Tim Starks
661 articles · The Sweet Science
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Mayweather Vs Pacquiao: 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 Manny Pacquiao? Follow boxing all the time, and want one place that rounds…
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Quick Jabs: Klitschko Ratings; PBC Lawsuit; #MayPac Writing; More
By Tim Starks
There is more to boxing these days than Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Paccquiao, although you might not believe it if this is the site you have mainly visited this week. But there…
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Top 10: Floyd Mayweather?s Biggest Wins
By Tim Starks
Because past is prologue, it?s worthwhile to revisit it in advance of Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao, May 2 on pay-per-view. Here, we examine a list of Floyd Mayweather?s biggest wins, in…
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Who?s God Rooting For In Mayweather Vs Pacquiao?
By Tim Starks
This is hilarious, because it?s ridiculous. We know whose side the earthly celebrities are on with Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao on May 2 ? thanks, video feature! But Mayweather vs Pacquiao…
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Kenny Bayless As Mayweather Vs Pacquiao Referee Is Disappointing
By Tim Starks
Kenny Bayless, the ref Floyd Mayweather got for his Marcos Maidana rematch after Tony Weeks was too permissive with Maidana?s tactics the first time around, is going to be the ref for…
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Quick Jabs: Mayweather Vs Pacquiao Tickets, Sergey Kovalev?s Racist Shirt, More
By Tim Starks
We?ve been trying to get ya more quick jabs of boxing news and analysis without putting them in a formal Quick Jabs format, but it?s been an exceptionally productive period for boxing…
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Young Boxers Potentially On The Rise: The 2015 List
By Tim Starks
With Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao right around the corner, there?s already been speculation about who, if anyone, is ?next? in boxing, after the eventual departure of the two superstars who have…
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Weakness Among The Boxing Champs
By Tim Starks
We are sandwiched between weekends of two true divisional champions: light heavyweight king Adonis Stevenson last weekend, junior welterweight champ Danny Garcia next. It?s the kind of thing to make one take…
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Mayweather Vs Pacquiao Round-Up: Sparring Folklore, Economics, Feudin?
By Tim Starks
Read this story about the last man to beat Floyd Mayweather (no, not Jose Luis Castillo ? ZING) and weep. It?s a great, tragic tale about Serafim Todorov. Then, read up below…
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Quick Jabs: Floyd Mayweather And Memo Heredia; Sergey Kovalev And Adonis Stevenson; More
By Tim Starks
When in doubt, we visit our friends over at Reddit?s boxing forum and always find some kind of gem. That?s a chart for Floyd Mayweather fights. Check out the Miguel Cotto result,…
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HBO Boxing extends Jim Lampley, Max Kellerman in a timely fashion
By Tim Starks
Just before the biggest fight in perhaps decades and with traditional boxing giant HBO surrounded on all sides by television rivals, the network has re-upped deals with its core commentators, Jim Lampley…
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Mayweather Pacquiao: Not Boxing?s Salvation, Not Last Big Fight Ever
By Tim Starks
Let?s just go ahead and get this out of the way. Certain things are going to be said over and over and over again about Mayweather Pacquiao, by a mainstream media that…
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Answering the biggest questions about Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao
By Tim Starks
The talk of the boxing world, and the talk of boxing in the non-boxing world, is whether we might finally see Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao fight. The interest is understandable (if…
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Reunited, And It Feels So Bad: Rios Vs Alvarado III
By Tim Starks
There are plenty of fights where it makes sense to strip away their components, one by one, and then reconstitute them, like a chemistry student studying an upcoming (sweet) science project. Brandon…
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Boxing In 2014, Reviewed (And A Glimpse At 2015)
By Tim Starks
On the surface, boxing in 2014 sucked. Everyone knows this, and most everyone knows why. Scratch a little deeper, and it still sucked ? worse than any year since the mid/late-2000s ?…
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2014 Boxing Awards Pu Pu Platter, Part II
By Tim Starks
Sick of the drip-drip-drip of year end boxing awards yet? Hard to blame you, hard to blame you. So we?ll bring out two enormous platters to conclude our 2014 awards. In the…
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2014 Boxing Awards Pu Pu Platter
By Tim Starks
Sick of the drip-drip-drip of year end boxing awards yet? Hard to blame you, hard to blame you. So we?ll bring out two enormous platters to conclude our 2014 awards. In the…
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Quick Jabs: The New (Unimproved) Nevada Commission Leadership; BWAA High Jinks; More
By Tim Starks
There?s pretty much nothing a kangaroo won?t punch. But if you?re looking for some serious boxing footage, try this 30 For 30 episode, ?Robbed,? revisiting the intersection of lawless New York City…
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TERENCE CRAWFORD BEATS RAYMUNDO BELTRAN FOR LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, IS PRETTY DAMN GOOD
By Tim Starks
Terence Crawford is a lot of things after Saturday night: the true lightweight champion of the world; a candidate for Fighter of the Year; perhaps the best test for Manny Pacquiao outside…
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THE NEW KING?: TERENCE CRAWFORD VS. RAYMUNDO BELTRAN PREVIEW AND PREDICTION
By Tim Starks
In Terence Crawford, fighting Saturday evening on HBO, we have the latest contestant for Floyd Mayweather?s successor as the next American superstar boxer ? a game show punctuated by the mournful blasts…