Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Mayorga smoking hot: Others fear Pacquiao but I will knock him out
Terrible maladies. Terrible melodies. You know the difference. I'm on Day 3 of a stomach flu which has been hard to stomach but I can diagnose trashtalking champion Ricardo Mayorga as being…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao update: Arum says South African initial inquiry was made
Promoter Bob Arum, while saying that Jeff Mayweather is factual about somebody wanting to bring the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao Super Bout to South Africa, also remarked Tuesday that "I'm not holding my…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao no go in South Africa, promoters say
I can't speak for you or your Uncle Hermie, but I've already packed my bags, checked the validity on my passport and made a visa inquiry to go to South Africa for…
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Boxing’s ballsiest trainer, Al Certo: How he neutered Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano
A tailor by trade, Alfred Felix Certissimo is also boxing's toughest trainer. Now 82 years old, the suitmaker from Seacaucus, whose friends (I said friends, not associates) over the decades have included…
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Oscar Euphoria: Dicky Eklund on Christian Bale, Charlie Sheen, red carpet
"I've got tiger blood. "I've got the DNA of Adonis." When I heard those NBC interview sound bits from Hollywood madman Charlie Sheen, I thought maybe he was talking about ex-fighter turned…
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Remembering Greg Goossen, Good Humor Man in baseball, boxing, Hollywood
There's nothing humorous about penning an obit on somebody but, in case of Greg Goossen, I will make an exception. Goossen, 65, who was found dead in his Los Angeles home on…
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Captain of his own ship, then Pacquaio should put Ariza situation to rest
"In Japan, there is a saying, "The Nail that Sticks Up will be hammered down." (In other words, people in Japan like conformity and try to restrain or avoid people who are…
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In labeling Donaire fight referee “criminal,” Sulaiman plays to peanut gallery
On the surface, it looks as though controversial Don Jose Sulaiman, WBC President For Life, is making a grandstand play to his Mexican "homies" in his sharp criticism of Donaire-Montiel fight referee…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. knows truth: Manny Pacquiao can whip him two ways
This is the video interview I did seconds after Manny Pacquiao demolished Antonio Margarito, a guy who Floyd Mayweather Jr. avoided like he carried Bubonic Plague. Now I'm not saying Margarito was…
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Respect not rivalry, Hitman Donaire pays tribute to Godfather Pacquiao
Let's pretend that the Filipino boxing hierarchy is run like the Mafia. No doubt, the John Gotti--the capo di tutti capi, or "Boss of all Bosses"--is Manny Pacquiao. I can envision the…
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Donaire’s physician pal misfires: Honda does not drive Kameda’s career
Physician, heal thyself. That was Nonito Donaire Jr. promoter Bob Arum's attitude when I spoke to him about Philippine Star's report (veteran fight scribe Joaquin Henson) that talks may be starting for…
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Happy birthday, Floyd Mayweather: Now deliver Manny Pacquiao super bout
Thirty four candles on the cake Thursday for Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. Won't you join me, especially you rank and file PWA (Pacquiao Worldwide Army) soldiers, join me in singing a hearty…
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Manny Pacquiao’s shear madness: Long locks because of his superstition
It's been shear madness all this hype and speculation about the lengthy and unruly hairstyle suddenly adopted by Pinoy Idol Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao. Some outraged citizens of Boxing World have been so…
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For Lindsay Lohan, Floyd Mayweather: Lady Justice can be blind but not stupid
Lady Justice is supposed to be blind, not dumb. You may think that, as genius Lenny Bruce once said, "at the Halls of Justice, the only justice is in the halls." But,…
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Sulaiman fury: Pacquiao, Arum treat WBC like tramps but can’t pierce our pants
Don Jose Sulaiman, sensitive soul who runs the World Boxing Council, has used the bully pulpit of his Mexcian newspaper column to make it plain that he is still steaming about Manny…
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As Mayweather turns 34, Pacquiao’s iconic rise must be tough to stomach
Neither the ancient seer named Nostradamus nor his latter day equivalent, Negrodamus (as played by brilliant pal Paul Mooney on the brilliant Dave Chappelle Show), would be able to see into the…
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Glittering Donaire poised to cash in commercially in Philippines, USA
If Bobby "Boxing Hippie" Diamond was still around Carol Doda's and the other topless joints of then gamy North Beach, San Francisco, I know what he would've said about Bay Area resident…
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First Pacquiao, now Donaire put Mayweather in P4P rear view mirror
As if it wasn't tough enough on his overblown ego early last week when Manny Pacqiuao was praised on the floor of the United States Senate and then met briefly with President…
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Brooklyn’s beloved ‘Jimmy O’ made troubled boys champions in life
It figures that beloved trainer/father figure Jimmy O'Pharrow would leave us during New York Golden Gloves season. "Jimmy O," founder and "director and dictator" of the fabled Starrett City Boxing Club in…
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Filipino Lightning: Donaire foe lucky to be alive after leg-twitching knockout
SAN FRANCISCO?Assuredly, I lay no claim to a scintilla or a shred of medical expertise. But, I have to wonder why, after he suffered a frightening second round knockout at the blazing…
