Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Floyd Mayweather morphs into cuddly teddy bear
There must be a full moon. Maybe it has something to do with the autumnal equinox. There is lunacy evident in the usually tumultuous world of big time boxing. A cuddly, teddy…
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Buttery Bob Arum concedes: Mayweather, Pacquiao are PPV A-Sides
Butter wouldn’t melt in the sweet talking mouth of Uncle Bob Arum as he discussed the HBO reported one million pay per view TV buys for the Juan Manuel Marquez-Floyd Mayweather Jr.…
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Flop: Marquez-Mayweather gate had 4,000 seats unsold or giveaways
I don’t have any problem with mere puffery. Like any salesman, a boxing promoter is more than entitled to hype his products. But, while Golden Boy just used its own house organ…
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Only Man-ny on planet who can lick Mayweather is Pacquiao
Five Searing Questions After Mayweather Blanks Midget Marquez: 1. Was this fight fixed? ANSWER: Yes, but not in the sense of Juan Manuel going in the tank. It was fixed at the…
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Bos: If Cotto evades early dynamite, he beats Pacquiao
There’s no one, other than myself, whose boxing opinions I value more than that of legendary matchmaker Johnny Bos. Add Bos to the growing list of ring experts who think that Manny…
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Floyd Mayweather’s view of Manny Pacquiao is from the rear
MICHAEL MARLEY’S MARVELOUS TOP TEN POUND FOR POUND LIST 1. MANNY PACQUIAO 2. FLOYD MAYWEATHER 3. MIKKEL KESSLER 4. MIGUEL COTTO 5. JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ 6. PAUL WILLIAMS 7. SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY…
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Marquez: Pacquiao does better than I did against Mayweather
Juan Manuel Marquez has a liquidity problem and it’s not related to his urine. No, in the wake of losing 12 out of 12 rounds against a sometimes dazzling Floyd Mayweather Saturday…
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Marquez walks into Mayweather’s Hell wearing gasoline suit
When you make a deal with the devil, you can’t say you are surprised when you get pricked by his pitchfork. In a Faustian deal, you’ve got to expect searing heat and…
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No sellout for Marquez-Mayweather at MGM Grand
I had to laugh when some joker told me they opened up a closed circuit $50 ticket showing at the MGM Grand Hotel Casino for Saturday night's Juan Manuel Marquez-Floyd Mayweather fight.…
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Do or don’t because the Mayweathers have already won
'MY SPIT IS PAID FOR. WHAT ABOUT YOURS?" In the wake of the 9/11 tragedy in America, people kept talking about how all of us had to resume our regular daily activities.…
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Oscar de la Hoya: Pound for pound, world champion liar
BREAKING NEWS FLASH: According to Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy, the bout contract specified 144 pounds and called for a $300,000 per pound penalty so Juan Manuel Marquez has had $600,000 added…
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Tax man cometh, Mayweather’s $5 million purse goes to Uncle
News Item: MLive.com is reporting that apparently the entire guaranteed purse of $5 million for Floyd Mayweather Jr. is being handed over to the IRS to settle a $6.1 million lien against…
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Manny Pacquiao team fumbles on Floyd Mayweather Sr. rants
If leather lunged Keith Jackson was “announcing” the Papa Mayweather charges about Manny Pacquiao is on steroids and maybe HGH furor, he would be talking about Pacman the way he used to…
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Floyd Mayweather Sr.: Can’t see how Pacquiao destroyed Hatton
Part 2, Fight Week Interview With FLOYD MAYWEATHER SR. Assorted thoughts of Floyd Mayweather Sr. as his son’s comeback bout against Juan Manuel Marquez draws near… On Joshua Clottey: “Tell you the…
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Floyd Mayweather Sr.: Pacquiao may have used HGH plus steroids
EXCLUSIVE BREAKING NEWS Call Floyd Mayweather Sr. the Mouth That Roared. Don’t call him the Mouth That Bored. Call him “a person of interest” because now, more than ever in the wake…
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Mayweather retires Marquez: No stinking badges required
Retirement for a prizefighter is not like retirement for a schoolteacher or an insurance company desk jockey. There’s no big cake with plenty of icing. There’s no gold watch. And, most of…
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Marquez-Mayweather: No lion, free tickets, apathy, strictly “B” List
"I don't worry about no fighter. Fighters have to worry about me. I can adjust and I can adapt. "People seem to forget, I fought Ricky Hatton when he was undefeated and…
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No strawberries, only raspberries for Baguio Mayor on Pacquiao
If there’s one thing I really hate, it’s someone riding Manny Pacquio’s jock. So I wish to announce that I will not be voting for Baguio City Mayor Reinaldo Baustista Jr. in…
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Mayweather, Arum told no lies about Mixed Martial Aryans
"For me, I look at the UFC audience and the boxing audience as being two different audiences entirely. Our audience in boxing is ethnic. Hispanic, Filipino, Puerto Rican, Mexican and the hardcore…
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Mayweather uses Mosley as straw man to dodge Pacquiao
With his eyes firmly on Miguel Cotto, Manny Pacquio is honest enough to admit that his obvious target beyond Nov. 14 is Floyd Mayweather. But, four days before he dispenses with Mexico’s…