Tim Starks
661 articles · The Sweet Science
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The Pros Of Antonio Margarito Getting A Boxing License, And The Rebuttals
I'd gathered from many boxing fans that they were all quite sick of talking about Antonio Margarito and his loaded hand wraps, a multi-year saga that's been debated endlessly over that period.…
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Quick Jabs: Don’t Panic About The Super Six!; Free Troy Ross!; Weekly Boxing Schedule(!); More
(Above are a couple panels from my brother's web comic running now at kylestarks.com. It depicts a big ol' punch, which is the thinnest reed I need to use it as an…
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Michael Grant Gives Tomasz Adamek A Scare In A Dramatic Bout That Adamek Wins
Heavyweight Tomasz Adamek was supposed to get an elementary introduction to gigantic, 6'7"-style boxers -- that is, the Klitschko brothers -- with 38-year-old, once-promising Michael Grant. For all but about 10 seconds…
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Round And Round, Featuring The Juan Manuel Lopez Vs. Rafael Marquez Bad News, Plus What’s Next For Jean Pascal, Andre Berto And Others
"Prehistoric terror bird jabbed like boxer," reads the headline describing the newly-discovered killing methods of the creature above. Circle, stick and move has worked for that long, at least: 60 million years.…
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California Denying Antonio Margarito A License Is A Victory For Principle (However Temporary)
The California State Athletic Commission on Wednesday made the right decision by ruling, 5-1, against restoring the boxing license of junior middleweight Antonio Margarito. In explaining their vote, members of the commission…
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At The Chad Dawson-Jean Pascal Weigh-In, Cockiness And Optimism
MONTREAL -- Boxing weigh-ins are rarely a good place for news, unless somebody punches somebody else a night early. Rather, they're a decent spot for getting info on the periphery. So, even…
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Quick Jabs: The Weekend Boxing Schedule; Turning The Corner On Best Vs. Best; Floyd Mayweather, Freezing Cold; More
MONTREAL -- Canadia, you ARE beautiful. This town's percentage of hot women is, approximately, 99 percent, and they all dress so well and look so cool. Its architecture is lovely, too. So…
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When Boxing Writers Talk: David P. Greisman And Tim Starks On Alfredo Angulo’s Contract Demands, Chad Dawson Vs. Jean Pascal, Blondie And More
From time to time BoxingScene's David P. Greisman and myself gchat one another. Sometimes we talk about boxing, even. Sometimes, I publish what we say. Monday evening, between prepping for our trip…
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Weekend Afterthoughts, Featuring What Devon Alexander And Tavoris Cloud Learned; Cornelius Bundrage Vs. Manny Pacquiao; Bad Graphics; More
Over the weekend, everyone completely lost their sh*t calling what happened in the Devon Alexander-Andriy Kotelnik junior welterweight fight. It was rather unlike boxing fans. They're well-known for refusing to see conspiracy…
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Round And Round, Featuring What’s Next For The Bantamweights, The Cruiserweights And Others
Other fights in the works for Paul Williams, Amir Khan, Antonio DeMarco, etc., too: Round And Round Manny Pacquiao still wants to make a welterweight mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather in November, pinning…
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Quick Jabs: Useful Skepticism; Kelly Pavlik’s Permanent Turmoil; HBO’s Devolution On Pay-Per-View; More
I?m all for being skeptical of boxers, promoters and networks. But there is a specific kind of selective skepticism that reeks of bias and cynicism that too often takes hold in large…
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Juan Manuel Marquez Still Has It (And Dmitry Pirog, Robert Guerrero And Jorge Linares Win, Too)
This was a little like the Miguel Cotto-Yuri Foreman fight in June, where Cotto in his junior middleweight debut showed signs of being vital but against an opponent unlikely to prove otherwise.…
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The Manny-Floyd Clarion Bee: What Floyd Mayweather And Manny Pacquiao Are Up To, Vol. 4
If you are familiar with this sport "boxing" that we write about sometimes here you are most likely A. up to speed on the wrinkles of the never-ending downward spiral created in…
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TIM STARKS SPECIAL TO TSS: Boxing-Theater Marriage Working So Far
When Golden Boy Promotions decided to showcase Floyd Mayweather, Jr.?s return to the ring last year in movie theaters around the United States, the idea certainly had novelty going for it: It…
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Quick Jabs: What’s Grosser Than Gross? Manny Pacquiao Vs. Antonio Margarito; More Golden Boy Mysteries; The Coin Flip On Danny Green Vs. Paul Briggs; More
You remember those "grosser than gross" jokes from grade school, about chopped up babies and what not? I can't say Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito -- set for November, according to Kevin Iole --…
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The Week’s Boxing Schedule (And A Look Back At Last Weekend)
What with the business going on I mentioned here and all the distraction of the latest Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao debacle, last weekend didn't get the attention it deserved in this space. For…
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Timothy Bradley Outmaneuvers And Outpunches Luis Carlos Abregu; Alfredo Angulo Crushes Joachim Alcine
This was far from the finest performance of Timothy Bradley's career, this Saturday night unanimous decision over Luis Carlos Abregu, but it did the trick of "introducing" him to the HBO audience…
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Once Again, Boxing Looks Like A Joke Of A Sport As Floyd Mayweather Vs. Manny Pacquiao Falls Apart
Here we are again. Despite what Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum said this morning about Floyd Mayweather not agreeing to a fight in November, the second time Pacquiao and Mayweather couldn't agree…
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Quick Jabs: The Dubious Storylines On Timothy Bradley And Zab Judah; Arthur Abraham Vs. Carl Froch Resolved, At Last; Nonito Donaire’s Hip; More
To the right, observe the blurry cover of the September issue of Ring magazine, where I have my first full-length feature after penning a couple smaller items. (It's blurry because I hyper-inflated…
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Round And Round: Next For Kelly Pavlik, Nonito Donaire, Marcos Maidana And Others
Might as well clear the deck in advance of the big phony countdown for Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao tonight plus all the fights on Showtime and ESPN2 and whatnot by looking at all…
