Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Yo, Adrian: Stallone’s path into Boxing Hall Of Fame is totally “Rocky”
Somebody told me there was a bit of controversy when it was announced that actor Sylvester Stallone had been selected for induction into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame. Really? I must…
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Macho Man Sergio Martinez: Never speaks on Andre Ward, Bernard Hopkins
Some fighters are master mechanics inside the ring ropes. One would have to put menacing world middleweight champion Sergio Martinez, the 36 year old late bloomer, in that category. And many fighters…
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Pragmatic alliance for Top Rank-Golden Boy may be boon to Pacquiao, fight fans
So maybe the love in bloom between Oscar De La Hoya and his Golden Boy Promotions on one side and usually bitter archrival Bob Arum and Top Rank on the other won't…
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Hopkins-Richardson can end award domination by Pacquiao-Roach
It's not true that Coach Freddie Roach and Manny Pacquiao have won the ?Trainer of the Year? and ?Fighter of the Year? honors from the Boxing Writers Association of America for the…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes serious flak from historic black publication, JET
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has never been especially known for dealing with criticism, constructive or otherwise, so we can only imagine how he?s responding to an article in the historic, African American weekly…
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Ring romance for Pacquiao, De La Hoya, Arum as promotional war ends in truce
All signs, including Oscar De La Hoya?s official Twitter account page, are that the hot promotional war between Bob Arum?s Top Rank and Oscar?s Golden Boy Promotions is over. Going further, strong…
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Original Gangster Bernard Hopkins: Like Manny Pacquiao, I defend my reputation
Let his former adversary Joe Calzaghe strut about with his OBE (Order of the British Empire, bestowed by the Queen Mother herself). Boxing legend Bernard Hopkins, currently on a sweet Manhattan victory…
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Martinez looks like bully on Mayweather, Pacquiao, should call out Hopkins
Whenever world middleweight king Sergio Martinez thinks of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and/or Manny Pacquiao, he thinks ?jackpot.? Which is understandable since carping critics such as yours truly, Billy Dooley, have long been…
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Pacquiao’s ultimate hater, Gupta strikes again, excludes Manny from Top 10
Yankees slugger Reggie Jackson, one of the biggest egomaniacs to ever play the game, once boasted that he was ?the straw that stirs the drink? meaning that he was the supernova on…
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Floyd Mayweather may be psychologically whipped by Manny Pacquiao now
It would take more than your run of the mill Everlast Einstein to analyze it properly but I think it?s a fair question to ask. On his recent ring tear, Manny Pacquiao…
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Johnny Bos labels Bernard Hopkins great in his time, not all time great
It only takes an ounce of boxing sophistication to recognize an all time great and a fighter who is one of the greats of his era. There is a difference, you know.…
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Philosophical Oscar De La Hoya in his toughest, longest fight ever
Perhaps Oscar De La Hoya is just a guy who has an addictive personality. Now that celebrity news site TMZ has revealed that the Golden Boy checked himself into a susbtance abuse…
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Forget footnote Pascal, Bernard Hopkins beat Roy Jones for second time
He?s fighting with the youthful vigor and exuberance of a teenager so it is appropriate that 18 was a lucky number for Old Man Bernard Hopkins Saturday night in Montreal. Why 18,…
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Manny Pacquiao outpointed by President Aquino on condom controversy
Manny Pacquiao?s latest fight is one that is far more important to his nation than any bout he may ever have, even if it is the elusive so called ?Dream Fight? against…
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Jean Pascal’s agent: Old Man Bernard Hopkins can’t repeat razzle dazzle
Globetrotting boxing agent Donald Majeski is on the scene in Montreal where, on Sauturday night a lively crowd of 16,000 plus fight fans will see the Jean Pascal-Bernard Hopkins rematch. One interesting…
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Floyd Mayweather’s failure to engage, misreads even his fan base
Rarely, if ever, has a superstar performer, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is all that and a bag of chips, so misread his audience. Days go by, weeks go by, months go by…
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Reflective fella Lou DiBella puts a ring on it in baseball, boxing
About the only time you might think that quick tempered boxing promoter Lou DiBella becomes reflective is when he stands in front of a mirror. I mean, they don?t call him ?Volcanic…
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Hollywood mogul Jeff Wald throws hat in ring for California commission post
Jeff Wald, the sometimes controversial music and entertainment mogul who has long dabbled in boxing, has thrown his hat in the ring. Literally, in the sense that the Hollywood impresario, who was…
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Pacquiao needs to take charge on Mayweather, PED allegations
Oh, great, just what boxing fans want to hear, want to read about. The Manny Pacquiao camp either wants to beef up its defamation lawsuit against Floyd Mayweather Jr. or they may…
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Manny Pacquiao Retirement Account (MPRA): Floyd Mayweather Jr. can get one also
There?s a new financial planning tool for prizefighters. Maybe you?ve heard of the Individual Retirement Account. Then there is the Roth version of the IRA. Other Americans, as retirement looms, try to…
