Michael Marley
Michael Marley
Native Of Boston, Massachusetts
Michael Marley was an attorney, boxing manager and a journalist. He died on March 2, 2022 at the age of 72.[11][14]
Early Life & Education
Marley was a native of Boston, Massachusetts. According to his Linkedin page, he graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts. He received his Juris Doctor from Fordham University in 1990. He was born in the 1940's.
Career
Journalist
Interviewed Mike Tyson
As a youth, Marley participated in the sport of boxing. He was a boxing columnist at The New York Post from 1978 to 1990. He was an Emmy Award winning producer for Howard Cosell at ABC SportsBeat from 1982 to 1986. His YouTube channel has 159 subscribers and he interviewed former professional boxers Iran Barkley and Mitchell Rose on the channel.
Don King Productions
Marlety worked for Don King Productions from 1992 to 1997. He was in charge of all public relations for Mike Tyson, Julio Cesar Chavez for promoter Don King. The Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield I and Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II bouts generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue,
Attorney
Attorney Michael Marley had over 25 years of experience and used his extensive knowledge that can help in defense of a criminal case.
His firm is based out of New York City. The Law Office of Michael Marley specialized in these felonies:
Drunk Driving (DUI)
Homicide and Manslaughter
Drug Charges
Gun Charges
Robbery
Grand Larceny
Sex Crimes
Boxing Manager
He worked as a boxing manager for Terry Norris, Shannon Briggs, King Ipitan and Robert Garcia. Briggs won the lineal heavyweight world championship by defeating George Foreman in 1997. There have only been thirty one lineal heavyweight world champions in the last one hundred years. Marley was attracted to boxing by watching former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali compete. Marley created the International Cassius Clay Fan Club when he was twelve years old. Through his own initiative, Marley got to meet and travel with "The Greatest". Marley considers Ali to be the greatest boxer of all time. He was featured in the 1992 Pbs documentary "Naked Sport: Welcome to the Sewer".[8]
Marley Endorsed
Donald Tremblay had this to say about Marley on Linkedin:
Mike is among the funniest people I have met.
He has an amazing command of the English language and a wealth of experience in both the newspaper and professional boxing industries.
Who else can say that they once worked for Howard Cosell and Don King?Mike
is a true character, an intelligent man, a hard-worker.
2020
Featured In Welcome To The Sewer
He started working as a journalist at Boxing Monthly UK in 2016.