Tim Starks
661 articles · The Sweet Science
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Quick Jabs/Round And Round: Andre Berto And Positive Drug Tests, Next For Canelo Alvarez, More
By Tim Starks
Like we sometimes offer around here, that's the squirt of frosting down your throat before you take your medications: a funny video of a boxing trainer relentlessly ragging on his students. What's…
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Closing The Book On This Whole Manny Pacquiao / Gay Marriage Flap
By Tim Starks
This whole Manny Pacquiao/gay marriage thing should've been a tiny blip in the boxing discussion, but it wasn't. So what can we learn from it? The Examiner's fleet of search engine-optimizing writers…
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Pound-For-Pound Top 20 Boxers Update, 5/12
By Tim Starks
There was nothing easy about this update of our pound-for-pound list, p4p lists being a concept aimed at determining the world's best fighters regardless of weight class -- and a harmless exercise…
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Quick Jabs: Floyd Mayweather Vs. Miguel Cotto Aftermath; Lamont Peterson Clean-Up; More
By Tim Starks
This is the best. Our own Andrew Harrison got a new bundle of joy this past week, and there he is, already checking out his dad's work. "TQBR's youngest fan," Andrew said…
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Weekend Afterthoughts, Featuring What’s Next For Floyd Mayweather, Miguel Cotto, Canelo Alvarez, DeMarcus Corley And Others
By Tim Starks
That is some weird entourage Floyd Mayweather had over the weekend: a pop star beloved by tweens (Lil Wa... oops, I mean Justin Bieber), a pair of rappers (Lil Wayne, 50 Cent)…
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More Trying Times For Lamont Peterson And Boxing Fans With His Failed Drug Test
By Tim Starks
Living homeless in the Washington, D.C. streets as a child, with just his little brother as family, stealing food to eat... then rising to contender status as a junior welterweight boxer who…
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After Miguel Cotto, A New Frontier For Floyd Mayweather, Jr. And Manny Pacquiao
By Tim Starks
At their respective peaks, the appeal that Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. shared wasn't merely that they were the best in the world. It was that they were so brilliant at…
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Wins The Most Entertaining Fight Of His Career Against A Game Miguel Cotto
By Tim Starks
The knock on Floyd Mayweather, Jr.'s career is that he is rarely enjoyable to watch, in the sense that every showing is an exhibition of boxing excellence, a kind of conveyer belt…
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Vs. Miguel Cotto: The Ultimate Guide
By Tim Starks
Don't follow boxing very often, but you want to know the gist of Saturday's mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto? Follow boxing all the time, and want one place that rounds…
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A La Carte: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Vs. Miguel Cotto Preview And Prediction
By Tim Starks
There are worthwhile reasons to watch a Floyd Mayweather bout that doesn't also include Many Pacquiao, the mega-match-up that is standing not only one foot in the grave but that is buried…
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The Rabbit Punch: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Demands Manny Pacquiao Prove He Is Not A Terminator
By Tim Starks
LAS VEGAS, Nev. ? Although Floyd Mayweather, Jr. faces Puerto Rican star Miguel Cotto in a pay-per-view blockbuster on Saturday, May 5, he cannot avoid questions about a fighter he has never…
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Vs. Miguel Cotto: Keys To The Fight, Part II
By Tim Starks
Mind. Matter. How do Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Miguel Cotto stack up in those categories? In the first of two parts, we compare their more mental attributes. The (whis)keys to the fight.…
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Responding To Floyd Mayweather, Jr.’s Epic, But Off The Mark, Day Of Ranting
By Tim Starks
The good news is, Floyd Mayweather?s villainous ?Money May? persona is back. That?s also the bad news. Mayweather has been boring during his time of playing nice leading up to the Miguel…
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Vs. Miguel Cotto: Keys To The Fight, Part I
By Tim Starks
Mind. Matter. How do Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Miguel Cotto stack up in those categories? In the first of two parts, we compare their physical attributes. Size. Among the pressure points whereby…
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Vs. Miguel Cotto: What’s At Stake
By Tim Starks
So begins our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto on May 5 on HBO pay-per-view. Now: the stakes of Mayweather-Cotto. Next: The…
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Quick Jabs: The Manny Pacquiao And Alex Ariza Show; Golden Boy’s Big 2012; More
By Tim Starks
It's darn near time to clear our plates and gear up for the blitzkrieg of coverage that accompanies big fights, what with Floyd Mayweather, Jr./Miguel Cotto right around the corner. When it…
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Chad Dawson Vs. Bernard Hopkins II: Out With The Old, In With The New?
By Tim Starks
Something happened to Bernard Hopkins Saturday on HBO that hasn't happened in nearly 20 years: He lost a fight, and it wasn't all that debatable. Hopkins could debate the majority decision, sure,…
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Secret Ingredients: Bernard Hopkins Vs. Chad Dawson II Preview And Prediction
By Tim Starks
Something strange happened on the way to this weekend's HBO rematch between light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson, a battle of undeniable substance but wholly refutable style: People began to…
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That Target On Your Back, Floyd Mayweather, Jr.? You Painted It.
By Tim Starks
Lately some quality boxing writers -- Michael Woods, Bart Barry, Joseph Santoliquito -- have examined seriously in various ways the question of how Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is perceived, and whether he deserves…
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Round And Round, Featuring What’s Next For Nonito Donaire, Adrien Broner And Others
By Tim Starks
That's Bob Arum next to Oscar De La Hoya. Here's a fun game: See if you can count how many fights discussed below won't happen because these two can't get along. At…