Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Pressure cooker: Heat is on for Texas to license Antonio Margarito
Last month's "hot potato" in boxing was the unresolved conflict over random blood testing between the Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao camps. Certainly, that issue is not going to disappear anytime soon.…
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Laurence Cole tabbed as Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey referee
I have learned that Laurence Cole, the veteran referee who resides in Texas and runs an insurance business, has been tabbed by WBO President Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel as the referee for the…
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Playing with matches: Sacrificing Juan Ma for Amir Khan senseless
When we were little kids, we were taught not to play with matches. But matchmakers don't have a choice, not if they want to make a living. That reminds me of the…
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Peaking Pacquiao might make Clottey look like it’s his first rodeo
There was a time in his career, back when he got knocked out twice, that some boxing guys regarded Manny Pacquiao as a claimer, a also ran horse. This was when he…
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Jones-Hopkins II: I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!
This may shock you. This may amaze you. But I'm fully supporting the Geezers Palace bout between retreads Roy Jones, last seen in a ring Down Under doing the Australian Crawl as…
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Valero, Margarito stocked in Arum’s bullpen as Pacquiao fodder
Just like managers named Terry Francona (Red Sox) and Joe Gerardi (Yankees), Bob Arum has to keep stocking his bullpen. And the vibrant, 78 year old head of Top Rank is continuing…
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Toxic talk: Floyd Mayweather Jr. spews pure garbage
Calling all Flomos, meaning you crazed Floyd Mayweather fan-atics. And notfiying even the most casual Mayweather followers and all fight fans in general. You're chopped liver in Money's eyes, folks. You're in…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao purse split goes back to Square One
Next time those pugilistic poker players repping Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao sit down at the table, they should have a fairly easy time of wrapping up a big fight deal, right?…
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David Diaz may replace Antonio Margarito on Pacquiao-Clottey show
This Thursday could be the day when the boxing commission in Texas decides whether it will license former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito. If, with his one year illegal handwraps suspension from California…
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Prestigious exposure: “60 Minutes” to profile Manny Pacquiao
You must know the old joke about the guy who was so slow that it took him an hour and a half to watch the seminal CBS TV magazine show, "60 Minutes."…
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Old King Cole may not shove son in as Pacquiao-Clottey referee
It's never too early to agitate for some sort of official selection controversy, be it real or imagined, I always say. But five weeks out from the March 13 Joshua Clottey-Manny Pacquiao…
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While Pacquiao works OT, Clottey’s head in clouds
Maybe Joshua Clottey's teeshirt should say "Neverlast." By my calendar, next Saturday night is not only the night before that cracksmoking cherub, Cupid, starts shooting love arrows to and fro. I'm hoping…
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Vicious Edwin Valero in Mexico: Don’t ask for his stinking badges
If baseball immortal Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat, what does that make awesome puncher Edwin Valero? The Potentate of Punching? The Supreme Slugger? The man who put both the "K"…
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Pacquiao must save civilization from Mayweather domination
Welcome to my nightmare and to yours also if you don't want to see total world domination by Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. What if The Mouth That Roars is way too salty…
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Just my imagination, Floyd Mayweather embraces Big Daddy Bob Arum
I think I have belabored the obvious, pounded it home that that Floyd Mayweather WILL NOT, repeat WILL NOT back out of the May 1 Sugar Shane Mosley bout. I mean, come…
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I love a charade: Mayweather signed Mosley deal (invisible ink)
People, people, people, don't fall for the scripted propaganda. It might shock you. It might amaze you. But I wouldn't hit the panic button just because two business days have passed without…
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Groundhog Day: Staten Island Chuck compares Mayweather fans to bilge rats
It's not the first time in boxing that rodents have disagreed. Look at how Team Mayweather and Team Pacquiao could not find common ground. Now comes Staten Island Chuck, who advocates blood…
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Floyd Mayweather’s blueprint to restoring himself to P4P throne
If President Obama can extend the olive branch to those Bolshevik-hating elephants, then why can't I do the same? I'm calling a 24 moratorium on hate, a one day respite in the…
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Mayweather-Mosley fight nickname: Winner is second to one!
Creative minds are at work trying to come up with an exciting and also credible nickname for the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Sugar Shane Mosley fight. Like a former Boy Scout, which I was…
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Mayweather demands, gets instant rematch proviso from Mosley
Flomos, meanying Floyd Mayweather addicts, I hate to jolt you out of your on the verge of being formally announced Shane Mosley bout euphoria but your cautious, conservative "Boxing Businessman" hero has…
