Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Report from Blissful Baguio: Manny Pacquiao hitting on all cylinders
Bob Arum began regaling me with his first-hand report card from Pacland when he was still going through US Customs at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. "I can't really talk here,"…
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Don King should teach anger management to Golden Boys, Arum
Clearly, we need some adult supervision in the boxing world. Richard Schaefer, defending the honor of Rachel Marcial Donaire and Fil-Am and Filipina women everywhere, has lambasted prickly pear Bob Arum (again)…
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DiBella should submerge ego, jump in Arum’s bed for Maravilla Martinez
(Editor's note: This column will not contain any female fashion tips, not for Rachel Donaire, Jinkee Pacquiao or Lindsay Lohan, although I absolutely love that skin-hugging white dress LL wore to court…
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Nothing personal but Bob Arum says Rachel Donaire dresses like a hooker
Bantamweight ruler Nonito Donaire's sudden defection to archrival Golden Boy seemed to be taken in stride by seen it all, done it all Top Rank boss Bob Arum. I made a column…
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Sugar Shane Mosley scores TKO over Manny Pacquiao, tweet, tweet
Yes, Shane Donte Mosley just did that, my headline is not misleading. The "T" stands for "Twitter" and not "Technical" and Mosley is still in there swinging on Twitter while Pacquiao has…
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Clark Kent can outpoint Sugar Shane Mosley but Super Manny Pacquiao requires KO
Come May 7 when Shane Donte Mosley answers the bell against peak of performance Manny Pacquiao, it really won't be satisfactory for the Pinoy Idol to just breeze his way to a…
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If Marquez joins Top Rank, Chapter 3 with Pacquiao is a lock for November
I think promoter Bob Arum was sending a subliminal message out to fight fans. Reading between the lines, I see the message as this: Get ready for the inevtiable Juan Manuel Marquez-Pacquaio,…
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Vitali Klitschko quit job by chubby Solis makes Top Rank release look good
Through four decades of promoting boxing, 79 year old Bob Arum has had a few regrets. Arum's Top Rank has missed out on signing some profitable fighters and, like all its rivals,…
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Airborne Arum off to Pacquiao camp, says Donaire defection ‘not personal’
Bob Arum is more the hard-charging dynamo type than he is the thoughtful, contemplative and philosophical sort. Still, in his 79th year of living and in his fifth decade of promoting world…
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Fighters come, fighters go: Would Pacquiao leave the Arum Mothership?
"The fighters come...the fighters go."--Ancient boxing maxim That expression, often heard said by a fight promoter to a manager, a trainer or someone else associated with a particular boxer, used to make…
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Victor Ortiz: They say I have no heart, balls, but I’ll take Andre Berto’s belt
You think boxing can be a tension convention only in the dressing rooms and in the corners on fight night? Actually, there's a lot of angst to go around whenever a big…
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Donaire For Dummies: Mo money, ego boost, escaping Pacquiao’s giant shadow
Boxing Promotional Contract Jumping For Dummies: Q. Why did the Filipino Flash Nonito Donaire, just promised in this column by Bob Arum Tuesday night a $500,000 purse for a May 28 bout…
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‘Filipino Flash’ Nonito Donaire Jr. dumps Top Rank for Golden Boy riches
The Hatfields and the McCoys of boxing are back at it again. Golden Boy and Top Rank, who have knocked heads over the ring services of Pinoy Idol Manny Pacquiao and others,…
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Golden Boy-Top Rank like Bloods-Crips with fountain pens, Arum plans lawsuit
Shots fired! In the latest round of the never-ending boxing promotional war between archrivals Golden Boy (Oscar De La Hoya) and Top Rank (Bob Arum), "Filipino Flash" Nonito Donaire Jr. has abandoned…
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‘Pride of Providence’ Peter Manfredo recycled for Sergio Martinez July 9, HBO
Lou DiBella. promoter of red-hot middleweight champion Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez, may have something up his sleeve. While publicly speaking, including to me Tuesday, about hoped for bouts for the newly-minted HBO ring…
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Arum promises to make Donaire million dollar fighter within six months
Rising Filipino-American ring star Nonito Donaire Junior's obvious financial goal is to break into the seven figure purse bracket, up in the money stratosphere where Pinoy Idol Manny Pacquaio resides. But, to…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Over Miami: Rumor has fighter ditching Vegas for Sofla
Let me emphasize it was and it remains a rumor, a persistent one which hung over last weekend's fight cards in Las Vegas (Miguel Cotto TKO 12 Ricardo Mayorga and a decent…
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‘Butchology’: Science brought Spinks $13.5 million for 91 seconds against Tyson
It's surprising in light of the recent promotional "reunion" between usually bitter rivals Bob Arum and Don King for the Ricardo Mayorga-Miguel Cotto card that no one has harkened back to the…
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DiBella: Forget Pacquiao but Martinez still targets Cotto and Mayweather
It seemed like a bright, if not radiantly luminiscent, idea at the time I had it. But, according to Sergio Martinez promoter Lou DiBella, it was not a thought worthy of an…
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Boxing barrister Milton Chwasky repped heavyweight kings Spinks, Bowe, Lewis
It would be a shame if all people remember about noted boxing attorney Milton Chwasky, who died Sunday at age 80 after an eight year battle with cancer, is that an angry…
