Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Steward: Irish Andy Lee wants Maravilla Martinez on the first (chance he gets)
There are three kinds of sparring in the fight game. One is the daily gymnasium sparring between fighters. The second is the verbal sparring between promoters and TV excutives wherein the promoters…
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Juan Manuel Marquez: Jollibee’s should serve Chicken Pacquiao
Juan Manuel Marquez, fashion victim, is planning to roll out a complete line of expressive teeshirts. Juan Ma, the Mexican counterpuncher who is obsessed with Manny Pacquiao, has a hit on his…
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Papa must be proud: Chavez Jr. bites down, to fight flu and Wolak
Nonito "Filipino Flash" Donaire was thisclose to being the lead dog on Top Rank's Dec. 4 PPV TV card beinge beamed out of the Honda Center in Anaheim. But, according to Bob…
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Mayweather unreachable, Arum bangs drum loudly for Mosley-Pacquiao
With his 79th birthday looming large and with 40 years on top of the boxing promotion totem pole, Bob Arum does not need to run any marketing tests or poll fight fans…
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Manny Pacquiao’s Retirement Village: Moving in next, Juan Manuel Marquez
The fistic feud between Bob Arum and Oscar de la Hoya does not matter to the general public. The feud between Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao, a continuing argument borne of…
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Floyd Mayweather’s new nickname for Manny Pacquiao is ‘Bus Driver’
Putting drum majors and drum sticks aside, we go into the Way Ahead machine and rocket into the near future. It is minutes before Saturday turns into Sunday in Las Vegas and…
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Sergio Martinez did land an extremely lucky punch, be thankful
It was Ian Dury & The Blockheads who crooned about "Reasons to be Cheerful." Today's twist on the theme is Reasons to be Thankful in the thimble sized world that cares about…
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Knife, gun can’t stop Christy Martin, hubby sought for attempted murder
"You met a trainer named Jim Martin in Bristol, Tenn., and you wound up marrying him. How did that romance work? It's definitely one of those things you don't plan for. He's…
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It’s for the needy, not the greedy, so Pacquiao, Roach can step aside
Sure, Michael Kastidis could upset the apricot, I mean the applecart. If the Aussie of Greek extraction can overcome his usually robotic ring habits and take advantage of Juan Manuel Marquez's creaking…
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Haterade: How to physically destroy Manny Pacquiao
It's simple, really. If Manny Pacquiao has three full years of boxing left, that means he has the time and inclination for five bouts. As you know, there are those haters who…
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Arum rejects 155 pound catchweight for Martinez-Pacquiao
It's not every day that you can enjoy blow by blow reporting from the lips of Bob Arum. But, as I was speaking to the Jewish promoter who never ducks another Jewish…
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Maravilla’s Masterpiece: Martinez KO blast demotes Mayweather
It could soon be the longest list in boxing. I'm talking about the list of fighters who want no parts of 35 year old, one punch KO superstar Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez. With…
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Logical foe for Marvelous Martinez: Pass pierogis but don’t pass over Pirog
Promoter Artie Pelullo is tying the low key sell for now. Pelullo is full of bluster and often full of good, red wine but he's a "work within the system" kind of…
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Maravilla’s Masterpiece: Martinez KO blast demotes Mayweather
It could soon be the longest list in boxing. I'm talking about the list of fighters who want no parts of 35 year old, one punch KO superstar Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez. With…
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Paul Williams must prove superstar status in Martinez rematch
They've been selling the elongated Paul "Punisher" Williams to us for some time as a superstar. That's the key word, superstar, because no one involved with PWill has touted him as a…
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PPV TV Expert: Pacquiao-Mayweather gets made, vaults two million mark
Finally, after 1,247 consecutive days, I finally give Manny Pacquiao a day off, at least from this column. OK, I lied. My lead item involves The Great One but, after that, I…
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Cash cow Pacquiao’s earned right to milk it against Juan Ma or Mosley
Nobody milks a cash cow like Bob Arum. And, with Manny Pacquiao likely hitting the 1.4 milllion mark for his PPV TV bout against Antonio Margarito, Arum finds himself in a position…
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Live From Harrah’s Tahoe tonight, it’s Manny Pacquiao
That Energizer Bunny looks like a couch potato compared with always on the go Manny Pacquiao. Despite obvious "bumps and bruises," and swollen hands which sent him to see an orthopedic specialist…
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Manny Pacquiao: Why The Pope should be looking to meet him
I've been perched at ringside for a half century now starting with the second Liston-Ali fight. I'm not ready to proclaim Manny Pacquiao as the greatest boxer I've ever seen but he…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr as ostrich: Head buried in the sand
Two classy public statements were made by world championship level boxers on Monday. And, no surprise, neither of them is named Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. It would have shown a smidgen of…
