Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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No Khan Do: Amir wants Pacquiao, Mayweather
Maybe I botched the story line here. Maybe I got it all wrong because I thought it was Ricky Hatton who was going into standup comedy and not Amir Khan. But, right…
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Manny Pacquiao can do to Floyd Mayweather what Shane Mosley won’t
Handicapping the Sugar Shane Mosley-Floyd Mayweather Jr. is child's play, really. A kid lurching around the sandbox could figure that the smart play is to bet the younger, much faster guy. A…
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Requiem for a lightweight: Troubled Edwin Valero laid to rest
And so it ends for Edwin Valero. It ends with a whimper, not the big bang many boxing fans expected, not the glory, the adulation, the big money that could've come from…
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Floyd Mayweather hurls stink bomb into Shane Mosley fight
Leave it to the Petulant One, Floyd Mayweather Jr., to hurl a minor stink bomb into the promotion of his own welterweight title bout against Sugar Shane Mosley. An uncomfortable but forthright…
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Bob Arum: I knew Valero would kill himself to escape prison cage
Top Rank head honcho Bob Arum said the suicide by hanging in a Venezuelan jail cell was "the first sensible thing" that undefeated world lightweight champion boxer Edwin "El Inca" Valero had…
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Edwin Valero’s final KOs: Murders wife, then commits suicide in jail
He was a monster in the ring and he was a monster outside of it. That is the personal and professional epitaph for the destructive, lefthanded whirlwind they called "Dinamita" or "El…
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Manny Pacquiao’s personal matchmaker on the mend
"He is a stubborn mule." Those were the words early Sunday morning of Top Rank promoter Bob Arum in reference to his valued chief matchmaker, Bruce "Southland" Trampler. Trampler, whose age is…
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MURDERER: Edwin Valero ‘confessed’ to stabbing wife to death
Latest News: One Venezuelan newsapaper reports that police claim that EDWIN VALERO confessed to stabbing his wife, Jennifer, to death at a hotel in Valencia, third largest city in that country... This…
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Manny Pacquiao comes to Apollo Theater in Def Comedy Jam stint
I really can't believe my luck. That standup guy Manny Pacquiao, often referred to as the Richard Pryor or Aaron Pryor of Filipino comedy, is showing his show buiness versatility. Evidently, Pacman…
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‘Gossip Girl’ Mayweather: Mosley got a divorce, a tattoo and a nose job
When's the last time a fight between two top American boxers turn into a seventh grade hissyfest? It seems to be all one-sided, I must say, as "Gossip Girl" Floyd Mayweather keeps…
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Manny Pacquiao chatter banned: He Who Shall Not Be Named
I could joke and say I got the ?half Filipino treatment? on Tuesday's Shane Mosley-Floyd Mayweather Trainers Media Conference Call. It wasn't like what Mayweather did to Chino Trindiad and another Pinoy…
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Mayweather’s got endurance, insurance while Mosley collars tighten
It may not be permissible and I may lose my Pacland pass but I have to agree with the Floyd Mayweather camp that getting a return bout clause in the contract for…
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Shane Mosley trainer: Floyd Mayweather could quit after five rounds
Looking through the packaged quotes boxing flacks send around is like dumpster diving. It's dirty work but, occasionally the diver can find a pearl if he digs deep enough through the muck,…
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Manny Pacquiao-Andre Berto: Don’t play with wet matches
It's a lethal combination, it really is. I'm talking about being na?ve and stupid simultaneously which is what you would have to be to publicly state that Manny Pacquaio can, should or…
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Michael Marley’s bold call: Given 36 minutes, Pacquiao KO’s Mayweather
It?s time to get off the fence. It?s time to declare myself before the voters in Sarangani choose Manny Pacquiao or Roy Chiongbnian (who did he ever knock out?) for Congress. Forget…
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Floyd Mayweather: I’ll milk Mosley TWICE, then consider Pacquiao
I take back every nasty or cutting thing I ever said or wrote about Floyd Mayweather Jr. Until I saw this video, I did not realize how charming and how modest this…
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Exasperated Arum: Idiotic for Problem Child Valero to go to Cuba
Bob Arum may getting ready to throw the promotional towel in on Problem Child Edwin Valero. Valero, 28, is getting more exposure on the police blotter than on Boxrec.com. Valero, with the…
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No red carpets: Coach Roach loses Cuban, gains Chavez Brothers
(Breaking News: ESPN reports it today (Friday) as a pending deal but Bob Arum just confirmed it to me face to face as a done deal that Coach Freddie Roach has assumed…
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To really impress, Manny Steward must shock Manny Pacquiao
Every fight promotion has to have a story line. In fact, the more story lines, the more threads that can be woven for media and thus public speculation and debate, the better.…
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Like Tiger Woods, Floyd Mayweather may hear voice from grave
Maybe someday there will be a macabre commercial for Nike or some other company which will use the voice of Floyd Mayweather Sr. talking to Floyd Mayweather Sr. Yeah, I?m making reference…
