Dan Rafael chat wrap 2/2:
- In a perfect world he would like to see Mikey Garcia fight: Easter, Linares-Crolla winner, Lomachenko, Crawford or Broner next.
- Doubts we see Garcia vs. Lomachenko any time soon. Hard to see TR doing Mikey any favors.
- Rank these fights in order of desire: Chocolatito-Inoue, Garcia-Crawford, GGG-Canelo? 1. GGG-Canelo, 2. Chocolatito-Inoue, 3. Garcia-Crawford.
- The belt issue in Sosa-Lomachenko will not be a barrier in making the fight.
- Sosa has good power and always tries hard, but doesn't believe he gives Lomachenko too many problems.
- Disagrees with Teddy Atlas leaving GGG out of his top 10 about as strongly as anyone could disagree with something.
- Picking Kovalev over Ward in PFP lists is not insane. It was a close fight and one many thought Kovalev won.
- Mares vs. Selby? Good fight, would favor Mares.
- Verdejo will be back on UniMas.
- Yvone Michel won the Beterbiev-Barrera purse pid. Winner becomes the mandatory to Ward.
- Likely that Beterbiev vs. Barrera could land in NY and possible Stevenson is on the card.
- Probably will be a third LSC-Frampton fight.
- LSC vs. Frampton 2 had no chance of being in Belfast. Showtime was paying for the show and they weren't going to leave the US.
- Showtime is still confident they will win the bid to show Joshua vs. Klitschko.
- Ward vs. Eubanks? Ward would school him easily.
- Spence has all the talent in the world and believes he probably becomes one of the top fighters in the world, but we can't crown him until he proves it.
- For now looks like Brook vs. Spence will be headed to a purse bid and Brook is leaning towards taking the fight.
- Who is the current Heavyweight king? There isn't one. Fury is on ice. Joshua and Wilder are undefeated but rather untested, Klitschko is still around but coming off a defeat, Parker just unimpressively won a title, and Ortiz is dying for a big fight but hasn't secured one.
- Rate the HW champs? 1. Fury (lineal), 2. Wilder, 3. Joshua, 4. Parker.
- Klitschko sounds as enthusiastic to fight Joshua as he ever has vs. anyone in his career.
- Joshua vs. Klitschko has a rematch clause. A rematch likely happens unless the fight is a total blow out.
- WBA ordered that Joshua vs. Klitschko winner must face Ortiz.
- Pacquiao vs. Horn should be taking place April 22 in Brisbane.
- Likely Zurdo is on the Pacquiao undercard (but fighting in the US). Valdez and Magdaleno could also be on the card.
- Korobov might fight Zurdo, would definitely favor Zurdo.
- If GGG beats Jacobs he will fight again in the summer before a potential Canelo fight in September.
- Nothing on Postol.
- Odds are Canelo vs. JCC will be in Vegas.
- Canelo vs. JCC undercard likely will have Matthysse on it.
- Showtime is killing HBO right now.
- Walters isn't in his top 10 at 130 because he is new to the division, rarely fights, quit vs. Lomachenko, and the division is deep.
- Clarissa Shields' next bout is likely March 10 on ShoBox.
- Andrade's career is a mess, but Andrade's point of view is if he can get a belt vs. Culcay it will help with his leverage.
- Who are the best comparisons to Gatti style fighting? Chico Corrales, Francisco Vargas, and Orlando Salido.
- Would want to see Salido vs. Muira before Salido vs. Berchelt.
- Likely no US TV for Burns-Indongo.
- Washington is a more interesting fight for Wilder than the Polish fighter.
- Valdez vs. Frampton? Would be an awesome fight. Definitely won't happen this year and doubtful it will ever happen.
- What would Garcia vs. Thurman do on PPV? Very low, neither guy can carry PPV business.
- Lamont Peterson will be fighting Feb. 18 on the Broner undercard.
- Craziest stories he has heard? When Castillo missed weight vs. Corrales, Castillo's team told him they considered taking a couple pints of Castillo's blood out before the weigh in and putting it back in afterwords.
- Benavidez probably needs a couple more fight vs. better opposition and then will be ready for a title fight.
- Believes people overestimate Brooks performance vs. GGG. GGG had him hurt early and Brook started moving around a lot more. GGG knew Kell couldn't hurt him so he just went straight in to try and end the fight.
- Love him or hate him, Schaefer runs a professional, first class promotion.
- Not determined yet who will be broadcasting the GB fights on ESPN2.
- Has known Khan a long time and he generally is very engaging and a good guy to deal with. But he does have a lot of drama.
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