Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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(G)love story in El Paso: Roach, Chavez refuse to put their weapons on the scale
Another weekend, another important fight, another controversy. Last Saturday, we had the odious split decision in Las Vegas which gave plucky Tim Bradley a completely undeserved split decision victory and the WBO…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Lockdown Update: No chocolate mints, no special privileges
Jail is no joke but the one-liners are flying fast and furious as a Las Vegas judge has rightly decided on Wednesday that Floyd "Money" Mayweather will be accorded no special privileges…
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Nevada State Athletic Commission needs to return to importing qualified judges
People who need to shut up immediately and other notes, observations as we head into the Wednesday after the Saturday in which Manny Pacquiao was a victim of boxing grand larceny: What…
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Golden Boy strikes red-hot match (finally) for Canelo Alvarez, props to promoter
No one has ever accused me of waving any pom poms for Golden Boy. But, fair is fair, and I think fight fans and critics should applaud Richard Schaefer and pals for…
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Manny Pacquiao’s cold, hard truth: Must avoid Bradley, target Mayweather or quit
Weep no more for Manny Pacquiao. Time to stop the crying jag over that ridiculous split decision victory for still "technically unbeaten" Tim Bradley. Let's put this debacle in the rear view…
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Manny Pacquiao crime victim: Worst robbery in Las Vegas since “Oceans 11”
LAS VEGAS--Outrage! That's the best one word description of the reaction from unbiased boxing personalities after Manny Pacquiao was obscenely deprived of a deserved unanimous decision over game but punchless upstart Tim…
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Pacquiao under pressure: Pinoy Idol must Man-ny up, demolish Bradley
LAS VEGAS--Time to Man-ny up. That's really the bottom line for Pinoy Idol Manny Pacquiao when he steps into the ring Saturday night in the MGM Grand Garden Arena against prohibitive underdog…
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Pacquiao’s religious focus can lift him Higher against Bradley, Muhammad says
LAS VEGAS--They're certainly not expecting Manny Pacquiao to "turn the other cheek" and let his fellow Christian Tim Bradley fire at will but there is some muted concern in Pacman's Inner Circle…
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Manny Pacquiao will turn Tim Bradley into Wild Rabbit stew by the seventh round
LAS VEGAS--Hennessy Cognac's most famous teetotaler endorser is Manny Pacquiao. Someone mentioned to me the other day that it's a curious fact that the Pinoy Idol endorses the alcoholic beverage at a…
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Manny Pacquiao is herding, rounds up “escape goats” to blame for loss to Bradley
Manny Pacquiao is totally overbooked this week. The demands on his frenzied fight week schedule would be overwhelming for a mere mortal but the Pinoy Idol soldiers on until he swap punches…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr.: Whammer, jammer, begins summer slammer stint in Vegas
It's a veritable tsunami of cliches today (Friday) and in the next few days as Floyd Joy(less) Mayweather Jr. begins his 87 days in a Las Vegas jail cell. As someone who…
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Ageless wonder Elbaum: Mayweather will live to regret ducking Pacquiao
While the ages of contemporaries and rival promoters Bob Arum and Don King are fully documented, colorful "vagabond" Don Elbaum's precise age is top secret. In 1990, Elbaum told a journalist that…
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Unless Manny Pacquiao loses to Tim Bradley, Ariza-Roach bickering just amusing
Some believe that, with his Evangelical turn to righteous conduct, that Manny Pacquiao saved his marriage. Now I'm wondering, with matters between he and wife Jinkee fine on the domestic front, whether…
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Right hook plus Good Book: Pacquiao’s mixing religion and boxing does no harm
Few people will complain about using religion to sell boxing, I believe. But a loud majority may gripe about using boxing to sell religion. So it is with Top Rank's sudden decision…
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Manny Pacquiao’s religious reawakening results in beatific glow, promoter says
A Filipino Congressman who is a devout Catholic and an 80 year old American promoter who is Jewish walk into a bar... Oops. sorry, wrong script. I meant to quote the New…
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Berto, Peterson caught cheating so Mayweather is boxing’s drug cheating oracle
Round up the usual suspects and maybe we leave Floyd Mayweather Jr. out of this. That's my personal reaction to the stunning news that, in the wake of the Lamont Peterson and…
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Pacquiao pontificates on gay views while promoter Arum says nobody asked him
You don?t have to know much about the Bible to know that this, too, shall pass. The ?Manny Pacquiao wants gay people to be shot? kerfluffle is a one day story and,…
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Manny Pacquiao OK with Adam & Eve but not Adam & Steve in homophobic hurricane
Upon first glance, it would seem that Manny Pacquiao is all good when it comes to Adam and Eve but completely rejects the coupling of Adam and Steve. (And I don't refer…
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Mayweather’s ultimate jailhouse nightmare on June 9 is Bradley whips Pacquiao
Wasted Days And Wasted Nights. It's more than a tearjerking Freddy Fender (square name Baldemar Huerta) song. It's what Floyd Maysweather Junior's upcoming stint, starting on June 1, in the local hoosegow…
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You don’t know Jack: Light heavy prospect Badou Jack KO’d in bankruptcy court
Michael Marley's Testosterone Free Boxing Notebook: You don't know, Jack. Badou Jack, that is aka Badou "The Ripper" Jack, unbeaten (10-0, eight KOs) light heavyweight prospect of Swedish and Gambian origin and…
