Tim Starks
661 articles · The Sweet Science
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Quick Jabs: Goodbye, Gerry Penalosa; Lebanese Street Gangs Join The Danny Green-Paul Briggs Party; Fernando Montiel’s Broken Then Unbroken Leg; More
That video there is one of the two most noteworthy bouts of the weekend. Junior welterweight prospect Danny Garcia, who at times has looked spectacular and other times lackluster, was in fine…
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Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix Writes The Single Worst Boxing Column In Any Mainstream Publication In Forever
I tried to understand, I really did. I even tried to talk to him about it. It had to be some kind of mix-up, this column by Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix headlined…
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Quick Jabs: Shannon Briggs Overreacts For Asthma; Shane Mosley Vs. Sergio Mora Numbers Kinda Underperform, But Profit; Mexico Revises And Extends; More
BOOM. That's Manny Pacquiao's latest Nike ad, the first advertisement featuring him in the United States that I know of, and it's good exposure for both the pound-for-pound king and our sport.…
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Round And Round, Featuring The Revivals Of The Super Six (Definitely), Nonito Donaire Vs. Fernando Montiel (Dubious) And Chad Dawson Vs. Tavoris Cloud (Maybe), Plus More
I'm not big on namecalling, but you are a jerkface if you are one of the jerkface jerky weird weirdos looking for any excuse to crap on the Super Six tournament that…
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Golden Boy And Its Plan For Boxing Dominance
Yesterday, Oscar De La Hoya made a splash with his bold -- in multiple senses of the word -- remarks about his aims for worldwide domination of all things boxing, BWAHAHAHAHA. That…
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Ranking The Rankings In Boxing
Recently, ESPN's Dan Rafael hit some of the low lights of the WBC's boxing rankings. And from time to time, I hear people say that Ring magazine's rankings are terrible, too. My…
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Round And Round, Featuring Wish Lists For Miguel Cotto, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Shane Mosley, Andre Berto And Plenty More Action From 147 To 160 And Elsewhere
We'll stay at around 147 to 160 pounds for a while for some of the top names there, then move on to everybody else. Miguel Cotto has no interest in fighting Kermit…
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Quick Jabs: The Super Six Gets Back On Track — More Good News; Alfredo Angulo Overdoses On Genius Pills; Paul Williams Destroys Floyd Mayweather; More
Turn that frown upside down, kiddo. Showtime's super middleweight tournament is back on solid footing, with Andre Ward-Andre Dirrell and Arthur Abraham-Carl Froch booked for Nov. 27 and, for some inside-baseball reasons,…
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In Boxing, Controversy Sells (But Who’s Buying?)
One of the refrains of those who back Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito is, paraphrased, that you moral types who don't like Margarito because of the loaded-gloves incident can ban the fight if you…
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After A Long Wait, 2010 Gives Boxing Fans Something To Really Celebrate In Paul Williams Vs. Sergio Martinez II
Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez II: That's more like it. Way, way, way more like it. It's no secret that boxing is having a pretty terrible year, but Williams-Martinez II represents a meaningful thaw…
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DESPITE KO VICTORY OF BALDOMIR, ALVAREZ ISN’T READY FOR THE ELITES
The boxing fans in Mexico hold their fighters to a different standard than do most other legions of fans. It?s not enough to go into the ring and rack up wins; you…
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Against Shane Mosley, Sergio Mora Becomes The First Fighter To Get A Draw In A Bout Where He Didn’t Fight
Sergio Mora might be the only fighter I want banned more than Antonio Margarito. For all but a few rounds, he hardly did anything Saturday night; you might say he wasn't a…
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Round And Round, Featuring Showtime’s Bantamweight Tourney And Amir Khan Vs. Marcos Maidana On The Same Night (Sigh)
Think hard about how many boxers in 2010 have taken a legitimate chance in a highly risky fight. There's the Super Six tournament, Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley, Sergio Martinez-Kelly Pavlik, and some a…
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Alternate Universe List Of The Pound-For-Pound Best Boxers
Friend of the site (and quality boxing writer in his own right) Hamilton Nolan recently proposed a fun idea to me, based on our mutual slavish fanboyishness for YURIORKIS GAMBOA! Gamboa, you…
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Previews And Predictions For Yuriorkis Gamboa Vs. Orlando Salido And Anthony Peterson Vs. Brandon Rios
This Saturday, the featherweight who lives up to his nickname "The Cyclone" should have been facing much-feared Celestino Caballero, a bold, over-the-top move worthy of full-blown YURIORKIS GAMBOA! celebrations. Instead, Gamboa is…
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Quick Jabs: Floyd Mayweather Apologizes; Andrew Golota Dances With The Stars; Saturday Schedule; More
For the first time in his life, Floyd Mayweather has apologized for something. That rant of his caught him some serious hell, more than anything he's ever done, and call me cynical…
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Open Thread, Floyd Mayweather Goes Full Racist Edition
Because everything Floyd Mayweather says is designed to stir up some kind of faux controversy that gets him headlines and helps him make money playing the villain, it?s a worthwhile question whether…
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Pound-For-Pound Top 20 Boxers Update, 8/10
This is one of those pound-for-pound lists where who's missing ? and who replaced the people who used to be there ? is actually more noteworthy than any substantial movement that anyone…
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A Note On Antonio Margarito And “Sanctimony”
Try though I might to move on from the whole Antonio Margarito handwraps issue, there's a poisonous element of the debate over whether he deserved a boxing license that is so pernicious…
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Round And Round, Featuring Savory Business For The Marquez Boys, Plus What’s Next For Tomasz Adamek, Kassim Ouma And Others
For all you ladies out there: You might think that boxing's a good thing to take up for self-defense, but this hilarious 1991 book offers some alternatives. I hope everyone still has…
