Talk:Dan Rafael

Contested deletion
This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because it is a legitimate entry for a boxing writer with factual information.Qadeer.ali1989 (talk) 16:57, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Awards and recognition
In 2013 Rafael was awarded the Nat Fleischer Award for Excellence in Boxing Journalism from the Boxing Writers Association of America.

Rafael has been called "The Most Important Journalist in Boxing".

Conflict with Ali Raymi
Ali Raymi, then an undefeated Strawweight responded to Dan Rafael tweet on strawweights with padded records, Ali Raymi responded by calling him Fat Dan Rafael a nickname that stuck with Dan Rafael, since then Dan Rafael avoided responding to Ali Raymi, until Raymi death 2 years later, Dan Rafael criticized the WBA for the "utterly and absolutely indefensible" ranking situation. He explained, commenting that Raymi's record was "hollow... considering he fought absolutely nobody of remote recognition or accomplishment as he fashioned that glittering but meaningless mark..."

Danny Rafael clarified this
Dan Rafael replied & made it clear that Ali Raymi calling him Fat Dan has nothing to do with his criticism of the Ali Raymi after his death.  ' Serious question: Do you feel you're being disrespectful at all towards Ali Raymi's death with all these jabs at the WBA? His professional career might have been not as "serious" as ranked contenders, but he still died in a bombing out of his control.
 * '''Matt (Chicago)

' My issue is with the putrid WBA, not with the man'' who died. Whether he was a great contender or a guy with a record built against -- pardon the pun -- stuffs, the WBA was irresponsible for rankings a dead person 2 weeks after he died. And his death was not a secret. It was all over the place.''Vestigative (talk) 04:02, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
 * '''Dan Rafael, King Fight Freak (1:16 PM)

End of Dan Rafael career in ESPN
Dan Rafael tried to omit Ali Raymi name from the ESPN broadcast of the Edgar Berlanga vs Eric Moon fight, as a consequence his long boxing career ended on that note. LegacyLock (talk) 05:50, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Fat Dan Nickname is older
Does anybody have any information on when did Dan Rafael get this nick name? Google searches show its been used in the forums over 15 years? It predates Ali Raymi & Adrien Broner use of this name by at least a decade Beyerprate (talk) 08:34, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Dan Rafael termination
Dan Rafael tried to omit Ali Raymi name from the ESPN broadcast of the Edgar Berlanga vs Eric Moon fight, soon after this ESPN ended its fifteen-year collaboration with Dan Rafael. Josefren (talk) 11:14, 31 January 2022 (UTC)