Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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No turkeys: Floyd Maweather, Manny Pacquiao love their jobs
One Boxing Guy’s Reasons To Be Thankful 1. For the dazzling displays of the still improving Manny Pacquiao. 2. For the boxing clever ring artistry, and it is that, of Floyd Joy…
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Could Roach have P4P successor to Pacquiao, yes he Khan
On December 8, the same day that Uncle Bob Arum turns age 78, Coach Freddie Roach’s Number Two “Son” Amir Khan turns a ripe, old 23. I was able to meet and…
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Manny Pacquiao paid cutman Miguel Diaz $50,000
Under the heading of “nice work if you can get it,” we now file the position of cutman for Manny Pacquiao. Miguel Diaz, who was fired by Miguel Cotto after the Boricua…
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Floyd Mayweather cannot possibly win fight against Manny Pacquiao
"You need a Day of the Jackal type, motherlucker, basically to do some spit like that." --Another classic line from 'The Wire.' Before he signs a contract to fight Manny Pacquiao, and…
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Krista Ranillo-Manny Pacquiao: Don’t believe the hype
Fi, fi, fo, fum…I smell a publicist, maybe a whole raft of them, behind the supposed Manny Pacquiaio-Krista Ranillo illicit affair stories. I’m beginning to think that even the public tears of…
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Bob Arum exposed: Once a Talmudic scholar, always one
Many years ago, back when Bob Arum’s Top Rank offices were on the East Side and not in Las Vegas, I was kibitizing with his colorful “press agent, the Unswerving, Deserving legend…
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New Golden Boy: Pacquiao PPV outpoints Mayweather
An informed source within the HBO Counting House assures me that the final count on the Miguel Cotto-Manny Pacquiao PPV show of Nov. 14 will “exceed” the 1.1 million buys that Juan…
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Manny Pacquiao’s Dishonor Roll: Paid shill Dundee excused
Beware of those who do not know a left hook from a fish hook so sayeth Michael L. Marley, pugilistic pundit. Beware of “White Gorilla” Marley so sayeth Pinay soothsayer Madam Auring…
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Divorce rumors swirl around Manny Pacquiao
Rumors continue to fly that Manny Pacquiao's toughest fight may be with furious wife, Jinkee Manny Pacquiao, international boxing superstar, may have some domestic issues. I could have written on this topic…
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Manny Pacquiao, PPV TV Hercules: 1.6 million buys and counting
Tabulating boxing PPV TV buy rates is like tracking a presidential election. It takes some patience just like a race for the White House. You don’t start with 14 votes from the…
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Mayweather minder may be deaf as Pacquiao screams for Floyd
Laughing Lenny Ellerbe, who is what the Brits would refer to as Floyd Mayweather’s “minder,” is quoted in Tiny Tim Smith’s New York Daily News column Tuesday as saying he does not…
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Torah! Torah! Torah! Pinoys say mabuhay ka Yuri Foreman
Who says the often grimy world of pro boxing cannot occasionally be an ecumenical sport? I had to laugh with appreciation as to the unifying force that boxing can be late Saturday…
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Battered by Pacquiao, Cotto was carried back to dressing room
LAS VEGAS—Gallant warrior and consummate gentleman Miguel Cotto won’t be spouting any classless excuses for losing to an all time ring great named Manny Pacquiao. Don’t look to hear expect the not…
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While Pacquiao clubbed Cotto, Mayweather was clubbing nearby
LAS VEGAS—While Miguel I’m No Angel Cotto was taking a merciless, two fisted clubbing from Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. was clubbing right down the Strip from the MGM Grand Garden Arena…
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Peaking Manny Pacquiao can decimate Floyd Mayweather
LAS VEGAS--As ring immortal Joe Louis once said of slick Billy Conn, I now say to Floyd Mayweather Jr. concerning Manny Pacquiao: You can run but you can't hide. Speaking of ring…
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If he doesn’t fight Pacquiao, Mayweather is exposed
LAS VEGAS—Floyd Mayweather’s victory over Juan Manuel Marquez in September was totally one-sided but left us with little to remember. So I think it’s fair to say that, in handing full-fledged WBO…
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Stay at home Floyd Mayweather, what’s next for Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto
LAS VEGAS—As Bob Arum, alternating between mock anger and feigned outrage wants to have Sugar Shane Mosley fitted for a dunce cap, I decided it is high time, just a couple of…
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You bet: Odds on Manny Pacquiao over Miguel Cotto are out of line
LAS VEGAS—My fellow Pinoys know that, when it comes to picking any Pacquiao fights, I’ve been way out of the closet for the longest. I would Pacman to turn back Al Queda.…
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Why Manny Pacquiao will quit, return for greater glory
LAS VEGAS--You don’t have to know the difference between Puerto Rican staple mofongo and Pinoy specialty balut to know what Manny Pacquiao is going to do very soon after his huge fight…
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France, Japan, UK, Wall Street: All focus on Manny Pacquiao
LAS VEGAS--Piping Hot from Media Central, MGM Grand Hotel for COTTO VS. PACQUIAO: 1. You’ve got a Pinoy against a Puerto Rican with no American in the main event. Yet Thursday’s Wall…