Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Happy Pacquiao New Year: SUPER SLIDESHOW looking back to 2010
Boxing's greatest fighter is naturally boxing's greatest newsmaker. Or, as Reggie Jackson would describe it, Manny Pacquiao is the straw that stirs boxing's drink. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the second straw, yeah…
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Pacquiao, Mayweather, Martinez, Donaire: Resolving to dominate in 2011
Making New Year?s resolutions is easy. Breaking them before the 21 day magic period in which any and all bad habits can be broken is easier. I hereby resolve to offer these…
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Mayweather’s best bet: Whip Martinez, then target Pacquiao in 2011
He's been brilliant inside the ring and a buffoon outside his work environment. Now, more than ever, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has some real nightmares. No, they're not of doing Nevada State Prison…
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Ring 10 bells for Bad Bennie Briscoe; Helen Dundee; Eddie Bossman Jones
Sad news out of Philadelphia as to the death of former middleweight contender Bad Bennie Briscoe. The clich? about Briscoe is that he was one of the best boxers ever to not…
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Why Sugar Shane Mosley can give Manny Pacquiao terrible toothache
(Editor's Note: I've been meaning to post this well written letter from an ardent Sugar Shane Mosley fan since I got it on Dec. 2. ?Aaron? is typical of the cadre of…
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Floyd Mayweather’s mother bleeping meltdown, beware all security guards
I spent 14 hours in the dark Monday afternoon and night. Before I got back on the power grid, after the Northeaster/Blizzard/Storm from Hell subsided, it was all candles and flashlights. Suddenly,…
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No longer a Golden Boy but Mosley grabs golden parachute from Pacquiao fight
Some workers get a luncheon, where hard rolls, cold cuts and soft drinks are offered up before the Big Bossman praises the employee's long, loyal service. This is usually followed up by…
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Nigeria, United Arab Emirates may be stops on Manny Pacquiao’s World Tour
Fights fans in general and Manny Pacquiao followers in particular will have an extra incentive to turn out to see the Pinoy Idol's May 7 fight against Hall Of Famer Sugar Shane…
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Holiday cheer dissipates, it’s all doom, gloom over Mosley-Pacquiao
The weeping is starting to get to me. The gnashing of teeth is a grating sound. We're not hearing or reading any kind words. People who reside in all glass houses are…
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No fade for Mosley: Small cut, slight trim by Barber Bob, he gets Pacquiao
Sugar Shane Mosley is always well-groomed when in the public eye. But I think he and handler James "Rap A Lot" Prince are about to get something trimmed at the Top Rank…
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Don’t chomp on me, Argentina; bout brings back memory of Tyson as vampire
If you think the scatterbrained majority draw decision in the Bernard Hopkins-Jean Pscal WBC light heavyweight title bout in Canada Saturday night really bites, you may have missed a fight that literally…
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IBF’s Peoples: We’ll review Argentina Bite Fight protest carefully
Another "quiet" weekend on the professional boxing world stage. "Quiet," yes like in "riot." In Germany, there was a scoring controversy as Marco Huck, popular local, retained his WBO cruiserweight title with…
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Executioner Hopkins deserves champion emeritus, immediate rematch with Pascal
X marks the spot left in Canada by "Executuoner" Bernard Hopkins. They are only 27 BHopping BShopping days remaining until the multiple time world champion turns a ripe old but evidently quite…
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Big Gary Shaw: Hopkins should’ve known American only wins by double KO in Canada
If there is such a word as flappable, meaning someone who is not unflappable, I would apply it to the often excitable and histrionic Big Gary Shaw. But the New Jersey based…
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Belgian waffled on 10th round; Schaefer 1000 percent right on Hopkins ripoff
I long subscribed to the idea/theory that scoring controversies were grist for the boxing mill. As of today, I have canceled that subscription. For example, Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao fans…
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Ancient Hopkins, youthful Pascal both look like Tarzan but fight like Jane
Great boxing minds do not always think alike. This was borne out after age 46 next month Bernard Hopkins and 28 year old Jean Pascal waltzed their way to a less than…
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Incredulous Bob Arum: Floyd Mayweather Jr. looks like he’s out of control
If you think Bob Arum, who once promoted Floyd Mayweather Jr. has any real animus towards the troubled but undefeated boxer, you could not be more wrong. Arum has some fond memories…
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Pacquiao’s chosen May 7 opponent but my lips are sealed–Arum
Manny Pacquiao has chosen one of three opponents to be in the opposite corner on May 7 at the MGM Grand Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas. After one sitdown session with "Godfather" Bob…
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Pacquiao feasts in Gensan, Mayweather orders off Vegas jail menu
With the countdown to 2011 looming large, just a fortnight away, Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. will be more than ready to bid adieu to what has not been a banner 2010.; For…
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Agent Koncz: Pacquiao’s not on any deadline to tab May 7 Las Vegas foe
Manny Pacquaio goes hard when he trains. He goes hard when he fights. Sometimes, he parties hard when he's in the mood to party hearty. But, according to his hardworking agent Michael…
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