Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Exclusive Iron Mike Tyson’s Broadway debut: Butterflies cannot stop my attack
Iron Mike Tyson never got full credit for his hand and foot speed in his younger days in the ring. Despite his blazing punches and nimble feet, Tyson was somewhat miscast as…
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Robert Garcia: My brother did wonders but Vicious Victor Ortiz brings ring drama
World class trainer and former IBF junior lightweight champion Robert Garcia said Thursday that the firing of his brother, Danny, as trainer of Vicious Victor Ortiz has no bearing on family relations.…
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Vicious Victor Ortiz fires trainer Danny Garcia, Amir Khan questions Roach
In baseball circles, they call it a change of scenery. That's when someone like Kevin Youkilis, a proven veteran, is changes his Sox from red to white and plays for Chicago now…
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Curse his glass jaw but Amir Khan’s warrior heart deserves a standing ovation
Friend of mine saw Amir Khan at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas the other day. "But I didn't recognize him...standing up," the wag said. News flash: Chinny Khan is going for…
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Redemption Or Ruin: Obvious matchup is Amir Khan against Vicious Victor Ortiz
In the imagination of Amir Khan, it was all scripted. As it was said so would it be written. After dispensing of noisy Danny Swift Garcia, Khan would then immediately climb up…
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Making (David) Haye while British sun shines: Can Price and Fury bubble up next
David Haye's stirring fifth round demolition Saturday night of thuggish Del Boy Chisora and the display of good sportsmanship by both camps afterwards gives both the UK and world boxing scenes a…
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Roach wants Ariza to walk Pacquiao plank; Chisora-Haye moral outrage is so phony
Intriguing development in the Manny Pacquiao camp, what with several well placed sources, now saying that Coach Freddie Roach has privately and publicly stated that he will ask the Pinoy Idol to…
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Legendary Chavez blows out 50th birthday candles, wants son to blow out Martinez
Fighting a Mexican named Chavez is never a piece of cake but world middleweight champion Sergio Martinez might enjoy some at a press conference in New York City Thursday afternoon. The former…
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Amir Khan should confess: Chisora-Haye is freakier than Nightmare On Elm Street
My initial reaction to smallish Josesito Lopez landing a Sept. 15 world junior middleweight title bout against Golden Boy's new Golden Boy, 21 year old Canelo Alvarez, was decidedly negative. But, on…
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‘Chicken’ Chavez Jr. could be crowing after plucking Sergio Martinez in shocker
"Ten cuidado con lo que deseas, se puede convertir en realidad." After taking a mini-vacation break on Old Cape Cod, where I eluded sharks in Chatham and a few loansharks visiting Falmouth,…
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Michael “Dynamite” Dokes, former world heavyweight champion, battling cancer
Dokes' lifelong buddy, manager and cornerman Sterling McPherson, also an Ohioan by birth, confirmed Dokes' medical situation. "I'm going back to Akron soon," Las Vegas resident and ex-pro lightweight McPherson said by…
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Lanced: Tygart, USADA zealots prosecuting Armstrong, Pacquiao should take notice
"There is not one shred of credible evidence to support USADA's charges and an unbroken record of more than 500 to 600 clean tests over more than a decade and a half…
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Pacquiao’s target is Mayweather next, Floyd must issue Super Fight directive
Manny Pacquiao has done his part. The Pinoy Idol has instructed promoter Bob Arum to go make a fight with Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Although Arum hems and haws and remarked publicly that…
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‘Game quitter’ Vicious Victor Ortiz: Must see TV as fights are like train wrecks
Boxing insiders have long branded Vicious Victor Ortiz a "game quitter." It's the traditional although somewhat vulgar way of labeling a fighter who is believed to be one who won't dig down…
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Neanderthals rip Vicious Victor Ortiz, quits in fight without losing life, limb
Gather round, my fellow Neanderthals and other heartless cretins. Let's kick it, let's conversate, let's trash Vicious Victor Ortiz, the gutless weasel who calls himself a professional boxer. The sheer gall, the…
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Arum gloats over Ortiz shock loss KOing Sept. 15 PPV collision with Golden Boy
Minutes after Vicious Victor Ortiz informed referee Jack Reiss that he did not wish to continue his grueling Los Angeles bout against Josesito Lopez, Top Rank president Todd duBoef got a text…
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Healthy tonic for boxing: Sizzling shocker as sub foe Lopez breaks Ortiz’s jaw
That the much desired Sept. 15 Mexican Independence Day weekend PPV TV fight date in Las Vegas now belongs solely to Top Rank and it's fitting Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Sergio Martinez middleweight…
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Why fading Manny Pacquiao should wait for Floyd Mayweather at exit of Vegas jail
If you can stop hating on Timothy Bradley long enough, you might want to ponder whether he is absolutely on target in his remarks to hometown newspaper Desert Sun about Manny Pacquiao…
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When Chavez-Alvarez, HBO-Showtime, Golden Boy-Top Rank bang heads, fans only win
The Chicken Littles of the boxing world are yelling their false alarms once again. "The fistic sky is falling," these Cassandra types are screaming three months ahead of the Sept. 15 Mexican…
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Gee whiz, Arum rips Steward as being all wet on Chavez Jr. skipping drug test
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. promoter Bob Arum said Monday night that Irish Andy Lee co-manager and trainer Emanuel Steward is all wet in asserting that the son of the great Mexican fight…