Tim Starks
661 articles · The Sweet Science
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Sergey Kovalev Beats Up Bernard Hopkins And Outclasses Him, Too
By Tim Starks
ATLANTIC CITY ? Sergey Kovalev couldn?t knock out Bernard Hopkins Saturday night on HBO. He was robbed of his trademark, the thing that has made him a sensation. But what he did…
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Quick Jabs: Golden Boy Shareholders Vamoose; Gennady Golovkin Ratings Resume; More
By Tim Starks
Kangaroo fight videos are too depressing. Koalas are now the Australian marsupial combatants of choice. They sound like geese squawking, and they don?t seem capable of doing much damage. The above video…
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Nicholas Walters Announces His Arrival Against Nonito Donaire
By Tim Starks
That was an exceptional performance Saturday night on HBO by Nicholas Walters, to knock out the never-KO?d, rarely-even-hurt Nonito Donaire. He had to fight through an early trademark counter left hook from…
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Spectacular Here, Spectacular There: Golovkin Vs. Rubio, Donaire Vs. Walters Preview And Prediction
By Tim Starks
On Saturday, HBO offers one spectacular fighter and one spectacular match-up. In a boxing year like 2014, that?s a mix you?ll take gladly ? perhaps, too, though, one you?ll take masochistically, in…
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Quick Jabs: Public Hasn?t Had Enough Of Mayweather; Dubious Title Runs; More
By Tim Starks
Very good fight from this past weekend, that Orlando Salido vs. Terdsak Kokietgym, especially early. It stuffed in five knockdowns, legal and no, and lots of swapped punches at the official start…
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Has The Public Finally Had Enough Of Floyd Mayweather?
By Tim Starks
For many a long-time boxing fan, Floyd Mayweather?s repugnance as a human being is an ongoing source of eye rolls, because what else can they do? There are the major evils, like…
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Mayweather ? Maidana 2: 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 Marcos Maidana? Follow boxing all the time, and want one place that rounds…
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Perfection, Ugliness: Mayweather Vs. Maidana Preview And Prediction
By Tim Starks
Welcome to fight week for Floyd Mayweather, where ugly-spectacle-as-promotional-hype builds up to his sublime perfection in the ring. How low can Mayweather sink, in the department of self-marketing? Low enough to, as…
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Juan Francisco Estrada Devastates Giovani Segura, Roman Gonzalez Rematch Please
By Tim Starks
The flyweight division?s stellar run of late has been marked by its parity, but after this weekend there are now two clear top 112 pounders: Newly-crowned king Roman Gonzalez, who on Friday…
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Quick Jabs: Floyd Mayweather And Yoga; Manny Pacquiao And Taxes; Funky Showtime Ratings; More
By Tim Starks
As funnier wags have said about this photo of Peter Dinklage and Gennady Golovkin, ?GGG would have decimated the Mountain.? Golovkin certainly would have confirmed the kill. In this mammoth-sized edition of…
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Round And Round, Featuring What?s Next For Mayweather, Pacquiao Undercards, Gennady Golovkin, Others
By Tim Starks
That?s not just a picture of Jay-Z for no reason(able doubt). The Jigga Man?s Roc Nation has rather quickly started making a splash upon entering the boxing game, going from getting a…
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Weekend Afterthoughts: Fight Of The Year Candidate(s); Defending Garcia-Salka; More
By Tim Starks
The above fight is one of two to get Fight of the Year buzz from this past weekend, buzz that was overshadowed by the absolute disgrace that was the Showtime tripleheader headlined…
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50 Ways To Kill A Boxing Match
By Tim Starks
To fans of other sports, it?s just so obvious: The Spurs face the Heat in the NBA Finals because of course they do; the Spurs won the Western Conference and the Heat…
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Round And Round, Featuring What?s Next For Manny Pacquiao, Canelo Alvarez And Others
By Tim Starks
Old timey people were very much into animals boxing. There?s some appeal there, to be sure. (via) We?re heading toward the summer doldrums, which means not a lot of fights are being…
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Inexperienced Chris Algieri Upsets Boxing Darling Ruslan Provodnikov
By Tim Starks
With the way the boxing world adores Ruslan Provodnikov, with the way he has demonstrated his excellence in two consecutive fights, and with Chris Algieri being so unproven, it was easy enough…
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Yield Sign: Provodnikov Vs. Algieri Preview And Prediction
By Tim Starks
In at least one way, Ruslan Provodnikov, fighting Saturday on HBO, can?t be beat: lovability. He eats raw moose lever, yells ?MAMA!? after he wins then bleeds all over her when he…
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Quick Jabs: Bob Arum Trolling; Bernard Hopkins Trolling; Freddie Roach Trolling; More
By Tim Starks
Everybody?s trolling these days. The only appropriate response is to put up a couple knockout videos from recent weekends before discussing it all, so as to give you happy thoughts before delving…
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Big Fish: Cotto Vs. Martinez Preview And Prediction
By Tim Starks
First, we talk business. Then, we talk the fight. Sergio Martinez, the 39-year-old middleweight champion of the world, has waited his whole life to fight someone who will give him the kind…
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Golden Boy, Richard Schaefer, Floyd Mayweather And The Latest Big Boxing Mess
By Tim Starks
It?s not going to be possible now, or even probably over the next few months, for the ramifications of Richard Schaefer?s departure from the sport?s biggest promoter Golden Boy ? announced Monday…
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Nonito Donaire Vs. Simpiwe Vetyeka (And Undercard) Results
By Tim Starks
[UPDATE: HBO has aired the fight. Some commentary on that below.] This is a post about what happened in the Nonito Donaire vs. Simpiwe Vetyeka featherweight fight in Macau, China. Since the…