Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Coach Freddie Roach, family reeling from heavy blow
CLEVELAND--Coach Freddie Roach, beloved trainer of Manny Pacquiao, has just taken one of the hardest blows. Roach?s chief assistant trainer at the thriving Wild Card Gym Jesse Reid informed me late Saturday…
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Manny Pacquiao must defer to Coach Roach on Mexico
Now I must say to Manny Pacquiao what Mike Tyson should have said to Evander Holyfield. Hey brother, lend me an ear. Your awesome trainer Coach Freddie Roach should not be ignored…
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Papa Judah: Manny Pacquiao will slip and dip, too fast for Cotto
CLEVELAND--Zab Judah was not stimulated by his "friend" Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s stimulus package to fight Antonio Diaz on the Juan Manuel Marquez-Mayweather PPV TV boxing card Sept. 19 in Las Vegas. According…
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Low Money Mayweather: Super Zab Judah won’t fight on Marquez show
UPDATE: BOTH YOEL AND ZAB JUDAH RECONFIRMED THAT ZAB WILL NOT FIGHT ON THE MARQUEZ-MAYWEATHER SHOW SEPT. 19. "The money is not right," Zab told me. "I'm not worried about Antonio Diaz,…
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Super Zab Jubah: I’d beat Manny Pacquiao senseless
CLEVELAND--While he is a marvelously skilled boxer, Floyd Mayweather's real talent away from the ring is the playground game of dodgeball. The alacrity with which "Money May" ducks aggressive interviewers (I'm blushing)…
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Godfather Arum’s latest hit: Tim Bradley under tent for Manny Pacquiao
Bob Arum will be an octogenarian soon but he is tireless when it comes to lining cannon fodder for his ultimate cash cow Manny Pacquiao. Now the Top Rank Top Dog has…
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Muhammad Ali floors Ricky Hatton: I didn’t recognize you standing up!
Never let it be said that the wit and wisdom of Muhammad Ali is not as sharp as ever. Now I wasn’t there when British boxing star Ricky Hatton met and paid…
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Michael Marley refuses to speak with Floyd Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather is either afraid of my piercing questions or too busy thugging out at the roller skating rink in Las Vegas to bother. It took almost three weeks but I finally…
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Bad actor Mayweather or 5 reasons why Floyd-Manny happens
There’s one thing that the always sincere Floyd Mayweather can’t fake and that is acting. If you didn’t know it before, you know it now if you saw Pretty Broke as he…
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Mayweather Mafia no joke: Man claims Floyd made death threat, bullets flew
Never say that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is limited athletically or artistically. Besides boxing, he does ballroom dancing, clowns around with Mr. McMahon’s Honest Rasslers, and now there are hints that “Money May”…
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Big Show vows to hammer Mayweather “after Marquez cleans your clock”
What is this, a huge wrestler trying to take away Manny Pacquiao's job? The Big Show threatened to destroy Floyd Mayweather "after Marquez cleans your clock. (Chris) Jericho and I will take…
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Fight judge: De La Hoya’s right, I was wrong
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TEXAS FIGHT JUDGE GALE VAN HOY Gale Van Hoy was [expletive] it to me. Excuse my french, OK, but he bent me over and he [expletive] me. I said…
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Papa Mayweather: Miguel Cotto can knock Manny Pacquiao’s ass out
Floyd Mayweather Senior’s wrinkled face is a map of hard living. There are as many nooks, nicks, crannies and crevices on his face that you might think you’re looking at a lunar…
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Pacquiao-Cotto is Fire Power, Marquez-Mayweather is Fire Sale
NEW NICKNAMES UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR THE HEMORRHAGING JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ-FLOYD MAYWEATHER PROMOTION AT THE MGM GRAND IN LAS VEGAS: 1. FIRE SALE 2. CASH COW RUNS OUT OF MILK 3. UDDER DISASTER…
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Desperation in Vegas: Marquez-Mayweather turns into Free For All
Instead of the battle for Numero Uno, maybe they should start calling Juan Manuel Marquez-Floyd Mayweather the "Free For All." Here's a $2,000 package special offer just sent out by the MGM…
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Ben Dover reports Interplanetary straps on line for Pacquiao-Cotto
Ben Dover, longtime boxing consultant and guru, is now representing the IGBO, Intergalactic Boxing Association. Dover tells Examiner.com and Boxingconfidential that the fledgling IBGO, which covers all known planets and millions of…
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Muhammad Speaks: Pacquiao beats Cotto, Mayweather beats Manny
James Brown, a living rage whenever he took the stage, had The Famous Flames. That was Soul Brother Number One’s backup group when he used to “take it to the bridge” with…
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Mayweather grapples with financial flop in Marquez fight
From the looks of his mug shot, I could probably pin Wrestling Examiner Rick Rockwell. Rockwell looks like he's a buff guy and he says he used to rassle but I would…
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Manny Pacquiao must stay out of fight against terrorists
Politics in the Philippines, I am informed by insiders and history, is a rough and tumble business. It’s filled with the kind of corruption I’d have to cross the Hudson River to…
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It’s not that kind of MILF giving Pacquiao kidnap warning
The following are ordered immediately to STFU, which is just internet shorthand for could you please stop talking now. MILF: Look, we Pinoys know what this acronym means. We know it’s not…
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