Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Cagey Arum’s foolproof plan to wreck Mayweather-Pacquiao Super Bout
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?It is indeed true that, in prior attempts to make a Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao super bout, promoter Bob Arum acted like a raging bull in a China shop. But the…
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Fearful can’t beat fearless: Be afraid, very afraid, Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Top reasons why Manny Pacquiao cannot lose against Floyd Mayweather (just in case ?Maynever? finally mans up) BECAUSE FEARLESS WILL BEAT FEARFUL OVER 36 MINUTES OR LESS BECAUSE THERE'S MORE TO DEFENSE…
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Perfect Pacquiao is certainly Brother from Another Planet, not born on earth
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS--Any and all future opponents can and must demand totally random testing be done on Manny Pacquiao, Not to determine whether he is using any illegal drugs but to investigate whether…
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Margarito-Pacquiao MASSIVE SLIDESHOW, BIG FIGHT NOTEBOOK
THIS IS IT, WHITE GORILLA MICHAEL'S MARLEY MASSIVE MANNY PACQUIAO-ANTONIO MARGARITO BIG FIGHT MASSIVE SLIDESHOW AND EQUALLY AWESOME NOTEBOOK ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?There won't be too many Ghanaians at ringside or…
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Santa Claus won’t let bad boy Margario beat good boy Pacquiao, never
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?I thought we'd be carving up the Thanksgiving pavo next but I could be wrong as our now familiar host hotel, the Gaylord Texan, exploded into the Christmas spirit on Friday.…
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Manny Pacquiao won’t fight JC Chavez Jr., he’ll be his co-manager
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?I find it intriguing and historically important how the spheres of previous boxing legends are whirling around the apex of Manny Pacquiao's storybook career. In the house, looking trim and in…
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Pacquiao tiny 144.6, Margarito massive 150: Panic in Pacland over disparity
ARLINGTON, TEXAS?There is widespread Panic in Pacland and, this time, maybe for good reason. Even the greatest of military generals?Patton Eisenhower and the shifty Rommel?occasionally botched a battle plan. Millions of Manny…
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Why Antonio Margarito is and is not a real, genuine Mexcian warrior
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?Merlin The Magician had nothing on fight promoter Robert Arum. Arum is a true master of illusion. The Top Rank top honcho has been selling the Antonio Margarito-Manny Pacquiao bout, down…
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Margarito camp apologizes to Roach for ‘bad behavior’ in video
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?Come Fight Night at Cowboys Stadium Saturday, fighters Antonio Margarito and Brandon ?Bam Bam? Rios may give blood in the ring. On Thursday, they along with their mutually shared trainer, Robert…
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Fistic fraternity,: We forgive but not forget Margarito camp transgressions
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?Bygones are bygones. That is generally how it goes in our fistic fraternity. For example, Philadelphia's often prickly pear promoter J. Russell Peltz has his solid prospect Mike Jones on the…
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Comedy gold: Margarito, Rios target those who are beaten down by disease
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?There is a new kind of comedy running rampant in boxing. For example, I spotted Don Jose Sulaiman, WBC president, here in the Gaylord Texan Hotel lobby the other night and…
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Pacquiao must torture POS Margarito, Arum must fire POS Rios
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?If we didn't know before that Antonio Margarito is a POS masquerading as a human being, we know it now. Ditto for the young loudmouth and Victor Ortiz dectractor Brandon ?Bam…
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Margarito serious, Pacquiao cordial, only Arum is spitting venom
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?There was one emotional guy who took the mike at the Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito press conference Wednesday who sounded as though he was ready to remove his suit jacket and rumble…
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Even Manny Pacquiao’s mother ready to rumble, from the root to the fruit
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?As Muhammad Ali's comical sidekick Drew ?Bundini? Brown used to often say, ?From the root to the fruit.? I thought of Bundini's expression when I had the pleasure of finally meeting…
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Arum claims Mosley is free to fight Pacquiao if Mayweather balks again
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?A boxing reporter has to operate the way Nikita Khruschev and his comrades did back when they ran the old USSR. They often said they always trust but they always verfiy.…
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Pacquiao, Margarito work out but Ines Sainz steals the show
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?The final prefight presser takes place Wednesday afternoon and usually charming and gracious host, stadium and NFL Cowboys franchise owner Jerry Jones won't be there I am told by knowledgeable parties.…
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Why Antonio Margarito’s collar is gettig uncomfortably tight
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?I wonder if Antonio Margarito's collar is starting to get uncomfortable. I wonder if it is feeling way too tight. I'm not saying he fears Manny Pacquiao, that would be ridiculous.…
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Manny Pacquiao host Jerry Jones jammed up as Cowboys go down in flames
DALLAS?The roof has caved in at showplace Cowboys Stadium but they will still proceed with the Antonio Margarito-Manny Pacquiao fight card Saturday night. Still, I can't see stadium and NFL Cowboys team…
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Congressman Manny Pacquiao ‘outpoints’ President Barack Obama on “60 Minutes”
DENVER?There were only two people profiled on the still massively popular CBS TV newsweekly magazine ?60 Minutes? Sunday night. One was embattled President Barack Obama, who used a boxing analogy in discussing…
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Hello suckers, you make Antonio Margarito laugh
DENVER EN ROUTE TO DALLAS?All the photos, all the video and my own in person observation at his Oxnard, California, training camp leave me quite disturbed about Antonio Margarito. Why, I must…