Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Electrifying Nonito Donaire Jr. ascends to millionaire superstar status
DALY CITY--Nonito Donaire Jr. is not now, nor will he ever be Manny Pacquiao. Donaire was the first to admit it seconds after he ascended to boxing superstar status with a blistering…
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Sage Chargin: Marquez will always be competitive against Pacquiao
SAN FRANCISCO--No less a sagacious, perspicacious boxing oracle than 83 years young Don ?War A Week? Chargin finds it ironic that Mexican ringmaster Juan Manuel Marquez is exiting, stage left, from Golden…
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Mercito ‘No Mercy’ Gesta almost separates opponent’s neck from head
SAN FRANCISCO--It was expected to be mere batting practice for power hitter Mercito "No Mercy" Gesta, this rematch with Mexican Genaro Trazancos. With a national TV audience and a near selllout crowd…
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Manny Pacquiao’s five little words energize unbeaten Mercito Gesta
SAN FRANCISCO?If undefeated Filipino slugger Mercito ?No Mercy? Gesta needed any boost for his Telefutura main event tonight against a fighter he's already beaten, the 23-year-old from Cebu got it in the…
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Michael Marley’s got photos with ‘President Obama,’ where’s Manny Pacquiao’s?
SAN FRANCISCO--It turns out that getting your photo snapped with President Barack Obama is not as difficult as you would think. I strolled into historic Longshoremen's Hall, hard by the shrimp and…
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President Obama cordially invited to watch Pinoy prospect Mercito Gesta fight
SAN FRANCISCO?We now know that even President Barack Obama is a Manny Pacquaio fan. We learned that when Pacman and wife Jinkee were invited into the White House Tuesday afternoon for a…
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Celestino Turgot visited Eisenhower, Pacquiao visits Obama at White House
SAN FRANCISCO--Somewhere, probably on the front nine holes of that Big Golf Course in the Sky, Pinoy great Celestino Turgot was smiling on Tuesday. You would have think that, through the Celestial…
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Pacquiao suffers wardrobe malfunction on biggest day of his life
WASHINGTON--On one of the biggest days of his 32 year old, storybook life, Filipino Congressman and eight division world boxing champion Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao suffered a wardrobe malfunction. To tell you the…
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Obama and Pacquiao: Two guys in the Oval Office talking basketball and boxing
Manny Pacquiao and his lovely wife, Jinkee, could be described as knocked out by their meeting with President Barack Obama Tuesday afternoon. "Only Manny and Jinkee were invited inside," the 32-year-old Pacquiao's…
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Obama sews up Filipino vote, hosts Manny, Jinkee at White House
I don't know if former amateur boxer and Nevada Sen. Harry Reid ever promised Pinoy Congressman Manny Pacquiao and his "boxing campaign manager" Bob Arum a rose garden, but he surely delivered…
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Pacquiaos wait for nod from Obamas; Manny rejects show biz life for Jinkee
MANNY PACQUIAO'S CAPITAL IDEA: Pinoy Idol, Promoter Bob Arum and media group prep for visit to United States Senate Tuesday, where Senator Harry Reid, powerful Nevada Democrat who got a late election…
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Pacquiao’s beloved Coach Freddie Roach: Let me die at my office, I’ll be happy
WASHINGTON, DC.--Michael Marley reporting from the historic Hay-Adams Hotel ?where nothing is overlooked but the White House? and they mean that literally... They may say that Washington (George) Slept Here but now…
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Manny Pacquiao’s Love Train: Black conductor calls Mayweather punched ticket
RIDING AMTRAK ACELA #2165, NEW YORK PENN STATION TO WASHINGTON, DC, UNION STATIN, SPECIALLY DESIGNATED TODAY ONLY AS ?THE MANNY-JINKEE PACQUIAO LOVE TRAIN: Manny Pacquiao, despite his wealth and fame, retains a…
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JC Chavez Jr. follows Amir Khan’s lead, leaves Pacquiao’s Coach Ariza
NEW YORK--It's Valentine's Day, a time for making up rather than breaking up, one might think. But outspoken conditioning coach Alex Ariza, who was recently canned by world champion Amir Khan and…
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Pacquiao goes to the White House while Mayweather goes to courthouse
If I wanted to be a wise guy, if I desired to be sarcastic, I'd say that Manny Pacquiao, the Pinoy Idol, and American Idle Floyd Mayweather Jr., are headed in completely…
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Mayweathers get “home court advantage” in Las Vegas says Roger’s strangle victim
If she didn't know it before, female boxer Melissa St. Vil knows it now. Defendants with the last name Mayweather can get special treatment when it comes to felony criminal charges for…
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Getting popular like Pacquiao, Pinoy Gesta keeps Chargin young
No doubt that Manny Pacquiao is the world's most popular athlete, never mind boxer. But someone tried to stump me the other night by asking who the most popular promoter in boxing…
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Manny Pacquiao aims to put kibosh on sexy Jinkee’s movie career
Manny Pacquiao is a macho inside the boxing ring but some people are wondering if he applies a double standard as to gender roles when it comes to show business. Some in…
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Mubarak’s KO in Egypt may benefit Pacquiao-Obama summit, Arum says
Only Manny Pacquiao's hairdresser knows for sure but, as for boxing promoter Bob Arum, he completely missed the coiffure controversy from Thursday's Beverly Hills press conference. I had to pull Uncle Bob's…
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Manny Pacquiao is nobody’s puppet, agent Koncz says
Michael Koncz, ubqiquitous agent for Pinoy Idol Manny Pacquiao, thinks those who accuse him of all kinds of machinations, skullduggery and both front and backstabbing need to dummy up. According to the…
