title -- Pacquiao's record seventh in a seventh…
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Pacquiao earns 7th title in 7th class
LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao's speed and power were way too much for Miguel Cotto's heart. Pacquiao put on yet another dominating performance Saturday night, knocking down Cotto twice and turning his…
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Pacquiao makes history with Cotto TKO
LAS VEGAS -- We are witnessing one of the all-time boxing greats, and the impressive part about it is that Manny Pacquiao doesn't talk about how great he is. He proves it,…
