Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Freddie Roach: Pacquiao can’t just edge Bradley, Manny must dominate him June 9
It's not too much of a stretch to compare Coach Freddie Roach with a renegade Republican presidential candidate. Like Libertarian minded GOP longshot Ron Paul, Manny Pacquiao's trainer shoots from the hip…
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Bible thumper Manny Pacquiao: More keen on Good Book than on right hook
Outside of his own camp, expectations are low for undefeated Tim Bradley. As the dog and pony show began today in Beverly Hills for his June 9 Las Vegas showdown with legendary…
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Guttermost PPV DH ever: Thug Brothers Chisora, Haye vs. Klitschko Brothers
When Jerry and Mike Quarry fought Muhammad Ali and Bob Foster respectively in Las Vegas, someone cleverly called it "Quarry Brothers Versus Soul Brothers." Now, with a bunch of namby-pamby schoolmarms getting…
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Dereck Chisora, David Haye get competition, Chris Arreola rips legend Don King
And you thought it was a two man race between thuggish Dereck Del Boy Chisora and David "Toebreaker" Haye as to who the world's dumbest heavyweight fighter was this past weekend. Wrong,…
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Riot in Munich: Chrisora will “shoot” David Haye because he “glassed me”
At least he came to fight. Dereck "Del Boy" Chisora was taken to school by 40 year old WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko Saturday night in Munich but the 28 year old…
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Chisora’s slapping, spitting water better than fight but don’t blame Klitschko
EDITOR'S NOTE: The WBC has slapped the slapper, Del Boy Chisora with a hefty $50,000 fine and may also fine him re the handwrapping beef with Wladimir Klitschko. Meanwhile, SI's Kevin Mannix…
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Rev. Al Sharpton embraces Jeremy Lin, leaves Floyd Mayweather as jury of one
Too bad Floyd Mayweather can't delete his sappy tweet about Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin. In a way, Mayweather got what he wanted for his massive ego, widespread attention for his opinion that…
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Linsanity prevails but Michael Marley endorses Floyd Mayweather’s moronic rights
Defensive boxing wizard Floyd Mayweather is getting lit up like a pinball machine. The master of the shoulder roll is getting clocked by one critical comment after another from American sports pundits…
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Ring Valentine: Despite the blemishes, reasons remain to still love boxing
That romantic little cherub must have shot some love arrows in the air in Washington, DC. I mean, the always feuding donkeys and elephants are suddenly getting along and even passing necessary…
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Manny Pacquiao may choose the devil as top opponent, ignore Floyd Mayweather
?Hindi maganda na nagse-share ako ng salita ng Panginoon tapos nananakit ako ng kapwa (It?s not right that I share God?s word and at the same time hurt other people),? he told…
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Cannibalistic loser Lazarte threatened referee’s life before Argentina riot
The annals of boxing history are replete with sore losers but I think we'll have to create a new chapter for a washed up, 40ish fighter from Argentina named Luis Lazarte. It…
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American Gibbons shows Pinoy Pride in middle of Argentina ring riot
NOTE: THIS TITLE BOUT WAS ACTUALLY HELD IN MAR DEL PLATA American matchmaker and fight agent Sean "Mister X" Gibbons found himself in the middle of a ring riot Friday night in…
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Martinez must forget Mayweather, Pacquiao, Chavez, focus on Williams, Kirkland
Memo to Sergio Martinez: Stop wasting your breath on Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. And add Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. to the list of fighters whose names should stop rolling off your…
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Maybe Jinkee Pacquiao, Shantel Jackson can make Mayweather-Pacquiao as men fail
The good news for you Democrats is that, after Obama gets re-elected in November (as he romps over Romney), we may have eight straight years of President Hillary Clinton. I can't wait…
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Move over, Manny: Nonito Donaire could be the most exciting fighter on planet
They kept yammering on and on and on....about Filipino Flash Nonito Donaire Jr. belonging in the top four or five pound for pound boxers Saturday night on HBO. It was a constant…
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Angelo Dundee, legendary trainer of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, dead at 90
Boxing lost a man who was aguably the greatest ever trainer, cornerman and all around ring strategist on Wednesday. My good friend, the Hall Of Fame trainer, a genuine maker of champions,…
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Mayweather’s not as dumb as he looks: Choosing Cotto was crafty opponent pick
Back when his magnificent voice and wit spewed words like an out of control garden hose, Muhammad Ali had a standard left handed compliment. If you said something painfully obvious, something "The…
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‘I will deal with whoever Mayweather tells me to for Pacquiao bout’–Bob Arum
For the first time ever, Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum has stated explicitly that if and when he or his Top Rank president Todd duBoef get a text message or phone call…
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Hagler’s handlers both gone; Arum praises the Marvelous Petronelli Brothers
Bob Arum had nothing but kind words for brothers Goody and Pat Petronelli, the low key Brockton, Mass., pair who handled the career of middileweight champion and superstar Marvelous Marvin Hagler in…
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Let’s not rush Mayweather-Pacquiao, five years from now would be just perfect
What's good for boxing may not be best for either Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr. And when you come down to it, isn't why neither camp is embracing the other and…