Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Manny Pacquiao drops other shoe on Floyd Mayweather, it’s a combat boot
Manny Pacquiao just dropped the other shoe...and it turned out to be a combat boot. A combat boot which he has aimed squarely at the posterior of his next fight target, Floyd…
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Brother Naazim can pinchhit for Uncle Roger in Floyd Mayweather camp
Don't get it twisted. Some people are trying to make the June 5 Miguel Cotto-Yuri Foreman WBA junior middleweight title bout at Yankee Stadium out to be a referendum on Hired Gun…
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Simpleton’s guide to making Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao bout
The iron won't get any hotter than it is right now so the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao mega bout deal must be made here in the merry, merry, month of May...weather. If they…
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Mayweather can’t take sloppy seconds after Pacquiao’s rejection
Certainly it wasn't their intention to spit in the face of egomaniacal Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mayweather is an honored multi time World Boxing Council champion and his loyalty to Don Jose Sulaiman…
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Blueprint for Mayweather-Pacquiao: Begins, ends with dropping lawsuits
They need to tango. They need to fandango. So let's get ready to rhumba. What the heck is fandango, anyway? I speak of Messrs. Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. and Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao,…
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Suspicious behavior in Pacquiao camp, start random tests now
Quick hits for a lazy Sunday afternoon... EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS FROM MANNY PACQUIAO CONGRESSIONAL VICTORY PARTY/BIRTHDAY BASH FOR PACMOM BY PAUL BERNALDEZ Difference between politics in the Philippines and America, you ask? Failed…
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Joy in Pacland: Roach charge Khan shuts Malignaggi’s mouth
There's some joy in Pacland this Sunday. Paulie Maliganggi's big mouth is closed for repairs. Last Monday, Manny Pacquiao took a landslide Congressional victory in Sarangani over Roy Chiongbian, billionaire and odds…
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Pacquiao prejudice: American public, media judged guilty
The immediacy of the Internet, the fact that its doors never shut, has made instant pundits of us all. So, quite naturally as Sugar Ray Leonard like to say, snap judgments have…
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Red-blooded Amir Khan likes sex with smoking hotties, shocker!
MANILA -- Just asking, but when did journalists -- particularly sportswriters -- become the adultery police force? And when did they become the gatekeepers of moral purity? Maybe I am missing something…
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Golden Boys stay silent on Congressmanny Pacquiao triumph
MICHAEL MARLEY'S PHILIPPINE DIARY, PART 27: CONGRESSMANNY'S LANDSLIDE VICTORY OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED BY COMELEC; LOSER CHIONGBIAN FINALLY THROWS IN TOWEL A LA DE LA HOYA; GOLDEN MAYWEATHERS DO NOT RECOGNIZE PACQUIAO'S LATEST, SENSATIONAL…
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‘Dr. No’ Michael Koncz is right: Loose lips will sink Mayweather-Pacquiao ship
MICHAEL MARLEY'S PHILIPPINE DIARY, PART 26: THE ARC OF POWER; POLITICAL RISE WILL KEEP PACMAN IN THE RING, NOT PUSH HIM INTO RETIREMENT; ADVISER KONCZ ON THE MARK IN SAYING GAG ORDER…
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Congressman Pacquiao’s Executive Order: Bring me the head of Floyd Mayweather
MICHAEL MARLEY'S PHILIPPINE DIARY, PART 25: BRING ME THE HEAD OF FLOYD JOY MAYWEATHER, JR, MANNY PACQUIAO DIRECTS PROMOTER BOB ARUM, NOV. 13 LOOMING LARGE; PACMAN SAYS BEATING DOWN THE CHIONGBIAN FAMILY…
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Manny Pacquiao’s rage against the machine: Like whipping Mayweather, Mosley, Margarito
MICHAEL MARLEY'S PHILIPPINE DIARY, PART 24: What I Learned At Philippine National Elections, 2010 GENERAL SANTOS CITY?I doubted but then I came and I saw. I was unsure as to whether political…
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‘Garbage Collector’ Chris Aguilar: Protective eye on Manny Pacquiao, lions, wolves
MICHAEL MARLEY'S PHILIPPINE DIARY, PART 23: YOU'VE HEARD OF WILD SAMOANS? CHRIS AGUILAR IS BIG, BAD BUT MILD SAMOAN AND PERSONAL MINDER (BODYGUARD) OF WORLD CHAMPION BOXER-CONGRESSMAN FROM SARANGANI, MANNY PACQUIAO GENERAL…
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Bob Arum : Something majestic about Congressman Manny Pacquaio
MICHAEL MARLEY PHILIPPINE DIARY, PART 22: GENERAL SANTOS CITY--"And the new....Congressman from Sarangani Province...Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao..." It is 2:20 am in this Mindanado metropolis of 500,000 people and I just left a…
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Money Pacquiao’s atomic bomb:.12 million pesos over Sarangani
MICHAEL MARLEY'S PHILIPPINE DIARY, PART 22: PACMAN CARPET BOMBED BILLIONAIRE ROY CHIONGBIAN BY DELIVERING CASH INFUSION TO POVERTY STRICKEN PROVINCE GENERAL SANTOS CITY--We almost 50 percent of the vote tabulated in neighboring…
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In this corner, the Honorable Congressman Manny Pacquiao…4-1 landslide looms
MICHAEL MARLEY'S PHILIPPINE DIARY, PART 21: EXCLUSIVE PHOTO SIDESHOW BELOW GENERAL SANTOS CITY--Manny Pacquiao never raises his hands in victory until an opponent is completely and thoroughly beaten. You saw that when…
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Manny Pacquiao: I dropped atomic bomb on political foe!
MICHAEL MARLEY'S PHILLIPINE DIARY PART 20, FROM INSIDE THE MANNY PACQUIAO MANSION ON ELECTION DAY ACROSS THE PHILIPPINES BREAKING NEWS FROM INSIDE THE MANNY MANSION UPDATED AT 5:56 PM PHILIPPINE TIME WITH…
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Bullets fly but voting proceeds: Manny Pacquiao gets two votes early on
MICHAEL MARLEY'S PHILIPPINE DIARY, PART 19: FIVE KILLED, SEVEN WOUNDED DAY BEFORE, THEY CALL THIS QUIET; BOB ARUM PREDICTS CHARGE MANNY PACQUIAO TO ROLL INTO CONGRESSIONAL SPOT FROM SARANGANI; COMMUNIST PARTY REBELS…
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Manny Pacquiao puts a ring on it; Bob Arum readies Antonio Margarito just in case
MICHAEL MARLEY'S PHILIPPINE DIARY, PART 18: GENERAL SANTOS CITY--Perhaps that Beyonce song got stuck in Manny Pacquiao's head. Or maybe he was just struck by inspiration to make a boxing related promise…
