Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Naked Floyd Mayweather: Tide’s gone out on Manny Pacquiao fight
It would be appropriate if the vacationing Floyd Mayweather was splashing in the aquamarine waters off Puerto Rico right now because the bombshell revelation from HBO Tuesday made me think of a…
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Arum: Haymon couldn’t convince Mayweather to fight Pacquiao
"I think I said it because I get the question asked so many times that, obviously, I was fed up and tired of it and I just said like, yeah, yeah, it's…
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HBO Chief: Liar, liar, Floyd Mayweather team’s pants on fire
"Fights like Mayweather vs. Pacquiao are significant because of these fighters' ability to connect with sports fans around the world. "It's unfortunate that it won't happen in 2010. "I had been negotiating…
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Like Sugar Ray Leonard, Manny Pacquiao bullies foes before fight
Is Manny Pacquiao a boxing bully with his demands, both quickly acquiesced to by first Miguel Cotto and now Antonio Margarito, for a catch weight requirement to fight the Pinoy Idol? Now…
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Body blow for TKO: Promoter disappears, company goes belly up
TKO Promotions has apparently been financially TKO'd. The burgeoning promotional outfit headed up by Texas businessman Chet Koerner, who teamed with matchmaker Chris Middendorf, has folded up shop. Well known fight manager…
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Margarito did crime but also did time, let him fight Pacquiao
Hey Mike: Do you honestly believe that the fight should take place between Manny and "Margocheato" as you called Margarito should take place? I know you are more than an avid fan…
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Golden, yes, but Amir Khan’s no Million Dollar Baby
Golden Boy attorney Judd Burstein labels them "trade secrets" and admitted to Yahoo's Kevin Iole that boxing promoters like to hide them from the prying eyes of both the media and promotional…
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Desperado Margarito rolls over for Pacquiao’s 150 pound limit
He may give Manny Pacquiao a fight come the night of Nov. 13, likely to be hosted by the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, but troubled Antonio Margarito, isn't giving him one…
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Omelette on my face, yes, but Margarito-Pacquiao goes to Vegas
It wasn't a single egg that wound up on my face as to my consistent prediction that the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao Super Bout would become a reality for Nov. 13, no siree,…
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If Pacquiao is baddest man on planet, why four pound weight crutch?
Maybe Manny Pacquiao attorney Franklin Ging "The Jackal" Gacal did not get the memo. But, if Manny Pacquiao really is the baddest man on the boxing planet, he would not be using…
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Arum looks like horse’s ass but Mayweather, Golden Boys are muzzled donkeys
PARIS AND I DON'T MEAN TEXAS ? Some people are calling for both HBO sports bossman Ross Greenburg and Floyd Mayweather Jr. to issue public proclamations about how and why the so-called…
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Whispering Mayweather, Pacquiao killing public interest in supremacy
SNOOP DOGG HAS IT EXACTLY RIGHT, SEE VIDEO AT END OF COLUMN. VIENNA ? What the hell is wrong with a sport where the two top athletes are not screaming to match…
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Lousy lapdance as neither Pacquiao nor Mayweather wanted super bout
VIENNA AND I DON'T MEAN THE ONE IN VIRGINIA--Bob Arum is like a washing machine salesman. Or, better yet, like the crotchety Maytag repairman of TV commercial fame. The nearly age 79…
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Sheik Bob Arum: Floyd Mayweather can pound sand at midnight
"I've got to go, now that's Qatar on the phone...." Employees and friends of Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum know that he is referrred to as "The Sheik" inside the office walls…
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Pacquiao suffers from black-white conflict of Mayweather, Arum
If Floyd Joy Mayweather ignores the so-called Friday 5pm "deadline" seemingly imposed by the Imperial Bob Arum, then there will be no Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao bout, at least not this year. I've been…
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Mayweather could sucker punch Pacquiao like Leonard did to Hagler
It might have been the Two Petes, both boss sporting scribes and both guys with a twisted sense of humor. I speak of Peter Bonventre, a prime force at Newsweek and then…
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Mayweather’s handlers convinced he will sign Pacquiao deal
Attention freak Floyd Mayweather has us all exactly where he wants us. And, an insider says, Mayweather is going to say "yes" to a Nov. 13 Super Fight against Pinoy Idol Manny…
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No squidding: Floyd Mayweather won’t cut, run from Manny Pacquiao
Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. is not going to cut and run from Manny Pacquiao... Not at least until the Undefeated One hears the opening bell in Las Vegas on the momentous night…
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Arum: If Mayweather agrees to Pacquiao terms, super fight gets announced July 19
Our long international nightmare will soon be over. I guess Midsummer Madness came early this year as Lindsay Lohan has been slapped with a 90 day jail term. I guess the judge…
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Firecracker Floyd: Great American Mayweather must answer call to battle Pacquiao
Persistent Myths About Mayweather-Pacquiao Situation: I was tempted to use the headline "Big Bout Or Big Doubts For Mayweather" but I am attempting to be as fair and balanced as Fox News…
