Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Mabuhay ka McTavish: Viloria ref seen his job, then done it
"If he didn’t do it, it could have probably been a lot worse. Kudos to Bruce for stopping the fight. I could have kept fighting to my last breath because that’s how…
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Pacquiao tops list: Five guys Joshua Clottey can, cannot beat
Obviously, Joshua Clottey is a marketable commodity. But his pre Manny Pacquiao fight remarks must be taken with grains of salt, maybe 12 million grains of salt. Like President Bam Bam in…
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Margarito, Mexico: Pacquiao-Clottey push crosses border
Phase 2 of the Joshua Clottey-Manny Pacquaio Cowboys Stadium promotion is about to launch. With somewhere in the area of 26,000 tickets committed, Boxing Bob Arum and Football Jerry Jones are putting…
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BALCO bum Conte in boxing: Like Boston Strangler teaching Heimlich
Some people want to compare boxers hiring BALCO crook Victor Conte to hiring an ex-burglar to tell you how to protect your house from yeggs. I said yeggs meaning second story men,…
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Arum: De La Hoya should not throw stones from glass house
Oscar de la Hoya says he is “disgusted” about the boxing return of former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito. To hear the Golden Boy tell it, the Mexican fighter is doing things the…
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Calling All Flomos: Mayweather waltzing TO Mosley, nicely, nicely
Calling all Flomos, calling all Sugarshanesters. And, I guess, disappointing all Paclanders, so quick to mock him as Fraudweather, Duckweather, Balut Boy and worse. But the phone lines between Los Angeles, New…
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Only 39,316 tickets to go: Manny Pacquiao beats Muhammad Ali, JC Chavez
The number, according to Bob “I Never Lie” Arum, is about 24,000. The probable maximum number, according to Arum when speaking to Steve Kim at Maxboxing, is 45,000. I say Uncle Bob…
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Roger Mayweather misquoted: Called Manny Pacquiao “balutproof”
Roger Mayweather, uncle and trainer for Floyd Mayweather, caused a real stir with his appearance Sunday night on the BoxingTruth Radio Show. Roger, known as “Black Mamba” when he was a world…
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Killer sharks Arum, de la Hoya swim away from promoters group
Fish travel in schools but sharks swim alone. Joe DeGuardia, New York promoter who now runs the fledgling Boxing Promoters Association (BPA), may have forgotten this. He just got a reminder when…
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‘Clueless’ Manny Pacquiao should throw in electoral towel
When he is inside a boxing ring, the last adjective anyone would ever use to describe Manny Pacquiao is “clueless.” Under the tutelage of Coach Freddie Roach, Pacquiao has steadily improved and…
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Sugar sweet: Mosley camp says Mayweather talks ‘cordial’
It’s the usual fight before the fight. Sugar Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather representatives are squabbling over how to split all the revenue for the All American matchup of two top tier…
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Twenty thousand ‘Texicans’ can’t be wrong: They love Joshua Clottey
Things I Learned This Boxing Weekend: 1. Who knew that Joshua Clottey of Ghana and The Bronx is so immensely popular in the Dallas-Ft. Worth-Arlington Metroplex area that he could singlehandedly move…
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Mayweather balks at Mosley, Arum drafting Margarito-Pacquiao
A solid source inside Team Floyd Mayweather has just informed me that Money May is balking at fighting Sugar Shane Mosley and that is the reason for the holdup on the announcement…
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Queen Elizabeth: Pacquiao gives Mayweather royal beating
I knew that Manny Pacquiao is admired by the royal personage of a (Don) King. But, until I saw this creation of Pacland genius Art Garcia, I did not know that Queen…
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That’s rich: Let Jerry Jones match Bob Arum’s generosity for Haiti
Based on their respective biographies and track records, Bob Arum and Jerry Jones love nothing more than a challenge. So to these two rich guys and sporting giants, one from pro football…
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Acccused of juicing: Will ballplayers fight like Manny Pacquiao?
So far, at least, none of those accusing or implying that Manny Pacquiao is a drug cheater in boxing have done so on national television. I find it stunning that Bryant Gumbel,…
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Wrong targets: Stop shooting Smith, Atlas for Mayweather lies
It won’t win me any new friends in Pacland but I’m going to say it anyway. Can we stop the madness. As Rodney King put it, “Can’t we all just get along?”…
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When Ricky Hatton sits around the house, he sits AROUND the house
I think the usually strict British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) will have to lift Ricky Hatton’s boxing license. Hatton is obviously deaf and cannot hear voices, friendly and otherwise, screaming that…
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Money Pacquiao, Money Mayweather betting favorites in next bouts
This could not have happened if the negotiations between their two camps not exploded over that pesky random blood testing issue. Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather are both betting favorites in their…
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Pacquaio promoter finds heaven on Cowboys 50 yard line
Some people may think that Joshua Clottey doesn?t have a prayer against Manny Pacquiao on March 13 at Cowboys Stadium. But one Top Rank Promotions employee has already had his prayer, on…
