Tim Starks
661 articles · The Sweet Science
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Road To Nowhere?: Previews And Predictions For Abner Mares Vs. Eric Morel And Anselmo Moreno Vs. David De La Mora
By Tim Starks
As a warm-up to build interest for a showdown toward matching the two best bantamweights in the world, Abner Mares and Anselmo Moreno, Showtime's doubleheader Saturday isn't completely irredeemable. Mares' opponent, Eric…
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Weekend Afterthoughts On What’s Next For Juan Manuel Marquez, Scoring Boxing Matches On Style Rather Than Substance And More
By Tim Starks
One of the only upsides to not watching a boxing card live in 2012 is that you can avoid this year's familiar emotional pattern of, "Look, something amazing just happened!/Nevermind, something horrible…
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Quick Jabs: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. And Manny Pacquiao Reverse Roles: Al Haymon Expands His Sphere Of Influence; More
By Tim Starks
How many months have gone by since Floyd Mayweather, Jr. has said anything dickish or run afoul of the law? Like, months? It feels like forever, especially in contrast with how often…
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Round And Round, Featuring What’s Next For Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., James Kirkland And Others
By Tim Starks
When I watch the extended version of this Manny Pacquiao Hennessy commercial that's all over the television, the message I get is, "Alcohol will make me fight better." But not Pacquiao's promoter…
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Weekend Afterthoughts, Featuring The Latest Jorge Linares Faceplant, Punching For Jesus And More
By Tim Starks
Not every boxing weekend is so all-fire important, so not every Weekend Afterthoughts need be novel-length. Let us sweep and dust about the corners and pick up the dust bunnies and dig…
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Round And Round, Featuring What’s Next For Brandon Rios, Wladimir Klitschko, Kell Brook And Others
By Tim Starks
R.I.P., Bert Sugar, the great boxing historican and icon we lost earlier this week. We talk a lot in this space about what moves casual fans, and one of the most common…
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Danny Garcia Gets A Win And A Lesson From Erik Morales; James Kirkland Gets A Questionable Disqualification Win Over Carlos Molina
By Tim Starks
If it's boxing in Texas, that means something shady is happening. This Saturday's installment of "don't get excited about a nice scrap, the Lone Star State will find some way to ruin…
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Quick Jabs: Sergio Martinez And Weight; The Next Generation Of Juan Manuel Lopez Apologies; More
By Tim Starks
You've probably already seen it, because it's been out since February, or maybe you haven't, because so few have according to the view count. But boxing promoter Gary Shaw's kid has produced…
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What We’re Getting From The New Leadership At HBO — So Far
By Tim Starks
This is the continuation and conclusion of a two-part series that began with an evaluation of Showtime under its new boxing programming leadership. Now we look at things at HBO under Ken…
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Weekend Afterthoughts On Whether Sergio Martinez Sucks, Whether He Could Beat Floyd Mayweather, Jr. And More
By Tim Starks
Probably should've anticipated fight night in New York City on St. Patrick's Day would've been like this, which is to say, not very fun due to a ton of jackasses in the…
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Setting Course: Sergio Martinez Vs. Matthew Macklin Preview And Prediction
By Tim Starks
Your middleweight champion is doing all he can. Sergio Martinez at least got himself into the discussion as a potential future opponent for money-makin' Floyd Mayweather, Jr., even if that honor went…
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Pound-For-Pound Top 20 Boxers Update, 2/12 [REVISED]
By Tim Starks
There is nothing different about this list than the last update in December. So what's the point, you ask? For one, it's a good excuse to look at what's been going on,…
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Pound-For-Pound Top 20 Boxers Update, 2/12
By Tim Starks
There is nothing different about this list than the last update in December. So what's the point, you ask? For one, it's a good excuse to look at what's been going on,…
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Quick Jabs: Gabriel Campillo And The Bag; Manny Pacquiao And God; Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. And The WBC; More
By Tim Starks
For your viewing pleasure: Some cinematographically luscious boxing ritual porn, accompanied by the spectacular croonings of Mark Lanegan. For your consideration: Sports By Brooks, citing unnamed sources, saying that HBO had agreed…
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With The Timothy Bradley Fight Official, Manny Pacquiao Gets His Sternest Test On Paper In Years
By Tim Starks
Manny Pacquiao, in November of 2010, got more of a fight than many anticipated from Antonio Margarito. The next November, he got his hardest fight in nearly four years, from Juan Manuel…
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A Klitschko Brother Gets His Hardest Fight In Years, But Still Tops Dereck Chisora
By Tim Starks
Before Vitali Klitschko fought Dereck Chisora Saturday, Chisora gave Vitali's brother Wladimir a face full of water, which he spat out onto the heavyweight champ in a typically classless move. During the…
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Dereck Chisora, Vitali Klitschko And The Smack Heard ‘Round The World
By Tim Starks
Boxers like to get into scuffles at weigh-ins for a whole host of reasons, so I had to sit down for a second and think about why this one from Friday has…
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Weekend Afterthoughts And Quick Jabs And Round And Round
By Tim Starks
OMFG it's a three-for-one column! The day job and other preoccupations have kept your founder from staying on top of the news of late, but fortunately the rest of the staff gang…
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Weekend Afterthoughts, Featuring Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. Vs. Drug Tests, Jim Lampley Vs. Eyewear Fashion And More
By Tim Starks
Whenever my fist bleeds, I always lick the blood off it, grin at my enemy and resume combat. Get back in there, Nonito Donaire! At least, hopefully. There's been no word that…
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Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. And Nonito Donaire Win One-Sided Fights
By Tim Starks
Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KOs) and Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KOs) both won one-sided fights in San Antonio Saturday night on HBO. The undercard really ought to have been the…