Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Marquez unloads Mexican dynamite, calls for war with Pacquiao Nov. 12
One minute, 47 seconds of the first round. Promoter Bob Arum could not have scripted it better as Juan Manuel Marquez, age 37 but still a dangerous counterpuncher, used one countering right…
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Manny Pacquiao factor looms large: HBO’s Greenburg axed, Davis on shaky ground
Kery Davis, VP of sports programming at HBO, knows the deal. And, given the Boxing Scene.com scoop (this time, unlike Thomas Hauser?s ?news tip? of early May, no one is denying it)…
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HBO’s Lederman: New Jersey goes from frying pan to fire with Dawson-Hopkins II
New Jersey boxing bossman Aaron M. Davis, who on Wednesday announced the suspension of the three judges who blew the call on the Erislandy Lara-Paul Williams HBO bout in Atlantic City, is…
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Williams-Lara fight furor rages on: Goossen grounds teenaged son
The repercussions of the disgraceful decision in the Erislandy Lara-Paul Williams bout in Atlantic City continue to fly. On Wednesday, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board suspended judges Al Bennett, Hilton…
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New Jersey commission to fight judges: Get winner right or be gone
The easiest way the Erislandy Lara-Paul Williams fight scoring fiasco could have been prevented in Atlantic City would have been to make a more careful selection of judges. Now that New Jersey…
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Manila fat cats reject Manny Pacquiao, his Pinoy blood not rich enough for them
If Manny Pacquiao applied for a golf and or country club membership in the United States and was rejected, the howling from Pacland would be intense. All kinds of allegations as to…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao deserves super drug panel: Conte, Goodman, Voy, Lathan
This whole WADA or USADA contretemps is cooling down a bit now. USADA zealot Travis Tygart, the guy who refers to Floyd Mayweather as ?the clean athlete,? is away on vacation and…
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Finally, Khan shows fire in belly, blows smoke at Mayweather, Pacquiao
Excluding the night when he got run over by a Colombian truck named Breidis Prescott, there hasn?t been much to criticize about England?s Amir Khan in the ring. That night, they took…
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USADA responds: We bear no prejudice, bias against Manny Pacquiao
USADA's zealot bossman, the lawyer Travis Tygart, is on a summer vacation but I was able to speak at length with the drug testing agency's s media relations manager, Annie Skinner, twice…
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Dudley Do-Rights Mayweather, Tygart must answer Arum’s WADA proposal on Pacquiao
We absolutely are motivated to find the truth and do the right thing in every case. Our obligation is to protect clean athletes, nothing less and nothing more.?UNITED STATES ANTI-DOPING AGENCY public…
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Mercito Gesta bandwagon starts to roll but he’s not trying to be Pacquiao clone
CARSON, Calif.?It wasn?t who he beat. It was the smooth manner in which precocious, 23 year old Pinoy lightweight prospect Mercito ?No Mercy? Gesta demolished Mexican veteran Jorge ?El Tigre? Pimentel Saturday…
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Feeling the (Miami) Heat: Coach Spoelstra says he’ll beat Manny Pacquiao, 1 on 1
CARSON, Calif.--Floyd ?Joy To The World? Mayweather isn't the only guy out there who remains convincingly convinced that he can beat Piny Idol Manny Pacquiao. Miami Heats head coach Erik Spoelstra, whose…
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Fueled by Pinoy food at Teta Celia’s, Mercito Gesta faces “show time” in ring
TORRANCE, CALIF.--Having satiated his post weigh-in hunger pangs with a tray load of Pinoy food favorites at the down home, nearby the hotel ?Teta Celia? (Aunt Celia) Restaurant, a relaxed but ready…
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Runyonesque boxing scribe George Kimball cared about the fights and the fighters
Say this about the often ornery Boston sports columnist George Kimball, he ?closed the show? in an impressive manner. Like a Sugar Ray Leonard, a Thomas Hearns or a Marvelous Marvin Hagler,…
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Rachel Donaire must reject worst coverup since Watergate
Let?s say that Urbano Antillon comes up short in his third try for a world title at the Home Depot Center (Showtime) on Saturday night. Anyone out there think the Urbane One…
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Toe to toe, David Nohayemaker Haye had zero chance against Wladimir Klitschko
No we know why David Nohayemaker Haye could not go toe to toe with heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. It may have looked for 12 rounds in Hamburg as the only thing between…
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Elephant dung: Haye-Klitschko stink it up but Mayweather-Pacquiao could be worse
Be careful what you wish for, boxing fans. That clich? rang more true than ever after the desultory heavyweight fight Saturday night in Hamburg between a disciplined and content to be boring…
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Carl Froch speaks from Hamburg: My pal, Hayemaker Haye blitzes Klitschko
Among the Brits who will be sitting in a ringside pew at a soccer stadium in Hamburg Saturday night and believe that underdog David Hayemaker Haye will shock the world and Wladimir…
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Not the end of boxing world if Mayweather-Pacquiao happens on 12th of Neveruary
Now that a federal judge in Nevada has rejected his so-called emergency motion, Floyd Mayweather Jr. can?t run or hide from the deposition in the defamation suit filed by Manny Pacquiao. But…
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(David) Haye Fever spreading fast: Guru Bos feels it but sage Elbaum resists
Haye Fever, that?s what I?m calling it. It?s a condition marked by unbridled optimism bordering on euphoria. Those are the symptoms and they are affecting the brains of fight fans worldwide who…
