Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Mojo Masters: President Obama, Congressman Pacquiao get top billing
DENVER?The sitting president confesses that he just absorbed a brutal beating or, as Barack Obama put it, ?a shellacking.? The future president, Manny Pacquiao hopes to administer same to that suspicious character…
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‘Margacheato Bandido’ only erases shadow of shame with Pacquiao KO
The HBO marketing line on Antonio Margarito is more than halfway clever. You know, the ?one fights for history, the other for redemption? bit you see slapped on all the prefight hype…
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It could happen in Brooklyn: Malignaggi-Mayweather
One thing you learn quickly in boxing is that what seems farfetched today often turns into reality down the long and winding road. So, don't heckle me when I inform that Golden…
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Controversial referee Laurence Cole gets Margarito-Pacquiao nod
Neither the Antonio Margarito or Manny Pacquiao camps have expressed any objection to the quick, quiet selection of Texas Favorite Son Laurence Cole as the referee for their Nov. 13 WBC super…
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Pacquiao’s promise: No worries, I always believe in my talent
MANNY PACQUIAO ON SUPPOSED PROBLEMS, DISTRACTIONS IN CAMP: ?I have trained hard. There is no distractions, nothing to worry about. This is why we're not worried about the fight. I can fight…
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Why no one’s raising a stink about Manny Pacquiao now
Maybe this is what they refer to as the sweet (sweat?) smell of success. Not to make a stink about but, while I?m so happy for Manny Pacquiao now that he is…
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Congressman Pacquiao makes for better donkey than elephant in USA
Perhaps Manny Pacquiao's first foray into the pungent swamp that is American politics was misdirected. Even Stevie Wonder can see that if embattled Nevada Sen. and House Whip Harry Reid wasn't a…
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Zephyr Pacquiao primed for pluperfect performance against Margarito
LOS ANGELES--Last summer, I got to visit the historic home of a genius named Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna. This Mozart, judging from the size of his tiny bed, was a small…
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Ultimate John Lennon tribute: Musical Manny Pacquiao tackles ‘Imagine’
When Smoking Joe Frazier toured with a band and sultry female backup signers known as the Knocouts, a joke circulated in boxing circles. Frazier was enthusiastic but his vocals were more screehing…
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‘When We Were Kings’ creator Leon Gast doing Manny Pacquiao documentary
HOLLYWOOD?Leon Gast, noted documentary producer who won an Oscar for ?When We Were Kings,? which told the story behind the story about the George Foreman-Muhammad Ali fight in Zaire in 1974, has…
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Manny Pacquiao political junket for Sen. Reid is foolish Bob Arum mistake
HOLLYWOOD?Cagey boxing promoter Bob Arum makes few mistakes but, on the rare occasion when he does, his miscues can be enormous. The soon to be age 79 year old Harvard Law and…
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Manny Pacquiao reveals: I am praying for Floyd Mayweather Jr.
HOLLYWOOD--All the world is Manny Pacquaio's stage and he reconfirmed Wednesday afternoon that he still relishes his role going into his 57th professional fight. Pacquiao tries for a record eighth world division…
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Manny Pacquiao: Zips through 10 rounds of sparring, ready for Margarito now
TUESDAY NIGHT UPDATE FROM THE WILD CARD GYM: I spent the afternoon in Oxnard watching an extremely "well rested" Antonio Margarito go through a non-sparring day workout with trainer and my old…
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Retirement talk makes Manny Pacquiao chuckle, really
HOLLYWOOD?Truth be told, I don't know if Manny Pacquiao will fight one more time or 10 more times. Frankly, I don't think he does, either, at this point, a couple of weeks…
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Retirement rubbish, Pacquiao won’t leave 50-100 million on table
LOS ANGELES--If you're buying this ?last chance to see Manny Pacquiao? pitch as to the Nov. 13 bout against Antonio Margarito then you're the greater fool that the pitchmen are targeting. They…
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Next stop, Margaritoville: Redemption means taking a licking from Manny Pacquiao
SAN DIEGO EN ROUTE TO OXNARD?You call it Oxnard, I call it Margaritoville. That?s where trainer and former IBF junior lightweight champion Robert Garcia has apparently spread his wings, leaving the La…
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No season’s beatings: Gesta shows holiday mercy for lightweight foes
SAN DIEGO?Mercito ?No Mercy? Gesta may get a fat head down the line as the praise and adulation accumulates. But right now, in the wake of raising his record to 20-0-1 with…
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No Mercy for sure: Cebuano Gesta spectacular in destroying Mexican hardnut Valle
SAN DIEGO?About 30 minutes before he climbed into the ring here at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel for his toughest professional test, with a national TV audience looking on (Telefutura), Cebu's Mercito…
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Go balimbing on Antonio Margarito now, you’ll hate yourself come Nov. 14
SAN DIEGO?The temptation to waiver, to go balimbing, is strong. It gets stronger each passing day, each passing hour, each passing minute. You hear things. You hear that promoter Bob Arum is…
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Freddie Roach robbed: Pacquiao mentor mad 25 years after Bobby Chacon fight
SAN DIEGO?Nothing is better for a real boxing nut than couch surfing in the hotel lobby in the hours before a boxing show. So it was here Friday, just a short time…
