Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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White Gorilla Michael Marley In The Mist, Makes Peace With Pacquaio Lawyer “The Jackal” Gacal!
What a great tabloid newspaper headline and story this would be. I can see it: now: JACKAL MAKES PHONE CALL TO THE WHITE GORILLA! But, folks, it would a true one because…
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What’s Giant Sucking Sound? Just Barrera Backers Whittling Down Pacquaio Betting Price!
Hey, what's that giant sucking sound coming from Las Vegas? Megamanny was an over Three Dollar favorite, meaning you had to put down $300 to win $100 and get back $400. But,…
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Freedom Fighter Bob Arum Rides To Rescue For Pinoy Scribes Recah Trinidad, Hermie Rivera!
They were stripped and then they weren?t. A firestorm erupted in Las Vegas when respected Filpino reporters Recah Trinidad and Hermie Rivera were told their approved media credential to cover the Manny…
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Freddie Roach Bugging Out Pacquaio Trainer’s Vow: Steer Clear Of Joan Guzman, Aim At JM Marquez Next!
Manny Pacquaio trainer Freddie Roach has told intimates that he wants to keep the Pacman away from a fight with undefeated WBO junior lightweight champion Joan Guzman at all costs. In recent…
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Like Elephant, Pacman Works For Peanuts<br>Manny Pacquaio, Marco Antonio Barrera Bout Contracts Show $2 Million To Each!
There is one place where Manny Pacquaio and Marco Antonio Barrera are dead even. Pacman is the huge betting favorite and it?s hard to find any boxing pundit, other than Boxingconfidential?s eccentric…
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Ref Tony Weeks Will Rescue Marco Antonio Barrera Amidst Manny Pacquaio Explosion!
Give colleague John Chavez credit. Hours before our Boxingconfidential drug/alcohol ?intervention? worked and Ricardo Lois personally took him to that Utah rehab center where Ms. Spears and Ms. Lohan go to clean…
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Thinking The Unthinkable: Marco Antonio Barrera Shoots Down Manny Pacquaio Saturday Night!
Thinking the unthinkable? Thinking about Marco Antonio Barrera, supposedly shopworn and really just back to collect the money uno mas, turning into James ?Buster? Douglas? Thinking about the boxing writer who skipped…
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Bongo Wrongo On MorongoJoan Guzman-Humberto Soto HBO Clash Shifting To Borgata, Atlantic City For Nov. 17!
The boxing bongo was wrongo as to Morongo. The SoCal casino has a Golden Boy show on property Friday night and Oscar de la Hoya, who has been getting more coverage on…
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If Manny Pacquaio Wants Me To Smoke Peace With The Jackal, Then I’ll Start Puffing!
Notes in search of a Thursday afternoon column: Blessed be the peacemaker. I think it says that in the Bible and I don?t mean in The Ring magazine but the original Bible.…
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Where In The Manny Pacquaio Wide World Is Special Adviser Michael Koncz?
In connection with OJ Simpson?s latest arrest, someone interviewed America?s most famous houseguest, Kato Kaelin. Looking at Kaelin on TV made me think of Manny Pacquaio special adviser-agent Michael Koncz. I.m certainly…
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From Rumor To Tumor: Fact Remains Manny Pacquiao Is Grossly Underpaid Ring Superstar!
Final thoughts on the story which rocked Pacman?s world. I decided to interview myself on this one. Q. What has everyone missed on this story? A. That the rumors had spread like…
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White Gorilla Michael Marley Suggests Pinoy Referee Carlos Padilla Be Third Man In Bout Vs. The Jackal!
The silence from Manny Pacquaio lawyer Jeng Gacal has been deafening. Ever since I answered his challenge to fight and proposed we each put up $5,000 to benefit charity, nary a word…
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Manny Pacquaio Insider: Forget Bob Arum Hogwash, Pacman
Despite Bob Arum?s complete denial of the swirling rumors that Manny Pacquaio wants to find a way out of his October 6 fight with Marco Antonio Barrera, a Filipino source who can…
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Au Contraire, Says Bob Arum, In Putting Kibosh On “Fall Out Boy” Manny Pacquaio Demanding More Moolah For Barrera Bout!
A concerned but not seemingly aggravated Bob Arum phoned late Thursday night to say that, despite my exclusive Boxingconfidential story about the persistent rumors running through the boxing world that Manny Pacquaio…
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Bombshell Circulating: Multiple $ources Claim Unhappy Manny Pacquaio $eeks Exit From Oct. 6 PPV Date!
Inflamed sources have told Boxingconfidential.com that boxing?s recent wave of major fight postponements may not be over. These same knowledgeable sources tell me that the real tsunami may be coming shortly. Word…
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Manny Pacquaio, Rocky Kastidis Top New Marley Thrill Index!
Pound for pound has become meaningless. Ounce for ounce has no bounce. Let’s put aside the mythical throwback to the Ray Robinson era and use a new and more important gauge of…
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Golden Boy Airlines: Coffee, Tea Or Ring Magazine?
There’s a thin line between brilliance and mental illness. The boundary between genius and nutcase is not a wide one. So it is with Chief Editor Ricardo Lois. He continues to moan…
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Joan Guzman-Humberto Soto Fight Solid For HBO 11/17; Search For Site Continues!
Some of the inquiring minds who read Boxingconfidential.com want to know if the Joan Guzman-Humberto Soto bout is still on for Nov. 17 and, if so, what is the venue. You ask,…
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Call Me An Ugly American But HBO Needs To Put Check On Expanding World Cup!
Call me what I am, I can take it. Our Unofficial UK Correspondent Matty Merrett, the “I Will Ram It Up Your Ronson” Ricky Hatton Hugger, is now sending emails concluding with…
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Top Ten Reasons Why Coach Freddie Roach Is So Bedraggled In This Amazing Photo!
Do you think it is easy catering to the ever-changing whims of Manny Pacquaio? Here is Exhibit "A"--this nifty photo we borrowed from shutterbug Natasha Chorensky of the excellent PhilBoxing.com web site--and…
