Tim Starks
661 articles · The Sweet Science
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Happy Holidays, Thank You And The Queensberry Rules Year In Review
It's one of the worst Christmas songs ever, according to the Telegraph, but I think it might be one of the BEST ever. Anyhow, Happy Holidays to you all. Yes, I'm a…
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2010 Boxing Awards Pu Pu Platter, Part II
Still hungry? Here's your second pu pu platter of boxing awards on this Christmas Eve. Today's categories include serious items, such as Best Performance. Also included are less serious item such as…
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Manny Pacquiao’s bout with Shane Mosley hurts boxing, but increases earnings for promoter Bob Arum
For all those who thought Manny Pacquiao would be fighting Juan Manuel Marquez for a third time or even getting into the ring against a young, fast welterweight champion like Andre Berto…
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2010 Boxing Awards Pu Pu Platter, Part I
Ever had a pu pu platter so big that it had to be brought out to you in two servings? After today, you will have, albeit a pu pu platter not of…
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Disappointingly, Manny Pacquiao Picks Shane Mosley For His Next Fight
Right now, there's nobody Manny Pacquiao (at left in the picture) can fight who would be expected to be competitive with the pound-for-pound king. Floyd Mayweather is clearly not interested in fighting…
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2010 Boxing Fighter Of The Year: Sergio Martinez
Sergio Martinez' 2009 was a series of near-misses, of almosts. The talent was obvious to behold: speed, skillful counters, the ability to fight with his hands down below his waist and suffer…
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Round And Round, Featuring What’s Next For Manny Pacquiao, Sergio Martinez, Victor Ortiz, Roman Gonzalez And More
Now, on to fights in the works that do not involve drunken octopi, but, rather, professional boxers. (And since I rarely post them this close together, don't forget to check out Quick…
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Quick Jabs: Ricardo Mayorga And Wikileaks; Spankings And Face-Pokings; Next For Miguel Cotto, Chris John And Others; More
Whatzit with boxers lately and assault charges that aren't straight up beat downs? It makes those charges harder to react to normally. What you see above is the face of the security…
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Previews And Predictions For Amir Khan Vs. Marcos Maidana, Victor Ortiz Vs. Lamont Peterson And The Showtime Bantamweight Tournament
Long live the Showtime tournaments. Saturday inaugurates the second installment in the network's recent tourney binge, a bantamweight series that takes the super middleweight series and boils it down to four people…
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Humberto Soto Tops Urbano Antillon In Fight Of The Year-Worthy Bout, Nonito Donaire Flashes “Special” In Demolishing Volodymyr Sydorenko, Saul Alvarez Turns In A Professional Win Over Lovemore N’dou
This is the Humberto Soto we all used to know and love. The lightweight has increasingly set aside boxing for brawling, but Urbana Antillon gave him little choice Saturday, crowding him and…
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Arthur Abraham’s Trainer Calls Him A “Coward;” Wladimir Klitschko And Derek Chisora Trash Talk Strangely; More
Timothy Bradley-Devon Alexander is headed to the Pontiac Silverdome, and get this: The owners of the Silverdome may have paid a site fee that exceeded the price they paid for the Silverdome…
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Previews And Predictions For Saul Alvarez Vs. Lovemore N’dou, Nonito Donaire Vs. Volodymyr Sydorenko And Humberto Soto Vs. Urbano Antillon
Saturday night was to pit Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. and Saul Alvarez against one another in a contest to decide which young, debatably talented, widely loved Mexican junior middleweight would prove more…
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Quick Jabs: Successes And Failures For Sergio Martinez Vs. Paul Williams II, Manny Pacquiao Vs. Antonio Margarito And Jean Pascal Vs. Bernard Hopkins; More
The holiday this weekend and the chaos of Atlantic City last weekend has us behind on some of the latest news tidbits and fights in the works, but we'll get caught up,…
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Carl Froch And Juan Manuel Marquez Make Big Impressions In Wins Saturday
What a wild night of fights. Carl Froch put on a master class in upsetting and outclassing Arthur Abraham. Juan Manuel Marquez put on a master class in stopping Michael Katsidis in…
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Juan Manuel Marquez Vs. Michael Katsidis Preview And Prediction: Sophisticated Violence And Just Plain Violence
It used to be not many people loved lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez, even after his thrilling war with Manny Pacquiao in 2004. He wasn't exciting enough for them, if you can…
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Digging Into The 1.15 Million Pay-Per-View Buys For Manny Pacquiao Vs. Antonio Margarito
One point one five million is a really good number of pay-per-views to sell in boxing, and that's what Manny Pacquiao did two weekends ago against Antonio Margarito, according to the news…
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Weekend Afterthoughts, Featuring Sergio Martinez Blitzing ESPN, The Rebuilding Of Paul Williams And More
Why HBO hasn't posted its video highlights of Sergio Martinez-Paul Williams II yet on YouTube? After all, it's not like the thing hasn't gotten incredible exposure already. It was on SportsCenter Saturday…
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At The News Conference, Sergio Martinez’ Team Exults; No Regrets For Paul Williams
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- For someone who just got knocked out as frighteningly as one can get knocked out, Paul Williams didn't sound like his spirit was broken. "We 1-1. Let's do…
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Quick Jabs: Elmo, Harry Potter, Justin Bieber Pwn Floyd Mayweather, Devon Alexander, Timothy Bradley; Manny Pacquiao Avoids Jewish Fighters; Andre Dirrell And Allan Green Have Image Problems; More
Via ESPN man Dan Rafael's pictures from the weigh-in, middleweight champion Sergio Martinez doesn't look so swell for tomorrow's bout with Paul Williams. His expression appears pained; his skin, sweaty and discolored.…
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The Boxers Who Find A Way To Fight The Best, And Those Who Don’t
We're sandwiched now by a few weekends of boxers who, like Manny Pacquiao, have somehow, some way tried to -- or actually have -- fought the best, most obvious opponent... and some…
