Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Paul Williams: Floyd Mayweather won’t fight me as I don’t have a vagina
Paul Williams, in his 11th year in the professional boxing ring, is widely acknowledged as the world's third best fighter, pound for pound. He's 6-3, freakishly tall and he's fighting WBC middleweight…
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British strip show: Board revokes Ricky Hatton’s license
To steal referee Joe Cortez's introductory line, I believe the British Boxing Board of Control was "fair but firm" in dealing with cocaine addled Ricky Hatton. The BBBofC flattened Hatton with a…
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Mayweather pal: Baby Mama sloppy housekeeper, cops have agenda
If Floyd Mayweather Jr. was facing those domestic violence and related criminal charges in Brooklyn, he and his attorney most likely would have an escape route from a jail sentence. Kings County…
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Playing politics: Bob Arum could possibly meet with Fidel Castro, Manny Pacquiao
Globetrotting boxing promoter Bob Arum, spanning the globe as his 79th birthday approaches, may come up with a unique October doubleheader in terms of meeting with "world leaders." Early in October, Arum…
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Tough Texican Bryan Vera tapped as Kelly Pavlik foe under Margarito-Pacquiao
Top Rank has reached deep into its boxing bullpen for an opponent for former world middleweight champion Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik in an over the weight (164 pounds) fight underneath the Antonio…
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Immigration law bites “Perro” Angulo: Could be banned from USA five years
Alfredo "Perro" Angulo, who was all bark and plenty of bark inside a boxing ring, kept silent as to his immigration issues. No one was more stunned to learn about this than…
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Exclusive: Alfredo “Perro” Angulo’s illegal status ends career in America
Who let the dog out? That's not the question when it comes to the shattered professional boxing career of crowdpleaser Alfredo "Perro" Angulo. The only remaining question is when ICE, the Immmigration…
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Sergio Martinez: No way, no how am I sparring with Antonio Margarito
It was an intriguing story line, the tale about Sergio Martinez, the dashing world middleweight champion from Argentina going into the Antonio Margarito camp in California. According to Margarito trainer Robert Garcia,…
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Evicted: Sugar Shane Mosley thrown out of Pacland
I feel like Snidely Whiplash. the mean banker who ties the behind on the mortgage old lady to the railroad tracks, but it's got to be done. Whiplash enjoyed kicking people when…
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Papa Mayweather: Pacquiao, Pinoys need to be mellow yellow
Thanks to the erudite Floyd Mayweather Sr. for explaining that no racial/ethnic insult was meant by his son when he called Manny Pacquiao a "yellow midget." According to Floyd Dr., speaking to…
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How Jim Lampley stole the show, bang, bang, bang
Saturday Night At The Movies: How I Got My $25.17 Worth My "date" was former Sugar Shane Mosley promoter Cedric Kushner. Ever the thrifty lad, Kushner's eyes lit up like Christmas trees…
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Wheezing Shane Mosley unlikely for Manny Pacquiao, Arum says
Sugar Shane Mosley, who showed his age and the wear and tear of 53 professional bouts and 376 live rounds against listless Sergio Mora Saturday, did not help his standing in the…
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Shane Mosley robbed under bright lights in Los Angeles
I hate it when boxing becomes a laughingstock. But, I hate it even more when a laughingstock turns into a laughingstock, which is why right now I'm almost at a loss for…
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Dull fight made us cry but Mosley, Mora go for laughs
It was like "Open Mike Night" at The Comedy Store when Sugar Shane Mosley and Sergio Mora got done with their 12 round waltz at the Staples Center Saturday night. The two…
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Motown Manny Steward: I’m not Miguel Cotto’s shotcaller
I caught up with the Kronk Gym ring genius Saturday night just before he and his old friend, Houston trainer Kenny Weldon, put on a clinic for young boxers in that city.…
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Real sportsman: Alvarez lets Baldomir keep $12,000 in pocket
Too often we only hear about the business side of boxing. We hear and read of the nasty feuds and fights between fighters and promoters, promoters and managers, fighters and trainers. Credit…
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Simply eloquent Pacquiao has bigger fish to fry than Mayweather
I used to think of Manny Pacquiao as a dullard. In the sense, that is, of producing quotable quotes. I had thought that Pacman was one of the least quotable boxing superstars…
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Mark Wahlberg comes out fighting as Irish Micky Ward
Based on the trailer, I'd say that the Mark Wahlberg flick "The Fighter" may be a better than average boxing movie. Telling the true tale of Lowell, Mass., brothers Irish Micky Ward…
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Scrappy heavyweight Brian ‘Bam Bam’ Scott dead at 41
Word comes late that journeyman heavyweight Brian "Bam Bam," Scott, just age 41, died on Aug. 20 in the Kansas City area. Scott's aunt Gail Golden informed some of the 6-foot, 5-inch…
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Floyd Mayweather may get mere two days in slammer
Embattled Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. is not going to get the maximum 34 years in prison. Mayweather will not be bunking in medium security lockup at Lovelock and hanging out with OJ…
