Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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I’m floored by Pacquiao skipping writers dinner but that’s fine
Manny Pacquiao, last time I checked, is a grown ass man. He doesn?t need your, mine or anyone else?s permission if he wants to go fishing. Or if he wants to spend…
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Big Town weeps if Little Guy Pacquiao skips trip
There is no joy in Mudville. No joy in Manhattan, our little 12 mile long by three mile wide island of sophistication, either. It?s not the Mighty Casey has struck out. The…
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Corruption, filth, scandal: Pacquiao can learn American way
Filpino politics, according to my limited reading and comments made by Pinoys, are like a septic tank which could use a thorough cleaning. Some Pinoys make it sound as though the toxic…
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Engulf, devour: Golden Boy gobbles up Boxing Writers
Engulf & Devour, which masquerades under the corporate name of Golden Boy Promotions and wholly owns subsidiary HBO Sports, has made another acquisition move. It will be announced Friday night at La…
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World’s most dangerous, Randall Bailey, not stalking Pacquiao
(First of Two Parts) Diogenes walked the streets of ancient Greece carrying his lamp. He strolled in search of an honest man. My own search has been to discover a fighter in…
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Pacquaio’s place is social studies, history of his nation
Getting caught up in the mundane details?who will he fight next, how much is his purse?is something we are all guilty of. But I?ve come to realize that the boxing schedule and…
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Dingdong, wakeup call: Pinoy flavor saves Boston Globe
I thought I had died and gone to heaven when I landed a one night a week job as a gofer in The Boston Globe sports department. I was 16 years old,…
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Pacquiao Rehab: Trying to get clean, sober and MP free
One day at a time. That?s the watchword for those battling other addictions, isn?t it? But, for this Pacaholic, it?s one sentence at a time, one paragraph at a time, one column…
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Crushing blow: Guzman’s mother loses brain cancer fight
Joan Guzman, undefeated two-time world boxing champion, saw this pulverizing punch coming. But, like any loving son or daughter with a terminally ill mother, he could not use his lightning fast feet…
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Miguel Cotto: Pacquiao has proven he’s one of the greatest
THE BRONX--Sugar Shane Mosley, motivated purely by self interest, sings the praises of Manny Pacquiao. Mosley is lobbying hard to be the Pinoy Idol?s next foe, possibly on Oct. 17. He?s not…
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Banker hits bullseye on Pacquiao, Mayweather, Marquez, Mosley, Cotto
You can bank on Golden Boy Richie Rich Schaefer to always look to the bottom line. I mean, Oscar De La Hoya didn?t hire the ex-UBS banker because he was impressed at…
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Clown acts: Mayweather, De La Hoya and their silly sidekicks
It?s unusual to get four graduates of the Barnum & Bailey Clown College together in one photograph but here you go. A group of geese is called a gaggle, I think. What…
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Mosley makes more concessions to Pacquiao for bout
Late night boxing comedy routine: Sugar Shane Mosley?s desperation to land a fight and a mega payday against Manny Pacquiao becomes more frenetic with each passing hour. How desperate is this Desperado?…
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Perplexed Arum: Desperado Mosley is no rocket scientist
Like nearly everyone else in boxing, the often bombastic Bob Arum likes effervescent Sugar Shane Mosley. Mosley is a hail fellow well met, a veteran fighter with plenty of talent and a…
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Kangaroo court hits De La Hoya, Kastidis, Marley
They called it the Kangaroo Court. It used to be an amusing tradition in major league baseball. Ballplayers would assess each other nominal fines for various infractions and the laughs were plentiful.…
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Official form for Fight Money Pacquiao, Get Rich Lottery
All Purpose, Any Party Official Form ? Manny Pacquiao Get Rich Or Die Trying Fight Sweepstakes Dear Mr. Pacquaio: With the greatest of love and respect, I FILL IN NAME HERE, do…
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In this corner, wearing silk pajamas, George Foreman III
?He?s had a silk pajamas existence.? ?FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION BIG GEORGE FOREMAN ON THE UPBRINGING OF HIS NOW 26-YEAR-OLD SON, ?MONK? FOREMAN. Good point, Big G, because your son did not have…
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Broken Baby Bull: Juan Diaz rejects Guzman, HBO kiboshes Reyes
Has ?Baby Bull? Juan Diaz been broken? Maybe, maybe not but the Houston resident and former world lightweight champion hardly seems to have the unbridled confidence he had before taking beatings at…
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Master baiter Roach lands whale, leaves minnows for Mayweather
Don?t ever go fishing with Coach Freddie Roach?unless he lends you some of his bait. Otherwise, you will be going home with your line and pole and nothing else. The clever Manny…
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‘Vitamin free?’ Pacquiao must be protected at all times
You?re an advocate for Manny Pacquaio. Your name might be Bob Arum, Freddie Roach or Jeng Gacal. You?ve signed up for a Nov. 17 bout in Las Vegas against admitted steroid user…
