Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Golden guy Schaefer: I’m walking High Road despite mudslingers
Richard Schaefer, former Swiss banker who has struck gold working for Oscar de la Hoya, is trying to take the high road this particular year. I mean the high road as opposed…
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Cheating Pacquiao can’t beat Mayweather without drugs – Malignaggi
Accuse Paulie Malignaggi of having a bad hair day. Accuse him of gellin' like Ferdinand Magellan. Accuse him of having verbal diarrhea. Accuse him of wearing of being an attention addict. But…
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Pacquiao returns to ring April 9, Dubai
New Carnak style joke in which I give the answer, you provide the question: HAWAII 50 How many concert tickets did Manny Pacquiao and his Balut Boys Band sell in Honolulu? I…
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Barbecue: PEDs, Paquiao Enemies Division, lunches with Coach Roach
What's next, the Bloods and Crips sitting down for some fried chicken and waffles at Roscoe's, chased with some 40 ounce bottles of St. Ides? (I am a Roscoe's fan and patron…
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Bang, bang, bang: Pacquiao performance brings tears to Mayweather’s eyes
Given the undeniable fact that he is a sportsman of the first order, not to mention a Malcolm X-Dr. Martin Luther King type social leader advocating for drug testing and clean competiton,…
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Penguins for Pacquiao, only bout that matters is Mayweather
HOUSTON EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK--I swim too deep and too regularly in the slime-infested waters of boxing. I'm part of the industry, like it or not. The muck, the mire and…
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Freddie Roach: Pacquiao beats up Floyd Mayweather, I’ll thump Uncle Roger
ARLINGTON, TEXAS—While Manny Pacquiao let loose his battle cry for either Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Sugar Shane Mosley, Coach Freddie Roach was also in a most pugnacious mood after their one-sided and…
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Landslide: Manny Pacquiao crushes Floyd Mayweather
ARLINGTON, TEXAS—Election Day in Sarangani Province doesn't arrive until May 10 with the campaigning kicking off on March 26. Me, if I can only qualify somehow with Comelec standards and regulations, I…
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Manny Pacquiao easily outpoints overly cautious Joshua Clottey
ARLINGTON, TEXAS--Manny Pacquiao's will to win is unquenchable. Joshua Clottey, who uses a prevent defense with his hands held high and tight, does not have that kind of thirst for great victories.…
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Midas touch: Manny Pacquiao turns Joshua Clottey into millionaire
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—Don't try to tell Joshua Clottey that America is not the Land of Opportunity. The streets may not be paved with gold but, for this Ghanaian, the boxing ring turns very…
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Blessed be thy holy protective cup, Manny Pacquiao
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—Blessed be thy foul protector, Manny Pacquiao. I'm not kidding, people. Pacquiao is such a devout Catholic that he had one of his many Pinoy priests actually bestow a blessing on…
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Manny Mania: Pacquiao popularity sweeping the world
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—Manny Mania is running rampant on the morning before his WBO welterweight title defense against Favorite Son Of All Ghana, Joshua Clottey. Like the proverbial blind squirrel who unearths a rare…
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Margarito stands in on deck circle for Pacquiao if Mayweather balks
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS--He did the crime, he did the time and now Tijuana Tornado Antonio Margarito is back on the big fight scene trying to win friends and influence people. When Margarito was…
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Clottey, Mosley just setting table for Mayweather-Pacquiao fistic feast
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—The biggest disaster of Manny Pacquiao's career? Oh, that's easy, it would be if he somehow loses to bigger, stronger Joshua Clottey Saturday night at Cowboys Stadium. It wouldn't totally wreck…
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Manny Pacquiao plays head games with Joshua Clottey
MICHAEL MARLEY'S POST WEIGH-IN EXCLUSIVE: THE FIGHTS BEHIND THE FIGHT AND THE STORIES BEHIND THE STORY GRAPEVINE, TEXAS--Don't let his Smiling Jack, giggling public persona fool you. Manny Pacquiao loves to play…
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King of the Cowboys Jerry Jones thanks Pinoys for sharing Manny Pacquiao
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—I'm not sure they ever crossed paths, really, but my old bossman, the one and only Howard Cosell, would have really clicked with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. As Cosell would…
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Pacman barred from hotel as his master ‘dogs’ Mayweather
"With titles in seven weight classes, Manny Pacquiao is UNCHALLENGED as the world's best boxer pound for pound. He's also regarded as the greatest Filipino athlete in history.--Photo cutline in Friday edition…
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Nevada boxing boss: Floyd Mayweather’s hands are clean
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—I know many of you would revel in it if I compared Floyd Mayweather Jr. to Charles Manson or your local axe murderer. But, hey fair is fair, and there are…
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Texas Two Step: Manny Pacquiao to fight Fall Guy Antonio Margarito next
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—Manny Pacquiao, whose once klutzy footwork is now so nimble he moves about the ring like a boxing Baryshnikov, might be doing the Texas Two Step. Promoter Bob Arum just revealed…
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Fumble: Manny Pacquiao unaware of Parcells, Jones tale
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS--It's a rare moment when the actuely aware of his surroundings Manny Pacquiao gets hit with a question that he is totally unprepared for. Manny told me on Tuesday he wants…
