Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Duboef, Top Rank Extend Second Olive Branch To Golden Boy For Manny Pacquaio Peace Talks!
Bob Arum used this web site to extend an olive branch to Golden Boy Promotions last week. Top Rank's bossman cited the mounting legal bills his company and Oscar De La Hoya's…
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Was That Freddie Roach, Justin Fortune Or Two Benihana Chefs In Manny’s Corner?
Are you sure that was Freddie Roach and Justin Fortune working the corner for Manny Pacquaio Saturday night? From my perch in press row, what with the headbands and the Japanese-style shirts,…
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Manny Pacquaio’s Priest: Drunken Bums Threw Beer At Pinoy Idol!
SAN ANTONIO--My source is connected to a Higher Power. My source knows the Big Guy and I don't mean Don Jose Sulaiman or Bob Arum. My source is none other than Manny…
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Bob Arum Reveals His Short List of Possible Manny Pacquiao Foes: ”It Will Probably Be Marco Antonio Barrera, Joan Guzman, or even Humberto Soto”
James Brown, God rest his soulful soul, was The Hardest Working Man in Show Business, but Bob Arum is The Hardest Working Man in Boxing. At the age of 75 and following…
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Manny Pacquaio Wants JM Marquez Next, Arum Eyes Barrera!
SAN ANTONIO--So Manny Pacquaio did not impress until his explosive finish. But he came away from the Alamodome Saturday night with a cut over his left eye from a head butt and…
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Candidate Says: You Only Saw 80 Percent of Manny Pacquaio!
SAN ANTONIO--Come May 14, the electorate will grade Congressional candidate Emmanuel D. Pacquaio. But Saturday night, after he scored an eighth-round KO over Jorge Solis before 14,793 (gate of over $1 million)…
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Legendary Loser Lois Says Manny Pacquaio Will Stop Jorge Solis In 2!
RICARDO LOIS PREDICTONS 1. John Chavez Has a Surreal Weekend. 2. Chagaev Over Valuev SD 12 3. Pacquiao Over Solis KO 2 4. Viloria Over Sosa UD 12 5. Arce Over Mijares…
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Pretty Daddy Floyd Mayweather Sr. Chosen As Joan Guzman’s New Trainer
SAN ANTONIO--He lost his most lucrative client, Oscar de La Hoya, and switched sides for the May 5 Super Fight to help his son, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Light heavyweight champ Bad Chad…
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Michael Marley Meets Boxing’s Elvis
SAN ANTONIO—I shook the hand of the Great Man, Emmanuel D. Pacquaio, Friday just before he weighed in at a fit and ready 128 ? pounds for his WBC International super featherweight…
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Dean Of Mexican Scribes Camarillo Sees Prime Time Pacquaio As Too Much For Solis!
SAN ANTONIO--PTP, which stands for Prime Time Pacquaio, figures to be too much for this man to my left to withstand for all 12 rounds. Jorge "Coloradito" Solis has a 32-0-2, 23…
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Septuagenarian Arum: Let’s Get Rid of Fistic Geezers
SAN ANTONIO--He will be 76 on his next birthday, if memory serves, but Doctor Bob Arum has a prescription for what ails professional boxing. Arum says what a lot of people in…
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Beltran Hears PPP (Pacquaio Pinoy Power) While Cruising High Seas!
SAN ANTONIO--Fernando Beltran is sort of a young, Mexican-based version of Don King or Bob Arum. He built his promotional company, the Tijuana located Zanfer, mainly with a superstar named Erik Morales.…
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Judges and Refs for Blaze of Glory
SAN ANTONIO--Referees and judges for the three championshiop bouts on Saturday's "Blaze of Glory" card have been announced. They are as listed below... OFFICIALS FOR TITLE FIGHTS... PACQUIAO VS. SOLIS Vic Drakulich,…
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Breaking News: Arum Willing To Sit Down, Settle Pacman Case Now!
SAN ANTONIO--It's hard to predict whether the former Swiss banker, Richard Schaefer, will laugh, cry or pick up the phone when he hears this one. Schaefer has, after all, more or less…
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One National Icon To Another: Carlos “Famoso” Hernandez Says Manny Paquaio Looks Awesome!
You don’t need to tell Carlos "El Famoso" Hernandez what a burden it can be to carry an entire nation on your back. El Salvador’s one and only world champion boxer can…
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Roach: I Told Pacman, Justin I Will Run The Show April 14!
Say what, say what and say what again? That's the basic response from Manny Pacquaio head trainer Freddie Roach when I reached him early Friday morning at his Puerto Rican living quarters.…
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Erik The Terrible Calls Pacman Foe Solis “Quitter”
The question must be asked because inquiring minds want to know. Did some furtive operative in the Phillipines put a foreign substance in Erik Morales’ frosty San Miguel beer? Some operator, perhaps…
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Urgent Message To The Roach Motel: Stop Bugging Out, Freddie, Don’t Get Exterminated
You are living the life, kid! The sun, the sand, the senoritas of Isla Encanta, the Shining Star of the Carribean, Puerto Rico. Must be nice. Not to mention the fact that,…
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Dazzling Darlene Says She Is Woman Enough To Knock Out Pacman!
This is formidable Filipino poltician Darlene Antonino Custodio. She comes from a powerful political clan. And she is ready to mix it up in a Congressional seat race with national idol Manny…
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Football Pacman Vs Boxing Pacman, No Contest!
Hello again, everyone. Howard Cosell here, speaking to you from the Big Broadcast Booth In The Sky. Down below me, always below me, is my former indefatigible producer on ABC "SportsBeat," the…
