Dan Rafael chat wrap 10/14:
- Pryor vs. SRL? SRL stops Pryor late. He is too big and fast.
- Favorite fight of Pryor's is his first fight vs. Arguello.
- Pryor would have lost to SRL and Duran, beaten Mancini.
- Does he think there was something illegal in the bottle Lewis gave Pryor? Yes.
- Apparently Pryor was offered 750k to fight Duran in 1981, but he turned it down on the advice of his lawyer who wanted him to make a new contract with his manager. When all that was finalized Duran had moved on.
- Spence is right, for Garcia to fight a guy he beat 1.5 years ago is pathetic. Even if it is a tune-up, fight a real opponent.
- No plans for Thurman to take a tune-up before a fight with Garcia.
- Plan is for Garcia vs. Thurman to be in March. No idea on location, but Barclay's has a good chance.
- He would favor Thurman over Garcia.
- Garcia, GRJ, and Adonis Stevenson have benefited to most for PBC soft touches.
- No idea what is next for Porter, but would love to see him vs. Khan, Spence, Brooks, Bradley, or Crawford.
- Why don't Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta have more boxing events? They don't have any real meaningful local draws. If they did, they definitely would get fights.
- Harder puncher: Thurman or prime Matthysse? Matthysse.
- Joe Smith is being discussed as Hopkins last fight. GB and HBO are discussing, Hopkins wants a December fight. He would be the main event.
- No decision on if Brook will drop the IBF belt. Because he was injured vs. GGG he can take a medical exception and delay the process.
- Spence will not fight again until he either fights Brook for the IBF belt, or someone else for the vacant belt.
- Briggs vs. Haye? Haye probably chickened out. He is all talk.
- Erik Morales is an ATG and a top 10 all time Mexican fighter.
- Prime Morales and Barrera vs. Mayweather at 130? Mayweather beats them both on the same night.
- Bellew decision over Flores.
- Donaire vs. Jhonny Gonzalez? Donaire.
- Canelo vs. Brook at 154? Canelo drills Brook.
- Pacquiao vs. Vargas, over/under 300k buys? Right around there.
- Ortiz should likely beat Scott in round 1.
- Very possible we see a December tripleheader from Showtime with: Charlo-Williams, Zlatacanin-Garcia, and Cuellar-Mares.
- Thoughts on Hooker-Perez being on the Kovalev-Ward undercard? Meh.
- Possible Clarissa Shields could debut on the Kovalev-Ward PPV to try and get her exposure.
- The HBO/Showtime viewing is definitely an issue between Joshua-Klitschko negotiations. It shouldn't be a huge roadblock as the US TV revenue is a small portion of this fight.
- Provodnikov won't fight again this year and is still deciding if he will fight again.
- Given PBC's limited schedule the rest of the year, do not expect Easter Jr. to fight again.
- Agrees that Easter could become the best fighter at 135. Doubts we see next year vs.: Linares, Flanagan, Zlatacanin, or Crolla.
- Norris vs. Tito? Tito.
- If GGG and Jacobs were serious about making the fight Jacobs would get more than 25%, but not 40%, and not need a purse bid.
- GGG's team says they will fight in December whether it is Jacobs or someone else. Andy Lee would be a possibility if a Jacobs fight can't be made.
- Wouldn't shock him if GGG vs. Jacobs is made...because people in boxing rarely do the right thing.
- Just a matter of time before GGG fights in Vegas and Cowboys Stadium.
- Fights he would recommend to a newcomer to boxing and wanted to catch up on GOAT level fights: Corrales-Castillo 1, Gatti-Ward 1 and 3, Morales-Barrera 1 and 3, Vazquez-Marquez 1, 2 and 3, Holyfield-Bowe trilogy, Leonard-Hearns 1, Hagler-Hearns, Sanchez-Gomez, Somsak-Monshipour, Pacquiao-Marquez 1-4, Lewis-Klitschko, Douglas-Tyson, Holyfield-Tyson 1, Holyfield-Qawi 1, Holyfield-Dokes, Gatti-Rodriguez, Hamed-Kelley, De La Hoya-Mosley 1, Chavez-Taylor 1, Pryor-Arguello 1, Foreman-Lyle, Bradley-Provodnikov, Vargas-Miura, Freitas-Barrios, Holmes-Norton, Toney-Jirov, Akira Yaegashi-Pornsawan Porpramook and Trinidad-Vargas.
- Lennox Lewis is underrated in terms of his greatness and is a top 10 all-time heavyweight.
- Lomachenko vs. Walters will be the only televised fight on that card.
- Lomachenko vs. GRJ 2? Doubtful.
- Dunne vs. Cordoba is an awesome fight.
- No idea what is next for Broner, he obviously has other issues going on.
- Khan vs. Brook is still a big fight and would be interesting.
- Seth Mitchell retired after the Arreola fight and believes he works for the Secret Service in some capacity.
- Thoughts on Connor Benn? To early to say. He has good bloodlines, but he is very inexperienced and a brief amateur career.
- Both Jack and DeGale's sides say the want to make the fight...but so far, nothing.
- Is Chris Algieri done? As a legit contender.
- The Good Son about Ray Mancini is an excellent book.
- GB is talking about having Canelo fight in February (assuming thumb is okay) and again in May.
- Twitter tough guys should watch this:
- Best place for dinner in DC? Can't beat Charlie Palmer Steakhouse.
- Hurd and Omar Douglas legit prospects? Yes. Hurd is a better prospect than Douglas.
- Would give JMM no chance vs. Crawford at this point in his career.
- Fighter he would most want to see JMM fight is Cotto at a catchweight.
- Hearn and Loeffler both have reputations for making fair deals and no drama.
- Frampton vs. LSC rematch? Maybe in December or early next year.
- Tureano Johnson is out recovering from a surgically repaired shoulder.