Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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David Diaz: Let Manny Pacquiao Fight Me June 28, Bloody Cuts And All!
LAS VEGAS--He does not float like a butterfly. He stings like a moth. But no one can say that gritty WBC lightweight champ David Diaz, likely to be Manny Pacquaio?s next opponent,…
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Food For Fistic Thought: WBC Has Power To Order Direct Marquez-Pacquiao
Reluctant Bob Arum may not have the last say on this issue. The thought just struck me that the World Boxing Council has the power to order an immediate rematch between new…
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Great Trainers Bring Marquez-Pacquiao’s Spicy Stew To Simmering Boil!
LAS VEGAS--After 24, heated rounds, Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez are thisclose. But let?s not overlook the two underpaid guys who mapped out their respective battle plans, Nacho Beristain for the…
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Acerbic Arum: Let’s Wait 5 1/2 Years Until Marquez Is Age 40 For Third Pacquiao War!
LAS VEGAS?This blast of revelatory humor came when Uncle Bob Arum was getting frustraed, his squirrelly cheeks reddening as he kept sparring with reporters inquiring about if and when Manny Pacquaio would…
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White Gorilla, Young Tiger Chavez Nearly Brawl<br>BC’s Family Feud Rages On: Marquez Or Pacquiao, Who Really, Really Won It?
LAS VEGAS?You know it was a scintillating, extremely close and controversial boxing decision when you?re questioning yourself two days later. For, example, we are in the midst of a nasty ?Family Feud?…
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My Last Great Prediction Stands: You Will See Pacquiao-Marquez III For Sure!
LAS VEGAS--Read Michael Marley, place your bets accordingly and get rich. Not always but Saturday night, if you had followed the WG?s instructions, you would have cleaned up. I wrote one column…
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All Hail Marquez! All Hail Pacquiao!
LAS VEGAS--Some gremlin who probably lives a small studio apartment writes that yours truly and other Boxingconfidentual scribes are hugging Manny Pacquiao?s testicular region (that is south of GenSan, I believe). How…
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Color All Mexicanos, Pinoys Green Monday
LAS VEGAS--It?s that special time of year again in the Marley household. I am leaving Vegas in a few hours proudly wearing my Pacquia-Marquez baseball cap, which goes just swell with my…
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No More Talk, It’s All Bullets And Gunsmoke At Mandalay Bay Now!
LAS VEGAS-- VEGAS--Whoever it was who said, he or she was damned right. There are times when a picture is worth a thousand words. This one to the right may be worth…
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Mere Victory Not Sufficient, Pacquiao Needs To Be Dominant Over Marquez!
LAS VEGAS--Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles and the Blind Boys Of Alabama, individually and collectively, can see clearly that Manny Pacquiao will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota,…
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Legendary War A Week Don Chargin Smells Manny Pacquiao Upset In Desert Air!
LAS VEGAS --His name is ?War A Week,? a name earned by putting on thousands of sensational bouts at the old Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles when he was the ace matchmaker…
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Sponge Bob, Kid Candle, Must Retire Because Refs Keep Stepping On His Hands!
LAS VEGAS--Boxing is a cruel sport inside the ring and out. Everybody loves a winner, everybody insults a loser. In the wake of a devastating one-round KO loss here Thursday night to…
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Judge Not, Pacquiao And Marquez Fans, Lest Ye Be Judged
LAS VEGAS --Nevada has been lucky at more than the gambling industry. The Silver State, in which I spent eight glorious years of my misspent youth, has been fortunate to have two…
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Ex-Ring Chief Ratner: Clements Blew It With 10-7 Score In Pacman-Marquez I!
LAS VEGAS--When I get a story in my teeth, I have a tendency to work it over like a well-gnawed bone. I admit it. So it is with why Nevada fight judge…
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ABC’s Tim Lueckenhoff: Scoring Multiple KD Round 10-6 Is Permissive, Not Mandatory!
There seems to be plenty of confusion still swirling around the scoring of the first round of the Manny Pacquaio-Juan Manuel Marquez WBA-IBF featherweight title bout which took place in Las Vegas…
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Judge Marley’s Verdict: Marquez Won 7-5 In Rounds, Pacquiao Won 113-112 On Points!
I?ve been scoring fights for 45 years. It was so long ago that I began that I can remember learning the old and honored New York State system in which you scored…
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CSI Las Vegas: How Could Judges Turn In Pacquiao-Marquez Scores 10 Points Apart?
joke that I was in prison in Montana on May 8, 2004. There was a duck hunting incident or something like that. Or maybe that was when I was living in that…
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Entire Nation Turns To JM Marquez, Hear Our Cry, V-I-C-T-O-R-Y Over Pacquiao!
What will you do, Juan Manuel Marquez? A lonely nation turns its boxing eyes to you on Saturday night. You are the last hope for Mexico against the dreaded Mexicutioner, Megamanny Pacquiao.…
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Unfinished Business, Megamanny Pacquiao Lands In Vegas, Exclaims: “I Love My Job!”
He's got his fight face on already. This photo shows Pinoy idol Megammany Pacquiao upon arrival at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas a sportscaster from the local CBS…
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Michael Marley Sees Prime Time Pacquiao As Awesome As Ali Against Big Cat
It?s like losing your virginity. I mean a great fighter having a perfect or near-perfect night in the ring. Just like abandoning virgin status, you can only experience it one time. For…
