Tim Starks
661 articles · The Sweet Science
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2021 Boxing Fighter Of The Year Nominees
By Tim Starks
Welcome back to The Queensberry Rules’ annual year-end boxing awards, continuing over the course of a week. Here’s how we do it around these parts: The major categories are Knockout of the…
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THE TRULY GREAT NONITO DONAIRE TAKES DOWN NORDINE OUBAALI
By Tim Starks
By age 38 — more like age 50 at 118 pounds, where fighters get older faster — Nonito Donaire should be well into the part of his career where he gets by…
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MIKE TYSON, ROY JONES JR., MANNY PACQUIAO, CONOR MCGREGOR: CELEBRITY BOXING IN A TIME OF ACTUALLY GOOD BOXING
By Tim Starks
Boxing is a sport both immensely empowered by, and hamstrung by, its past. Its past dates back to at least the 8th century BC. Even now, the most important sporting figure of…
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2010-2019 FIGHTER OF THE DECADE: FLOYD MAYWEATHER
By Tim Starks
For better or worse — really, for better AND for worse — Floyd Mayweather cast a long shadow over the 2010s. This is the cultural impact of Mayweather in the decade: Among…
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THE WRONG CALL: ERROL SPENCE JR. DOMINATES SMALLER MIKEY GARCIA
By Tim Starks
Bravery and stupidity often go hand in hand. When the bravery pays off in victory, you look the hero. When the bravery punishes you with pain, you look like you made a…
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Do these five retiring fighters deserve to be in boxing’s Hall of Fame?
By Tim Starks
Over the last few months, five boxers with Hall of Fame credentials have retired. Retirements don?t always stick in boxing but these five ? Floyd Mayweather, Wladimir Klitschko, Juan Manuel M?rquez, Timothy…
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We All Get Old: Berchelt Beats Vargas
By Tim Starks
INDIO, CALIF. ? Action heroes are special. There are precious few of them in any generation. We like to pretend that every fight was an event, but mostly they are like any…
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Pound-For-Pound Top 20 Boxers Update, 10/15
By Tim Starks
Floyd Mayweather is gone, again, and who knows how long he?ll be retired for this time. His departure leaves a vacancy atop the pound-for-pound throne. So who?s the new ?The Man?? That…
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Manny Pacquiao Thinks Salt Water Cured His Shoulder (Or He?s Lying)
By Tim Starks
Manny Pacquiao has always been a little on the daffy, superstitious side of things. This one takes the cake, or it?s something more insidious. That shoulder that was said to be injured…
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Weekend Afterthoughts On Nonito Donaire, Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., More
By Tim Starks
When?s the last time we had any Weekend Afterthoughts around here? Maybe enough time to let neogrunge fashion become a thing. This past weekend had few U.S. televised fights of any note,…
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The Dumpster Fire That Is Floyd Mayweather Vs Andre Berto
By Tim Starks
I guess we have to take seriously the notion that Floyd Mayweather may be facing Andre Berto for his next fight on CBS in September, which now looks like it could be…
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Round And Round, Featuring What?s Next For Mares, Ward, Cotto And Others
By Tim Starks
There are some snazzy match-ups in the works right about now, one of which is one of the biggest fights that can happen in boxing anywhere. There are, per usual, some bouts…
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Timothy Bradley Survives Oddball Ending Vs Jessie Vargas
By Tim Starks
Fans watching Timothy Bradley vs Jessie Vargas Saturday on HBO couldn?t be blamed for thinking Vargas had won by 12th round technical knockout. Referees Pat Russell waved off the fight as if…
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Miguel Cotto Is Latest To Draw Viewers In Up Year For Boxing Ratings, Down Year For Fights
By Tim Starks
We?re halfway through 2015, and it?s well on its way to being one of the biggest years for U.S. boxing viewership on the TV in some time. That?s due in no small…
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Quick Jabs: Canelo, Golovkin Ratings; Haymon Lawsuit; More
By Tim Starks
People just can?t get enough cinnamon these days. Quick Jabs We were waiting to talk about the Canelo Alvarez ratings for his fight with James Kirkland until we got more solid info…
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Appearances Can Be Deceiving: Canelo Alvarez vs James Kirkland Preview And Prediction
By Tim Starks
HBO is playing it rather savvy with its May programming. Knowing that after Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao finally met, people would be wondering, ?Who?s next for the mantle of boxing?s biggest…
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If Mayweather v Pacquiao bored you, here are five fights of the century so far
By Tim Starks
Let?s say you expected the ?Fight of the Century? last weekend between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao to be the best fight of this century, at least so far. Unfortunately, you were…
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The Media Credential Snafus For Mayweather Vs Pacquiao (And The General Disaster Of It Normally)
By Tim Starks
Normally, media credentialing for boxing matches is a subject of bellybutton gazing that doesn?t warrant even a passing mention. For Mayweather vs Pacquiao, it turned into a mainstream media story, of all…
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Next For Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao
By Tim Starks
Let?s not pretend we really know what?s next for Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao after they faced one another this past weekend, and just tell you would might be, and should be,…
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Maybe Mayweather Vs Pacquiao Was ?Boring,? But It?s Not The End Of The World
By Tim Starks
The big fight Saturday, in the end, wasn?t a riveting masterpiece of blood-spattering havoc. Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao, did not, in the minds of many, match the hype. It was ?boring,?…