Michael Marley
2,302 articles · Boxing Confidential
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Pacquiao plays big like Sinatra did, Valero remains lounge act
No one has to inform Edwin Valero that life?s not fair. For all the big talk, the cult figure status and the 24-0 all by knockout record, the lightweight from Venezuela is…
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For Love Of Money (May), Pacquiao Must Hurdle Hatton!
It?s more than a little bit disrespectful to honest battler Ricky Hatton. Even if you?re the clingiest Pacnuthugger on Manny?s Planet, you must concede that the merry Mancunian is what the boxing…
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17 Years Later, I Still Don’t Think Mike Tyson Raped Her!
That schoolyard chant we all learned turned out to be untrue. Yes, stick and stones may hurt our bones but names, bad names, can always hurt us. Rapist, convicted rapist, ex-felon. These…
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Shocker hits Vatican: Manny Pacquiao wants to be married priest
As we turn the spring calendar, there?s a veritable blizzard of boxing news, some of it quite stunning. I don?t know if March went out like a lion, or a Cape Water…
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Pugilistic Penthouse: Mayweather, Roach Excel As Expert Teachers!
I hate to sound like an old grouch but I feel like Andy Rooney once in a while. I am not sure if www.boxingconfidential.com poster ?Left Hook 123? is one and the…
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Pacquiao-Hatton Trainer Trophy Came From Goleta Bowling Alley!
In case you haven?t seen it yet, here?s a shot of the prestigious Trainer Of All Trainers Trophy that Floyd Mayweather Sr. or Coach Freddie Roach will take home depending on whether…
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Mayweather Waxes Poetic As Manny, Ricky Walk Red Carpet!
They strolled the celebrity red carpet in Hollywood Monday night. Come May 2, Manny Pacquiao figures to beat Ricky Hatton like a rug in Las Vegas. That's "The Wrestler," Mickey Rourke holding…
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Why Manny Pacquiao coach Freddie Roach must steer clear of Antonio Margarito
Ricardo Lois and John Chavez, the Heckle & Jeckle talking head combination on the www.boxingconfidential.com radio podcast (ITunes available), have issued a public warning to Manny Pacquiao No Joke Coach Freddie Roach.…
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Pretty Daddy Mayweather’s Massive Ego Unchecked… Rumblings Of Tension Convention Within Ricky Hatton Camp!
Things I Learned About Boxing This Past Weekend: 1. Free money, free money?I knew that would get your attention. I know how you can make some easy cash. Go to any fight…
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Better Than Shamwow: Chavez-Pacquiao As Warmup For Manny-Mayweather!
Carnival barker Bob Arum is no different than the TV pitchman who wants you to buy his amazing Vegomatic, his wonderful Shamwow, the comfy Snuggie or any of the other thigamajigs that…
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Miguel Cotto Calls For Permanent Fight Ban For Antonio Margarito!
Bob Arum isn?t going to like this one. While laboratory tests have proved conclusively that illegal substances were placed in Antonio Margarito?s handwraps before he fought and lost to Sugar Shane Mosley,…
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All That Glitter, Glamour…
Manny Pacquiao is in urgent need of a check up from the neck up. His ego may be on the verge of knocking out his id, kid. Calling all haters, calling all…
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Bob Arum Plastered In Tijuana: Lab Revelation Stuns Promoter Into Radio Silence On Margarito!
Disappointment was evident in Bob Arum?s voice over the phone from Tijuana. The normally gabby boxing promoter refrained from comment Friday when I called him concerning the laboratory confirmation that ?elements of…
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Manny Pacquiao ranks with President Obama, Gov. Schwarznegger in Time magazine poll
Right wing motormouth Rush Limbaugh is at a loss for words. Tiger Woods has an unplayable lie because he?s stuck in deep sand. Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is a pobrecito. Lance Armstrong?s…
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Manny Pacquiao Politricks 101: Forget Ricky Hatton, real enemy is Oprah Winfrey
Let?s get the focus off Ricky Hatton. He is a non-starter. Ditto for Juan Manuel Marquez and even the redoubtable Floyd Mayweather Jr. Manny Pacquiao will make time, beatdown time, for those…
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Pacquiao Vs. Mayweather: No Contest If They Use Pens Instead Of Gloves!
Can Manny Pacquiao beat ringmaster supremo Floyd Mayweather Jr.? Difficult question to be sure. One must wonder whether Pacman?s aggressive and slashing style would turn into an ineffective buzzsaw against the fleet…
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Fighting IRS Turns Floyd Mayweather Into American Hero!
(Editor?s Note: Even a White House correspondent writes or talks about someone or something other than the president once in a while. In that vein, in the spirit of mixing it up,…
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Cult figure with brain injury: can Edwin Valero ever cash in at bank of Manny Pacquiao?
Edwin Valero wants to fight Manny Pacquaio for the same reason that notorious Willie Sutton used to target banks. In what may be the most foolish question ever asked of a career…
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Floyd Mayweather return seals it: King Kong-Godzilla, Pretty Boy Floyd-Manny Pacquiao coming soon
This one is a Dream Fight. This one may lure President Barack Obama to ringside. This one matches King Kong, meaning Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather, against the Godzilla from the Far East,…
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How to tell if you are a Manny Pacquiao Fan or Hugger, a simple test
Back in the era when the lowly Irish had taken political control of Boston, it was said that the city had only two types of people, those who were Irish and those…
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