Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Praising the competitive fire of Shane Mosley
He did everything but set himself on fire in the middle of Sunset Boulevard. Shane Donte Mosley did not just pound the table, demanding a fight with Manny Pacquiao. No, Mosley broke…
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Pacquiao beats Cotto in prelude to Mayweather
No Fear Factor But Other Factors Why Pacquiao Beats Cotto: 1. TRAMPLER FACTOR: Top Rank matchmaker Bruce Trampler, prot?g? of the great Madison Square Garden guru Teddy Brenner, rarely makes mistakes in…
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Buck and half of sprinkled sugar makes Pacquaio laugh
So Uncle Bob Arum as I boldly predicted, had to sprinkle some sugar on top for Manny Pacquiao. My guesstimate is that it was a buck and half that made Pacman laugh,…
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If Marquez stuns Mayweather, Beristain may edge Roach
There’s a good chance that Coach Freddie Roach will take a fourth Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) “Trainer of the Year Award.” The trophy shelves of Roach is already sagging from…
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Pacquiao like Prometheus astride 140 pounders
It’s become one of boxing’s most oft repeated clich?s. I’m talking about people talking about how “loaded” the junior welterweight division, whose titular head is Manny Pacquiao, is. On second thought, is…
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Bully for Pacquiao for not bullying Cotto
At the end of the day, Manny Pacquiao was true to himself, to his own nature. He did not “wuss out” on the so called weight issue. Reliable reporter Nick Giongco writes…
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Mayweather, Pacquiao, 7 Deadly Sins, 7 Holy Virtues
Floyd Mayweather Jr., former Pound for Pound king of boxing, has turned into a false idol and I think you know what The Bible says about worshipping false idols. The seventh, eighth…
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Oscar De La Hoya speaks truth on Manny Pacquiao
Every time he fights, they have their greedy hands in Manny Pacquiao’s pocket. Having been around the boxing block for four plus decades, I am not easily offended. But the sheer hypocrisy…
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Manny Pacquiao-Amir Khan: Fun idea but won’t happen
It's a fun idea, a novelty act. Put it in the same category of my continual pushing for a Klitschko vs. Klitschko bout. That's right, put it under the heading of cocktail…
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Pacquiao Coach Roach rides Amir Khan to world title
"Chin down, eyes up and stay focused!"--Instructional words of Coach Freddie Roach to Amir Khan between seventh and eighth rounds. You can say he and promoter Frank Warren picked on the weakest…
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Players: Pacquiao is dentist, Arum is barber, Cotto golfs
Just as I thought, Manny Pacquiao is not being less than macho in objecting to a 145 pound weight limit for a Nov. 14 bout against true welterweight Miguel Angel Cotto. Pacquiao…
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If Roach pupil Khan is crowned, Hatton, Prescott await
The stars are in alignment for once beaten Amir Khan to ascend to the throne of British boxing royalty. Some critics feel that Kid Khan, only 22 and still a ring greenhorn…
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Mayweather could be as popular as Sugar Ray Leonard
Our simple philosophy here at Examiner.com is that the customer is always right and the customer is always writing. Which is why I have to open up the Massive Michael Marley Mailbag…
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Uttermost Arum ignores guttermost Mayweather
Bob Arum has his priorities and responding to wild allegations and innuendo from his former charge Floyd Mayweather Jr. isn’t among them. I took strike two, interrupting the Top Rank top dog’s…
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No Joy in Floyd Mayweather Jr., rebel without a clue
Floyd Mayweather Jr. sees himself as the ultimate ring rebel. He sees himself as making “creative moves” such as buying his way out of promoter Bob Arum’s contract. He sees himself as…
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Detective Marley blows lid off Marquez-Mayweather weighting game
I am such a secret spoiler. One secret soon to go down and one to go. Now, unless I am a defective detective, I can go to work on how exactly those…
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Manny Pacquiao, God of Hellfire: Exits in blaze of glory
Repeat after me, Pacmaniacs:. “I am not a shellfish. A crab is a shellfish. A lobster is a shellfish. I do not and never have spoken crustacean but I always honor the…
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Egomaniac Mayweather: Pacquiao, Cotto fight my scraps
Grandly calling himself “the biggest fighter in the sport,” Floyd Mayweather Jr. said Tuesday that he will “never fight” Manny Pacquiao because of what he called the “greed” of promoter Bob Arum.…
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Floyd Mayweather: Bob Arum fleecing Manny Pacquiao
If Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. wanted to take the joy out of his former promoter Bob Arum’s Northern Italy holiday, I think PBF accomplished that on a media conference call Tuesday. Mayweather,…
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Taking the ‘man’ out of ‘Man-ny’ Pacquiao
Unless Manny Pacquiao is secretly crippled, he needs to throw away his crutch. I mean his weight crutch. The Pinoy Idol can easily toss it aside as it only weighs two pounds.…