Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Bernard Hopkins explodes: I won’t be thrown into boxing grave
Part 1, BERNARD HOPKINS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Bernard Hopkins is mad as hell and he said he?s not going to take it anymore. I just spent a complete hour on the phone with…
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Floyd Mayweather: My Tin Man heart no match for Robotic Manny Pacquiao
If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride. I've never seen a top fighter like Floyd Mayweather Jr. who is so "iffy." He lives in a mental land of make believe, of…
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Floyd Mayweather Sr. calls Manny Pacquiao robotic ‘whatever’
Fathers Knows Worst, the new boxing sitcom starring Floyd Mayweather Sr. News flash of the day: According to Poppa M, Antonio Margarito was just a mummy when he fought Sugar Shane Mosley…
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Golden Boy Oscar de la Hoya leads mourners for Lady Lorraine Chargin
Golden Boy Oscar de la Hoya will be among the mourners Wednesday in the Central California town of Cambria as final tributes are paid to veteran boxing promoter Lorraine Chargin. Lorraine, age…
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I give first round to Mayweather over Mosley: Floyd hires slick Forbes
An ideal sparring partner for Sugar Shane Mosley, now less than a month away from trying to end Floyd Mayweather's 40 bout undefeated streak, would have been Stevie "Two Pound" Forbes. The…
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Floyd Mayweather will be chilling like villain in Shane Mosley ambush
Old time cowboy movies, sometimes referred to as horse operas, usually had nifty titles. "Bad Day At Black Rock." "Gunfight at the OK Corral." "Boot Hill." Before the flick unspooled, you knew…
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World believes Tiger Woods on PED denial but not Manny Pacquiao
To say that Canadian physician Anthony Galea is associated with performance enhancing drugs is like saying that Tiger Woods is now associated with a multitude of bimbos. Big laugh of the day…
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Floyd Mayweather blows it: Should have denounced Filipino hate speech
"Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as…
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Jones-Hopkins flop made Clottey-Pacquiao look like King Kong-Godzilla
You can't say that the beyond dreadful Roy Jones-Bernard Hopkins rematch, a terrible idea since its inception, was not holiday appropriate. Their fight at Mandalay Bay, and I use the term fight…
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Klitschko Killer: Why I’m adopting UK “cousin” David Hayemaker Haye
Given the garbage heap of American heavyweight pretenders, I am hereby putting adoption papers in on WBA ruler David Haye. Why not, especially after watching our British cousin put on a truly…
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Mackie Shilstone fine tuned Spinks, Bowe, Jones, Hopkins
He's not a miracle worker. But, when it comes to conditioning great athletes including boxers, New Orleans-based fitness expert Mackie Shilstone is one of the best around. I've known Shilstone dating back…
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Maestro Foyd Mayweather: Lawsuit claims he ‘poached’ Freck Billionaire
Lifestyles of the Rich and Blameless continued: Name one of the many differences between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Pacquiao is running against a freaking billionaire, his Saragani Congressional seat foe…
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Arum’s legacy matters: Schmuck or hero on Mayweather-Pacquiao
Bob Arum, as vibrant a 78 year old as I have ever seen, is not a man given to deep introspection or brooding. Not now, nor has he ever been. Arum, who…
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President Obama endorses Manny Pacquiao
Internal Memo From The White House, Oval Office To be released: April 1, 2010 (this date only) Re: Vital Congressional Election, Sarangani Province, Philippines (May 10, 2010 voting) For: Your Eyes Only…
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Public Enemy No. 1 for Pacquiao, Philippines: Humorless Adam Carolla
"Floyd Mayweather is a rich guy, he's a smart guy."--ADAM CAROLLA I just can't see today, one of the holiest days on the Christian calendar, as being a Good Friday as for…
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Bombastic Bernard Hopkins rips arrogant buffoon Floyd Mayweather
You may not like some of the things that Bernard Hopkins, who came out of State Pen and not Penn State, has to say. During his tumultous career, Hopkins has had public…
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Unholy Trinity: Pacquiao can’t bend on Mayweather apology
Coach Freddie Roach let loose with a with a typical verbal bombshell on Jim Rome's national TV program last week. Manny Pacquiao's "Master" suggested that, to make a Floyd Mayweather-Pacman bout a…
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Runaway family may be fleeing Roy Jones-Bernard Hopkins
(Aside: I'm by no means any kind of police investigator but this San Diego family that vanished along with their two children could it be possible that their real family last name…
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Brain damage plus booze: Lethal cocktail for Edwin Valero
I'm not a guy who pulls what they refer to around Detroit as an "Arthur Abraham." By that I mean I do not hit a man when he is clearly down as…
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Floyd Mayweather will endorse Roy Chiongbian over Manny Pacquiao
In a world where... Manny Pacquiao political rival Roy Chiongbian and his bucket brigade are preparing their electoral trickbag to use on the Pinoy Idol in Sarangani, you would think L'il Floyd…
