It seems to me these days that sports journos are more journalist than sports fans. I frequently read mistakes which anyone with a passing interest in the sport wouldn't make.
Journalists aren't fight predictors. If you want a good fight predictor listen to Dwyer's comments on youtube under gamblers advisory. He's really good.
Don't talk about the fat *******, we have much worse in boxing. Just turn on PTI while they take a stab at boxing, it is a ****ing embarrassment to ESPN.
"Hopkins didn't care that the rematch came only when Jones, years past his best, had faded into nothing more than a shell of the great fighter he once was. Well, Hopkins got his revenge, hollow as it may have been, as he easily outpointed Jones in their long overdue -- and foul-filled -- light heavyweight fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Saturday night." Did you even read the article?
He's not a moron if you understand his main job function. It's to report, not necessarily to give great opinions. He's a main source for a lot of information for boxing fans. So who cares if you disagree with a few of his opinions.
So if Rafael said that Hopkins did not get his revenge, or that Haye would KO Wlad, you'd think differently of him? He is a good journalist, and you can't expect his opinion to please everyone or match everyone else's opinion.
haye is easy work for Wladimir. EASY WORK. everyone knows he faked the hand injury and then called it a back injury, and then blamed Setanta money woes for ducking out of the Wlad fight. just like when roy blamed ripped fuel and a nasal decongestant for testing postiive. when you get the multiple excuses to cover up a single truth, you know the guy is GUILTY. Roy uysed roids and hayefaker DUCKED getting KOed by Wlad.
I actually like Dan Rafael and appreciate everything he writes. Not EVERYTHING is correct, and he will tell you when he is proven wrong...most the time he's spot on though and you can tell he's a huge boxing fan. The rest of ESPN when they try and talk boxing (sportscenter, espn news, PTI, etc..) are all a joke and you can tell none of them know a damn thing.
HEY!!! Don't talk **** about Brian Kenny and Teddy Atlas. But the rest of those ****ers on there, **** them, especially Kornheiser.
personally i would like to see him get in the gym and lose some weight he seems dangerously overweight, like kevin smith getting stuck on that southwest flight. and wlad and vitali would both batter haye, wlad would give him pizza face and by that he means force him to eat greasy foods until horrible unsightly acne exploded on hayemaker's face
AW **** i wasn't including the guys on the boxing shows... we're talking about the general sports guys. Obviously Kenny and Atlas know what they're talking about, they actually follow the sport and pay attention to whats going on, unlike these ***s that only pay attention to NFL and college basketball and then sound like tards when they have to cover a fight.