Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Incredible shrinking Joan Guzman delivers on scales: 139 3/4 pounds
SANTO DOMINGO--Joan Guzman, who has "lost" fights on the scales but never in the pro boxing ring, has just sent a weighty message to the entire junior welterweight division. The 35 year…
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Wounded Don Jose Sulaiman: Bob Arum revealed as a treacherous snake
It seems as though the uneasy relationship between Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum and Don Jose Sulaiman, President For Life of the World Boxing Council, is at the tipping point. In the…
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Scales of justice: When Joan Guzman goes to the ring, Guzman always wins
"When Guzman go to the ring, Guzman wins. When Guzman was going to the scales, sometimes Guzman lose. Now Guzman wins on the scales and when he goes to the ring." --UNDEFEATED…
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Manny Pacquiao must go where the wild goose goes, namely Floyd Mayweather Jr.
It must get tiresome for Manny Pacquiao to get so much advice from pundits like yours truly, Billy Dooley. It might said that Pacman has done well without the well meaning if…
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Manny Pacquiao’s human foibles do not require excuses, bring on Floyd Mayweather
LAS VEGAS--Manny Pacquiao is going downhill like a ski racer. Manny Pacquiao's personal and professional lives are a shambles. Pacman has one foot on a slick banana, the other on a roller…
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Now, more than ever, nothing matters EXCEPT Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao
LAS VEGAS--Familiarity, including 36 hotly contested rounds and eight or nine weeks of massive prefight promotion times three bouts, has breeded plenty of contempt between Hall Of Famers Juan Manuel Marquez and…
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Juan Manuel Marquez beats Manny Pacquiao everywhere but judges’ scorecards
LAS VEGAS--In a fight in which Pinoy Idol Manny Pacquiao was a 10-1 betting favorite and in which he was supposed to thrash and dominate 38-year-old Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez, the bookmakers…
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Maybe Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the world’s best, full-fledged welterweight boxer
LAS VEGAS--Maybe Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the world's finest welterweight. True welterweight, that is. Manny Pacquaio officially weighed in at 143 pounds for his Chapter III bout against slick mexcian counterpuncher Juan…
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Manny Pacquiao’s message to Juan Manuel Marquez: SEASON’S BEATINGS
LAS VEGAS--It's kind of funny but not amusing funny. Floyd Mayweather has accused Manny Pacquiao, among other things, of fighting his "leftovers." Certainly Antonio Margarito is not in that category since the…
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Bimbo eruptions turning tedious when it comes to Oscar de la Hoya
OSCAR DE LA HOYA THREW A DEPRAVED DRUG FUELLED SEX PARTY AT THE RITZ DRESSED IN LADIES UNDERWEAR--Banner headline in UK's Daily Mail. In the latest round of lurid headlines and details…
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Mexican fight scribe Camarillo: Mission impossible for Marquez against Pacquiao
LAS VEGAS--One of the greatest and most amiable boxing writers on the planet is Jose Luis Camarillo. He is the acknowledged and respected "dean" of fight scribes in boxing mad Mexico and…
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Time for Pacquiao, Mayweather, Marquez and all fighters to come clean on drugs
LAS VEGAS--It's time to end the hypocrisy in boxing. It's time to stop pretending that we are policing the use of HGH, EPO and these other banned drugs by fighters. Maybe Manny…
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Mexican promoter Fernando Beltran may sink to 1-6-1 versus Manny Pacquiao
Tijuana based Mexican fight promoter Fernando Beltran must like knocking his head against a wall named Manny Pacquiao. You know, like the headbanger who, when asked by a psychiatrist why he repeatedly…
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Down goes Smokin’ Joe Frazier: Michael Marley remembers Muhammad Ali’s archrival
Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Yes, liver cancer has taken former world heavyweight champion Joe Frazier but the memories linger on. It's not hard to imagine. Even an…
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If Manny (Pacquiao) knows power, he must put Juan Manuel Marquez’s lights out
No one wants to hear a bout leg cramps. No one wants to hear about the opponent being too defensive. No one will accept any excuse. Manny Pacquiao must stand and deliver…
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Winner take all too harsh for warriors such as Juan Manuel Marquez, Perro Angulo
Dumb, dumber dumbest. The "winner take all" concept is back in vogue in some boxing circles. Those who support such a fight pay structure are really not enaged in any meaningul thinking.…
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Radio silence would prove golden for totally owned by DJ Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Fresh from my never-ending fountain of perispacious, sagacious and totally free of charge wisdom fountain, I've got two words for thin-skinned Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. The first word is "radio" and the…
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Smokin’ Joe Frazier speaks: If I had one loaf of bread, I would give Ali half
Now comes the sad news that boxing icon Smokin' Joe Frazier, forever linked to his trilogy fights against Muhammad Ali, is fading fast from liver cancer. As the ultimate Philadelphia fighter slips…
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Manila Ice Storm predicted to hit Juan Manuel Marquez next Saturday night
Time for talking is almost done. You don't have to be an expert weatherman to predict that Juan Manuel Marquez is about to get hit by a Manila Ice Storm. This photo,…
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Insider Kevin Cunningham: Arum-Haymon blood feud blocks Mayweather-Pacquiao
While the general public is stimulated by Floyd Mayweather Junior's apparent overture to fight Manny Pacquiao on May 5, boxing insiders are not exactly booking flights to Las Vegas or trying to…
