Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Chicago’s Billy Gets Manny Pacquiao’s Goat, Tin Can Easter Looks Tougher Than David Diaz
Now here?s a future opponent who has really got Manny Pacquiao?s goat, so to speak. Those of you who know Chicago Cubs baseball lore and legend know that it is the Curse…
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Pier Pressure: I Will Kick Sand In Weakling Manny Pacquiao’s Face, David Diaz Brags!
WBC lightweight champ David Diaz, flexing his muscles Monday in the final SoCal press conference may be reminding us all that he expects to use ?pier pressure? (ouch!) to retain his shiny…
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Rocky Road For Michael Katsidis: Battler From Oz Rejects Not So Golden Offer For Juan Diaz Houston Comeback Bout On HBO!
The hunt resumes for a comeback bout opponent for Juan ?Baby Bull? Diaz in his hometown of Houston. Boxingconfidential.com has learned that Australian tough guy Michael ?Rocky? Kastidis balked at the size…
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Amicable Talks Leading ‘Nowhere To Run’–Campbell-Guzman–To Reality For Showtime!
?Friendly discussions? are ongoing between the promoters of triple-belted lightweight champion Nate Campbell and two-time world champ Joan Guzman, informed sources tell Boxingconfidential.com. It is believed that Campbell co?promoter Don King demanded…
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Humble Pie: Who Knocked Out Manny Pacquiao And Why?
Who knocked out Manny Pacquiao and why? ?It wasn?t me,? said WBC champion David Diaz. ?The early headbutt was unintentional and the bleeding came from that. I think his vision was pretty…
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They Try To Catch Him Riding Dirty But Floyd Mayweather Jr. Remains Boxing’s Shining Superstar!
Let?s just say I?ve been injected with sodium pentathol. Yes, the truth serum shot into my rapidly constricting veins easily. It?s flowing deeply and freely so I am going to abandon being…
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WBO Prexy Valcarcel Uses Short Leash: Nate Campbell-Joan Guzman Purse Bid Within 20 Days!
WBO President Paco Valcarcel has put a short leash on the lightweight title mandatory bout between chanmpion Nate Campbell and top contender Joan Guzman. Valcarcel, tyhe Puerto Rican lawyer who revitalized the…
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Pinoy Journo Mysteriously Barred From David Diaz’s Chicago Gym!
What?s wrong with this picture? Or should I say lack of pictures? Manny Pacquiao and trainer Freddie Roach spent Wednesday in San Diego hyping Pacman?s June 28 Las Vegas challenge of WBC…
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In Thrashing David Diaz, Manny Pacquiao Only Exposes Lightweight’s Weakest Link!
I feel very strongly that Megamanny Pacquiao will score a spectacular KO over WBC lightweight champion David Diaz on June 28 in Las Vegas. Pitting Pacman in his first foray among the…
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Both Boxing Networks Licking Chops For Nate Campbell-Joan Guzman Showdown!
Both of the premium cable boxing networks are showing strong interest in a Nate Campbell-Joan Guzman WBO mandatory lightweight title bout. Campbell, who also holds the WBA and IBF straps, is ready…
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Joel Casamayor Stripped, Sets Up Nate Campbell-Joan Guzman WBO Summer Showdown!
Golden Boy Promotions is about to get a letter from the WBO officially notifying them that Joel Casmayor has been stripped of his interim lightweight title status. Casamayor retains his Ring magazine…
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New Hall Of Fame Inductee Japanese Joe Koizumi Hails Manny Pacquiao As Greatest Asian Boxer Ever!
CANASTOTA?Maybe Bill Murray was ?Lost In Translation? in the movie about the fading movie star reduced to doing cheesy commercials in Tokyo. I can assure you nothing was lost in translation when…
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Joel Casamayor Lets Deadline Pass, Looks To Juan Manuel Marquez For Oct. 11!
You can call this one a reconfirmation of a reconfirmation of a Boxingconfidential.com scoop. Insiders in the Joel Casamayor camp said Monday night that the slick Cubano southpaw did not return a…
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Summer Sizzler II: Nate Campbell, Joan Guzman Willing To Square Off As Soon As August!
CANASTOTA, NY--Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rican superstar, and Antonio Margarito, rawhide tough Mexican mauler, thought they had the summer sizzler boxing spotlight all to themselves. Promoter Bob Arum has them squaring off July…
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Fleeing The Flies, Pinoy Puncher Nonito Donaire Ready To Chase Mijares, Montiel At 115!
Nonito Donaire, the Filipino who exploded the indestrictible myth of Vic Darhinyan, may not be the Lord of the Flies much longer. Donaire and manager Cameron Dunkin are tired of sitting around…
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WBO Gives Joel Casamayor Five Days, Joan Guzman On Deck For Nate Campbell!
As one of Puerto Rico?s leading defense attorneys, WBO president Francisco ?Paco? Valcarcel does not value form over substance. But he does try to follow his organization?s rules and regulations. Thus it…
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Juan Manuel Marquez Moves Up Against Cuban Cutey Joel Casamayor!
The other zapato has just dropped in the Nate Campbell-Joel Casamayor WBO mandatory lightweight title situation. Triple-belted champ Campbell, the conqueror of previously unbeaten Juan ?Baby Bull? Diaz, won?t be fighting crafty…
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Don’t You Get Cocky With Me, Manny Pacquiao Coach Freddie Roach!
"Don?t you get cocky with me, Ray Leonard.??HOWARD COSELL. Who put the Jamba Juice in Freddie Roach?s coffee cup? Manny Pacquiao?s normally low-key trainer has gone out on a limb to predict…
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Stamp Of Greatness Or Now You Can Say You Licked Manny Pacquiao!
I?ve often wondered why the US Postal Service does not honor living people on its stamps. There should?ve been a Cassius Clay stamp in 1960 after the Rome Olympics. Then the USPS…
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Goldens Want To ‘Baby’ Their Banged Up Bull, Juan Diaz, With Rocky Katsidis
Roscoe?s Chicken & Waffles locations around LA are definitely the bomb but it looks like there?s some waffling going on at Global Boy, excuse me Golden Boy, headquarters downtown as well. With…
