Dan Rafael
1,538 articles · USA Today
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Marquez hopes to gobble up PacMan
When Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao met four years ago, the fight looked like it might be over before it really got started. For about 90 seconds in the first round,…
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Now they get it …
Finally, it seems like HBO and Golden Boy Promotions are coming around to the realization that while putting fights on pay-per-view is OK, there has to be some restraint. Sometimes you have…
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What we want from ’08
We all know 2007 was an outstanding year for boxing. Here are some wishes for 2008: ? For Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao to give us the barnburner we all expect…
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Pacquiao, Marquez set for March rematch
Manny Pacquiao has made up his mind. The Filipino star will remain at junior lightweight and challenge beltholder Juan Manuel Marquez for the 130-pound world title March 15 at Las Vegas' Mandalay…
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Pacquiao too fast, too strong for outgunned Barrera
LAS VEGAS -- Four years ago, Manny Pacquiao steamrolled Marco Antonio Barrera en route to an 11th-round TKO victory. It wasn't nearly as easy this time around, but Pacquiao still got the…
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Bout with Pacquiao to be Barrera’s last big fight
LAS VEGAS -- Marco Antonio Barrera has been a part of so many important and memorable fights during his 18-year professional career that sometimes it's hard to remember them all. There was…
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Top Rank, Golden Boy truce creates an exciting lineup
The first product of the Top Rank-Golden Boy Promotions truce arrives Oct. 6, a rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera. But the encore is an even bigger and better fight:…
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Katsidis decisions Amonsot to retain WBO title
LAS VEGAS -- Australia's Michael Katsidis came to the United States with a reputation as an all-action fighter. He kept it well intact with a decision victory in a grueling, bloody brawl…
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Promoters’ settlement paves way for Pacquiao-Barrera II
Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, bitter promotional rivals whose ongoing feud was holding boxing fans hostage because they refused to match their fighters, reached a peace accord Friday after two weeks…
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Promoters’ settlement paves way for Pacquiao-Barrera II
Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, bitter promotional rivals whose ongoing feud was holding boxing fans hostage because they refused to match their fighters, reached a peace accord Friday after two weeks…
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Hatton (43-0) retains crown with knockout of Castillo
LAS VEGAS -- All along it figured to be a battle of vicious body punchers, Ricky Hatton, the relentless British banger, and Jose Luis Castillo, the Mexican who learned his trademark left…
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Pacquiao’s future is in Top Rank, Golden Boy’s hands
LAS VEGAS -- Top Rank promoter Bob Arum won't discuss the ongoing mediation with Golden Boy Promotions because of a confidentiality agreement signed by both sides, but he is willing to discuss…
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Soto scores dominant KO over Pacquiao in 7th round
NEW YORK -- One Pacquiao down, one to go. Junior lightweight contender Humberto Soto set up a possible fall fight with star 130-pounder Manny Pacquiao by systematically destroying his brother, Bobby Pacquiao,…
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Roach the newest face to appear in Oscar’s corner
LAS VEGAS -- Oscar De La Hoya has changed trainers so many times during his career that the joke around boxing circles after he tabbed Freddie Roach to be his chief second…
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Marquez-Barrera pulls in $10.1 million in TV revenue
Juan Manuel Marquez's stirring junior lightweight championship victory last Saturday night against Marco Antonio Barrera generated 225,000 pay-per-view buys and $10.1 million in television revenue, according to figures released by HBO PPV.…
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Marquez answers challenge in slugfest with Barrera
LAS VEGAS -- Juan Manuel Marquez is overshadowed no more. For years, Marquez played third fiddle to Mexican superstars Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales. Even in his own family, he was…
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De La Hoya, Mayweather to kick off promotional tour
The May 5 showdown between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is one of the most anticipated fights in many years, but before the fight comes the most anticipated media…
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Pacquiao-Chi fight put off until at least October
Junior lightweight star Manny Pacquiao still plans to fight in April, but that's about the only thing that remains intact from the original plan Top Rank promoter Bob Arum was putting together…
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Barrera-Marquez clash works out nicely
When a rematch between junior lightweight champ Marco Antonio Barrera and Manny Pacquiao failed to materialize because of Pacquiao's promotional entanglements, Barrera didn't pout. Instead, the future Hall of Famer switched to…
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Roach will train De La Hoya for fight
Oscar De La Hoya made it official Tuesday afternoon: Freddie Roach will be his trainer for the megafight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.…
