Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Juan Manuel Marquez still puts paid posteriors in the seats in Vegas
Exclude the names Pacquiao and Mayweather and riddle me this, fight fans. Other than Floyd and Manny and maybe oldie Shane Mosley, who's the best ticketseller in Amercian boxing? Hint, hint, hint,…
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Michael Koncz: Abu Dhabi blockbuster deal for Pacquiao-Margarito no snow job
Manny Pacquiao agent Michael Koncz is not bowling in Beirut. The Canadian is also not boating on the Nile, checking out the pyramids of ancient Egypt. He knows the story of Cleopatra,…
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Floyd Mayweather’s gone country, $5 million sunk in Alabama bingo parlor
The old saying is that a fool and his money are soon parted. But I'm not saying Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. is a fool and I'm not saying he can kiss a…
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Deadline delirium: Bob Arum needs to ‘sheik’ Manny Pacquiao ultimatums
Memo to Uncle Bob Arum: Bob, I know you and Mike Koncz are having great difficulty getting over the hump, so to speak with a dromedary reference, on that deal to bring…
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Iron Mike Tyson’s mailman-cutman, Matt Baranski, always delivered
Matt Baranski, age 88, dies in Albany Away from the ring, he was a career mailman. When it came to boxing, he carried a spit bucket and had Q Tips behind his…
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Las Vegas can still KO Dallas, Abu Dhabi for Margarito-Pacquaio
What happens if the well-heeled investors in Abu Dhabi turn out to be all sand, no cattle? And what if Jerry Jones doesn't have the unbridled enthusiasm for Antonio Margarito-Manny Pacquiao on…
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Arum: I’d love to make Marquez-Pacquiao III but Juan Ma must leap Bradley, Berto or Alexander
Contrary to the imagination of Juan Manuel Marquez and his vocal promoter Richie Rich Schaefer, Bob Arum said he is not opposed to a third fight between his cash cow Manny Pacquiao…
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Artful Codgers King, Arum would wrestle on rug, deliver Mayweather-Pacquiao
If and when Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. taps Don King to promote his boxing career, historic arch-rival Bob Arum has zero doubt the two ?old codgers? will be able to make the…
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Camels versus Cowboys: Venue fight for Margarito-Pacquiao winds down
A relaxed, jovial Bob Arum is gripping his cellphone and expecting final word any minute or hour as to whether royal family investors in the United Arab Emirates are going to guarantee…
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No BlackBerry, booze, pickpockets, hookers: Abu Dhabi ideal for Margarito-Pacquiao
Perfect timing by authorities in the United Arab Emirates. I guess there's no such thing as a Freedom of Information act in the UAE as it has followed the repressive lead of…
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Don King gives Floyd Mayweather (ego) massage of a lifetime
Let me follow up my Friday exclusive interview with Don King on his South Florida visitor/special guest Floyd Mayweather Jr. If it's a massage, particularly the ego massage of a lifetime, the…
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Chin checked: Danny Jacobs goes to grandma’s funeral emptyhanded
It wasn't bad enough that he planned to grab a redeye flight out of Las Vegas so that he could get to his beloved grandmother Cordelia's funeral back in New York. At…
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Juan Manuel Marquez has more than earned third Manny Pacquiao chance
It would be a fitting, closing chapter for them both. I'm talking about a third chapter of the always lively, always entertaining Juan Manuel Marquez-Manny Pacquiao boxing series. I know Juan Ma,…
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Lynch mob has won: Margarito-Pacquiao bout is officially homeless
Fiesta or fiasco? I'm not sure but I'm leaning towards the latter as right now the proposed Antonio-Margarito-Manny Pacquiao Nov. 13 bout appears to be ?sleeping rough,? the British slang for homeless.…
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Don King Exclusive: ‘Floyd Mayweather and I marriage made in heaven’
?This would be a marriage made in boxing heaven. I'm a free agent and so is he.? Those were the words of bombastic promoter Don King, who I spoke to moments ago…
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Giant lobster, Don King putting claws into Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Buenas dias, Oscar de la Hoya. Good morning, Al Haymon. For breakfast this morning, may we offer you some scintillating photos posted by Floyd Mayweather himself on his Twitter social networking page?…
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Manny Pacquiao, lawmaker; Floyd Mayweather, lawbreaker
He was born into a dysfunctional family and certainly that is not his fault. But where is it written that Floyd Joy Mayweather gets special privileges because he is an undefeated boxing…
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Code of Mayweather silence: Only two worth any airtime
Pure bliss is coming to boxing. It will be Nirvana when the Internet is no longer polluted by the nonsensical, manic ranting and raving of various members of the Mayweather clan. I…
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Manny Pacquiao prefers Mexico over Vegas for tax $aving$
Fighting Antonio Margarito South of the Border, down Mexico way, is something that Manny Pacquiao would welcome for more than one reason. Yes, Pacquiao was greeted and treated warmly on a recent…
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His Arrogance, Floyd Mayweather: He’s the boss with the cold sauce
There's really nothing to do now, in the wake of this boxing version of Watergate, except hold Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. in contempt. Utter contempt, total contempt and a contempt which will…
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