Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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WADA ya know, Bob Arum says no issues blocking Mayweather-Pacquiao gigantic
Call me a cockeyed optimist if you must. Perhaps it is just a midsummer's night dream. But I get the persistent feeling, almost like an itch, when I think about the Floyd…
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Hometown shocker: Kelly Pavlik’s sudden pullout leaves career sputtering
You never, well almost never, say never in boxing. But it is fair to say now that Kelly Pavlik may have a "Ghost" of a chance of climbing back to the superstar…
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Bob Arum: Kelly Pavlik’s situation saddens me, something is mentally amiss
If there's anything worse than underpaying a fighter, it is directly questioning a fighter's desire to get in the ring. The way these sudden fight pullout things usually play out, I'm betting…
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Muhammad Ali would know it, Manny Pacquiao is not as dumb as he looks
"You're not as dumb as you look." Often used quip and "lefthanded compliment" said by Muhammad Ali. All this concern, all this weeping, gnashing of teeth and handwringing about protecting this little…
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Judge Emeritus Chuck Giampa: You can’t have robots deciding who wins fights
Some fight judges have stayed too long at ringside. With their minds sketchy and maybe all their motor skills fading, some pencil pushers who decide important boxing matches can be compared to…
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Bob Arum: If Mayweather-Ortiz is a sizzler, it will boost Marquez-Pacquiao III
Maybe it was being cooped upon a transcontinental flight from France to New York. Whatever the reason, globetrotting promoter Bob Arum was a real Chatty Kathy when he rang me up Thursday…
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Vicious Victor Ortiz can scramble Floyd Mayweather Jr., Robert Garcia says
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his many minions are talking about big fights like a breakfast chef whipping up omelette after omelette. You might think Mayweather and cronies are planning a boxing buffet,…
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Boxing Socialist: Mayweather’s body of work trumps Pacquiao’s
This will shock some of you out there. This will amaze others. But, your very own "White Gorilla" has just discovered that there is some civility, some rationality in the rancid jungle…
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Pacquiao embraces HBO for Marquez; Bradley-Rios as Manny eliminator
Showtime's involvement with Manny Pacquiao is one and done, at least for the time being. I'm hearing that Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum, who has been sunnning himself in the idyllic setting of…
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Robert Garcia combines boating and boxing: Zab Judah’s got speed, power, chance
Never let it be said that former IBF junior lightweight champion turned trainer par excellance Robert "Granpa" Garcia is not fearless. He proved that in fights against the likes of Diego "Chico"…
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Butchology, this ain’t Monopoloy money, Jack: Arum, others pay tribute to Lewis
After the sudden death of fight promoter Ronald Butch Lewis, age 65, in or near his Wilmington, Delaware, estate, reminisces about the colorful handler of Michael Spinks and other fighters are pouring…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. may toss villain’s mask for relevancy, popularity
UFC guru Dana White on whether or not he thinks Manny Pacquiao would have success in the octagon: ?He wouldn?t do well. I?m a huge, huge Manny Pacquiao fan. He is boxing…
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Ex-convict Sladeck: I want cash for Manny Pacquiao’s website, restaurant, movie
"IT IS JUST THAT PACQUIAO'S CAMP IS VERY DIVIDED AND I HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO HAVE WHAT I HAVE. "IT TAKES CONSTANT THUMB ON MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE DONE…
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For Manny Pacquiao on US taxes, it’s not I owe, I owe, it’s off to fight I go
Bob Arum, age 79 going on 39, interrupted his champagne and strawberries, Lifestyles of the Rich & Blameless summer holiday, to inform me by telephone Thursday afternoon that my reportage concerning IRS…
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Castillo, rumored as Koncz replacement for Pacquiao, was KO’d in suit by Barrera
Bob Arum revealed to me Wednesday night that the ?boxing figure? who Manny Pacquiao?s accounting firm is trying to bring in to review the Pinoy Idol?s boxing contracts with Arum?s Top Rank…
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Manny Pacquiao under IRS tax audit for 2006-2007; bean counter Lodge is mum
Time to trot out the old jokes about accountants who keep two, sometimes three sets of financial books? Or, to rehash the Muhammad Ali line about either lawyers or accountants when he…
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Revolution in Pacland: Arum not worried about LA bean counters
Breathless press releases and related reports and a swirl of rumors make it sound as all business operations including boxing contracts involving Pinoy Idol Manny Pacquiao have been usurped a by a…
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Mayweather camp did not lie: Inquiry was made, what if Pacquiao caught dirty
Had that Florida jury been given a strong charge on what weight to give to purely circumstantial evidence, accused baby killer Casey Anthony would not be free as a bird right now.…
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Khan Do: British Bulldogs write on despite Zab Judah’s misplaced anger
I?m sure the British Bulldog Winston Churchill would be impressed at how his island nation?s boxing press corps has bitten down and continues to cover Saturday night?s Zab Judah-Amir Khan world title…
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HBO Bossman Greenburg: I wasn’t canned, I quit; Kery Davis twists in the wind
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ross Greenburg has told Richard Sandomir, New York Times sports scribe, that he was not fired. Greenburg claims he elected not to renew his contract mainly because boxing "was taking…
