Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Don King Makes Royal Bid Of 1.22 Million To Land Nate Campbell-Joel Casamayor Title Fight!
Don King made a royal bid to win it. And win it, King did, at the WBO purse bid procedure held in Puerto Rico Tuesday morning, The Teflon Do nearly doubled up…
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Manny Pacquiao Would’ve Feasted On Ricky Hatton I Saw Saturday Night!
Under the heading of if and when?. The Ricky Hatton who showed up to fight Juan Lazcano gives me pause. What if someone else had been in the opposite corner? If it…
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Trash Talking: How Masters Like Nate Campbell, Joan Guzman Viciously Tear Each Other Apart!
There are fighters who do not know how to trash talk or to have, or to have their emmisaries, shoot flaming arrows on the internet. Obviously, certain items are required for a…
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Brass Balls: Manny Pacquiao Must Be Ruthless, Arrogant In Knocking Out David Diaz!
"Put that coffee down! ?Coffee is for closers only. You think I?m fucking with you, I am not fucking with you! I?m from downtown. I?m from Mitch & Murray?Fuck you, that?s my…
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Sampson Lewkowicz Says Nate Campbell-Joel Casamyor WBO Title Fight Will Never Happen!
Ubiquitous fight agent Sampson Lewkowicz, who always has an agenda but is never shy with opinions, thinks that triple belted world champion Nate Campbell has committed hara-kiri. ?Nate Campbell says his promoter,…
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JM Marquez-Joel Casamayor, Juan Diaz-Rocky Kastidis, Golden Boy Shakes Up Boxing World!
Those ballers and shotcallers over at Golden Boy are about to electrify the boxing world?again! Boxingconfidential.com has learned that Cuban clouter and WBO interim lightweight champion Joel Casamayor is going to spurn…
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What Moves Quicker, Heavy Bag Or David Diaz? It’s No Joke To Stern Pacman Coach Freddie Roach!
Freddie Roach's ears have been burning. Prior to Manny Pacquaio reporting for duty at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, the Pinoy idol's discipline-minded trainer has been irritatred by continual comments about…
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Not Godzilla But Joan Guzman Has To Fight Nate Campbell Or JM Marquez To Break Lightweight Logjam!
What if they held a purse bid and no one showed up? The WBO may be answering that question next Friday as the disinterest among the supposed to ?interested parties? involved in…
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My Champ, Nate Campbell, Would Be Foolish Not To Take $3 Million To Spank Manny Pacquiao!
John David Jackson, trainer of triple belted world lightweight champion Nate ?Galaxxy Warrior? Campell and a former world junior middleweight champion in his own right, has revealed to Boxingconfidential.com that a Campbell-Manny…
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Breath Of A Salesman: Miguel Cotto, Manny Pacquiao, Kelly Pavlik Keep Bob Arum Vital At 76!
He turns age 77 on December 8 but Bob Arum continues to show youthful energy in selling his pugilistic product. Miguel Cotto. Manny Pacquiao. Kelly Pavlik. Those are the triple hitters who…
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Nate Campbell-Joel Casamayor WBO Purse Bid Comes Friday, May 23, In Puerto Rico!
It's time to fish or cut bait for Joel Casamayor and his promoter, Golden Boy Promotions. WBO President Paco Valcarcel has just ordered a purse bid for Casamayor and lightweight champion Nate…
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When All Smoke Clears, Manny Pacquiao, Joan Guzman Will Have To Collide!
It might be the stupidest question ever asked of a legend. Someone once asked criminal mastermind Willie Sutton why he always chose banks to be his robbery victims. ?Because,? Sutton deadpanned, ?that?s…
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David Diaz Flack Buying First Round After Manny Pacquiao Gets Shocked In Vegas!
Manny Pacquiao can lose his June 28 title shot against WBC lightweight king David Diaz but the White Gorilla is going to be a winner either way. Tireless Chicago fight publicist Bernie…
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Would You Buy Used David Diaz From Bob Arum?
When he decisioned tired, old Erik Morales, it was hard to tell who was wheezing harder near the finish. That?s not meant as disrespect to easy to hit David Diaz, it?s just…
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Engulf & Devour, Golden Boy Step Closer To Total World Domination!
Total world domination. That appears to be the goal of Golden Boy Promotions and they are getting closer every day. They own Ring magazine, a tool by which they plan to completely…
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Oscar, Pacquiao, Cotto, Mayweather: So Many Nuthuggees, So Little Time, A Boxing Writer’s Internet Plight!
If you write an article on a boxing internet site which is even somewhat complimentary of a fighter, a promoter, a manager or a trainer, you run the risk of getting labeled.…
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How Puerto Rican Steamroller Miguel Cotto Can Put Manny Pacquiao On Mountaintop!
It?s Bob Arum bonus time. I say that because I was thinking about the highest goal that Manny Pacquiao, who he is the lead promoter for, can aspire to. Let?s face facts…
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Campbell Camp Sees Golden Smokescreen To Set Up Manny Pacquiao-Juan Diaz!
LOS ANGELES--Terry Trekas, co-promoter with Don King, for triple belt lightweight champion Nate Campbell wonders if Golden Boy Promotions is trying to play a shell game. There have been continued whispers around…
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Legend MA Barrera Eyeing Comeback Against Winner Of Nate Campbell-JM Marquez!
LOS ANGELES--The lightweight division may become boxing?s glamor class. Now, Boxingconfidential.com has learned, a superstar is ready to move into the 135-pound mix. Does the name Marco Antonio Barrera ring a bell?…
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Hype Versus Tripe: Can Manny Pacquiao Beat Man Who Drew With Legendary Ramazan Palyani?
I do not mind the mindless hype. God knows, I scribbled enough of it back in my earlier incarnation as Propaganda Minister for the Don King empire. I spent a week or…
