Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Green eyed monster: Don’t buy Mayweather’s retirement drivel
The green eyed monster made Floyd Mayweather Jr. do it. And I'm not talking about Sugar Shane Mosley, either. No, Mayweather is celoso, meaning jealous, and is achingly envious of Pinoy Idol…
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Roach: We’ll craft blueprint to beat Mayweather in Cebu or Baguio
Guess they don't have a "Trainer of the Decade" Award at the Boxing Writers Association of America. But they should. Coach Freddie Roach picks up his fourth best trainer of the year…
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TKO In Manny Pacquiao Camp: ‘Lizardo’ Salvador put smackdown on Koncz
While the Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao camps keep talking about a fight between the two superstars, there is a fight result to report from within the Pacman inner circle. Several sources…
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Pressure off for Pacquiao: He won’t blow shofar at Yankee Stadium
The pressure of performance is off for Manny Pacquiao. Oh, I don't mean when it comes to hopefully fighting unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. Tea leaf and breadcrumb readers who follow this column…
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Don King: Public wants Mayweather-Pacquiao but will accept other credible foes
Entry: Don King: Public wants Mayweather-Pacquiao but will accept other credible foes Posted/Updated: 06/03/2010 10:34 AM treebark - Why not make Don King the arbitrator between Pacman and Money May? He might…
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Two Pounds of ring widsom: Sagacious Stevie Forbes dissects Cotto-Foreman
Unless and until we come up with a quicker, slicker name for this new semi-regular feature on both my Examiner.com page and on Boxingconfidential, we're calling it "Two Pounds of Ring Wisdom."…
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Clap hands, give Floyd Mayweather Jr. a standing ovation IF…
Jokingly, I once referred to undefeated, Hall Of Fame bound Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the Coward of Clark County, Nevada. This sent the Mayweather fanatics, the most militant of the Flomos, into…
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Closed lips should float Mayweather-Pacquiao ocean liner
Those who know are religiously adhering to a mutually agreed to a gag order. That in itself, in the tell all world of big time boxing, is an entry for "Ripley's Believe…
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Shocker: PR Icon Tito Trinidad backs Miguel Cotto over Yuri Foreman
Puerto Rican boxing icon Felix ?Tito? Trinidad predicts that Puerto Rican boxing icon Miguel I'm No Angel Cotto will beat aspiring and perspiring rabbi Yuri Foreman. And it must be true since…
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Despite differences, Mayweather, Pacquiao have much in common
Whenever we talk about Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, we seem to focus only the many differences between the world's two best pugilists. Today, I am changing the discussion. Let the…
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November is Mayweather’s last, best chance to beat Pacquiao
Part 2, The Making of the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao Super Fight Let me warn you now, right from Jump Street. Let me so advise you thrillseekers, you rumormongers, you scandalous types...all the…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao getting made: ‘Cheeky’ Arum reveals
Part 1 on The Making Of Mayweather Versus Pacquiao It's in Bob Arum's smirk, that's the telltale sign. That's why I am now convinced that negotiations for the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao mega…
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Golden Boy Miguel Cotto, fights for Arum, jumps in bed with de la Hoya
It's Miguel Cotto's boldest move since he signed a contract to fight Manny Pacquiao. It may have zero effect on the Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather negotiations but it's still interesting to note that Cotto,…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr.: Man, mouse or just mannequin
Man or mouse? That's what Manny Pacquiao fans and many just plain fight fans are asking about Floyd Mayweather Jr. right now as he hides behind a wall of silence and shows…
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Floyd Mayweather fans exult: Down goes Manny Pacquiao!
And now the words millions of Floyd Mayweather fans have been waiting to hear: "Down goes Pacquiao! Down goes Pacquiao!" Next sound you hear is that of his ardent Flomos, meaning Mayweather's…
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BALCO Bad Boy Conte: Beating drug tests like stealing candy from baby
(Part One of a series) He was the BALCO Bad Boy, a sort of Dr. Frankenstein who developed athletic monsters in baseball, track and field and, in the case of Sugar Shane…
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Armstrong, Mayweather presumed innocent, Pacquiao presumed guilty
"A judge may recuse himself or herself, or refuse to participate in deciding a case, because of a special interest in the outcome that could influence his or her decision. The term…
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Sir Ronnie-Richie Rich: Prelim to Mayweather-Pacquiao courtroom fight
Controversy is nothing new for sports reporter Ronnie Nathanielsz. Nathanielsz reminds me of the late bombastic New York columnist Dick Young. Like the longtime, usually acerbic Daily News writer, Nathanielsz takes no…
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Unless Mayweather moves goal posts, Pacquiao fight is getting made
I just squeezed two short words out of the usually garrulous promoter Bob Arum. The first was "can't" and the second was "talk." Then came the sound of Arum's mobile phone clicking…
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Balimbing or fight: Floyd Mayweather’s only choices
Many analysts, some of who can even discern a left hook from a fish hook, believe firmly and deeply that Manny Pacquiao won't be able to hit and hurt mobile Floyd Mayweather…
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