Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Mayweather, ski patrol, dogs seek Pacquiao promoter
Calling all Ski Patrol and St. Bernards in the Greater Aspen, Colorado, area: You and maybe only you can save the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao megafight from crashing like that ski jumper on…
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Worse than cancer: Golden Boy’s piece of Pacquiao
Imagine the screaming, the howling, the outrage if the Indianapolis Colts were playing the San Diego Chargers in the Super Bowl and it was divulged that one of the owners had a…
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Skala-ton: Pacquiao filthy cheater says Bradley promoter’s son
Big Gary Shaw has offered Tiny Tim Bradley, his junior welter helter skelter champion and a rising star in the boxing firmament, as a substitute foe for either Manny Pacquaio or Floyd…
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Floyd Mayweather must step up or step off TODAY
Floyd Mayweather Jr. claims that he is the one and only boss of himself. Now is the time for Mayweather to prove it. Otherwise, Mayweather is the BOSS all right, the BOSS…
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Mayweather lied to by Schaefer, Arum says
Not to go all “Cool Hand Luke” on the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao situation, which is decidedly SNAFU, but either there is a failure to communicate or Richie Rich Schaefer, the Mayweather rep,…
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Arum: Mayweather wants to keep Pacquiao blood eight years
They say you should never say never but Bob Arum is ready to say never to a Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather super bout. An exasperated Arum told me Saturday night he’s made a…
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Season’s Beatings: Gold Mine gives HBO, MGM Grand the shaft
Season’s Beatings! Christmas Day, there were no shots fired in the continuing gang war between Team Mayweather and Team Pacquiao and their assorted acolytes. But now, today, it’s on, as in back…
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Pope is busy, so Sig Rogich must save Mayweather-Pacquiao
There are two reasons why I didn’t bother the Holy Father in the Vatican today. One, of course, is that the Pope is extremely busy considering that it’s Christmas Day, or The…
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Golden hypocrites: Nevada test sufficient for Mosley, not for Pacquiao
The hypocrisy of Boxing Banker Richie Rich Schaefer, who only does the bidding of Floyd Mayweather and adviser Al Haymon anyway, has come back to haunt him and the Mayweather camp like…
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Floyd Mayweather rejected $10 million drug penalty for Manny Pacquiao
I thought I had a semi-bright idea to solve the blood testing contractual impasse which threatens to blow up the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao mega fight which was planned for March 13.…
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Floyd Mayweather doesn’t need weigh in, he needs way out
"For me, no problem. If he(Mayweather) wants to fight, then both of us should fight. But, if he is scared, then he should gather enough courage first before he decides to fight…
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Urinetown: Explaining Pacquiao, Mayweather drug stance
“Let’s be very clear on the real issues we differ on. It’s not about being tested. Manny is onboard with that since it’s such a major concern of Floyd Mayweather, Jr. It’s…
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Blood feud: Mayweather, Pacquiao may both cheat (smartly)
(Warning: There are absolutely zero jokes, puns or even Marley sarcasm in this column. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.) Floyd Mayweather Jr. has accomplished one despicable thing with this late…
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Manny Pacquiao must call bloodsucker Floyd Mayweather’s bluff
It’s time. It’s time for Manny Pacquiao to tell Floyd No Joy Mayweather Jr. to take a hike and I don’t mean in the Red Rock scenic area near Las Vegas. It’s…
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Pacquiao foolish not to defer politricks for Mayweather
Maybe Jinkee Pacquiao can lay down the law. Bob Arum won’t do it. Freddie Roach won’t interfere. Michael Koncz wouldn’t even try. Who knows where power broker Chavit Singson stands now that…
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Trainers Who Matter:: Freddie Roach, Nazim Richardson, Ronnie Shields
Never A Joke Coach Roach has won so many Trainer Of The Whatever awards now that it is not even funny. Yet I am compelled to name him my Trainer of the…
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Dallas Cowboys defeat Saints but couldn’t beat Sinners
The Dallas Cowboys upset the Saints but they couldn’t beat the Sinners. That would be an appropriate headline, summing up how heavy favorite Las Vegas knocked out Jerry Jones and his Arlington,…
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Persistent myths about Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao
Persistent Myths About the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao Super Bout: 1. March 13 is a date too soon for Pacman in the wake of his earbusting victory over Miguel I’m No Angel…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao megafight site chosen, deal moves on
Boxing fans could have their biggest gift for 2010 wrapped up with a red bow and under their trees before Christmas (next Saturday). That’s the optimistic word from Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob…
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Reckless Ricky Hatton: Leaving won and done
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD Won and done. Plainly, that is Mancunian Candidate Ricky Hatton’s plan. The Manny Pacquiao quickie KO victim’s end game is quite obvious now. Speculation about Hatton trying to…
