Tim Starks
661 articles · The Sweet Science
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Billy Goat Gruff: Donaire Vs. Vetyeka Preview And Prediction
By Tim Starks
This is how chock full of boxing this weekend is: One of the best 10 or 15 fighters alive ? from one of the most boxing-mad countries on the planet ? is…
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The Week?s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Carl Froch, Nonito Donaire And Felix Sturm
By Tim Starks
Like this picture of David Haye, Darren Barker and Matthew Macklin as horny adolescents standing next to (presumably) the first girl they?d ever seen, there?s so much boxing on this weekend, I…
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Adonis Stevenson Decisions Andrzej Fonfara, Who Brought The Ruckus
By Tim Starks
From the very start, the expected Adonis Stevenson rout was on: The first clean left he landed on Andrzej Fonfara dropped him. Even the first whole half of Stevenson?s Showtime debut Saturday…
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Additional Thoughts On (And From) Brian Kenny, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. And Manny Pacquiao
By Tim Starks
Welcome, Awful Announcing readers visiting The Queensberry Rules for the first time, and welcome, TQBR regulars. Somehow, we couldn?t fit everything we wanted in the 6,000 (!) word piece we teamed up…
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Any Which Way: Juan Manuel Marquez Vs. Mike Alvarado Preview And Prediction
By Tim Starks
It is popularly thought, and rightly, for that matter, that Juan Manuel Marquez?s counterpunching style is the antidote for Manny Pacquiao?s ultra-aggressive, livewire-as-bullwhip style; four meetings have bore that out. But, then,…
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The Week?s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Juan Manuel Marquez, Delvin Rodriguez And Lee Selby
By Tim Starks
Yes, it?s feared Argentine badass Lucas Matthysse playing the ukulele (via friend of the site Rafe Bartholomew). This hipsterism in boxing is getting out of hand. You?ll also note that every single…
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Weekend Afterthoughts On Floyd Mayweather, Marcos Maidana, Lil Wayne And More
By Tim Starks
We came so very close to history Saturday night. Had Marcos Maidana defeated Floyd Mayweather on Showtime Pay-Per-View, it would have been the biggest upset in boxing at the top of the…
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Floyd Mayweather Squeaks By Marcos Maidana In One Of His Toughest Bouts
By Tim Starks
The longer it went on, the more the expected became reality between Floyd Mayweather and underdog Marcos Maidana on Showtime Pay-Per-View Saturday night. That?s because the first six rounds of Mayweather-Maidana required…
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Desperate Times: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Vs. Marcos Maidana Preview And Prediction
By Tim Starks
In the days before Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana meet at center ring Saturday night, the promotion has taken on an air of desperation. Mayweather has grifted cheap headlines by threatening retirement,…
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Floyd Mayweather Vs. Marcos Maidana: Opening Bell
By Tim Starks
So begins our marathon coverage of one of the biggest bouts of 2014, Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana, on May 3 on Showtime Pay-Per-View. Next: the undercard, previewed. This Saturday, the sport?s…
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Pound-For-Pound Top 20 Boxers Update, 4/14
By Tim Starks
If you?re looking for another measurement of how dismal boxing?s 2014 has kicked off ? as if anyone needed any more evidence; put down that stupid giant magnifying glass, Sherlock Holmes ?…
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Weekend Afterthoughts On Pacquiao Bradley 2, Next For Raymundo Beltran, More
By Tim Starks
Manny Pacquiao?s mom loves Jesus, but maybe she has a little bit of that Santeria in her. This is not a full-fledged Weekend Afterthoughts, really, because I?m in Indonesia for a spell…
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Timothy Bradley Vs. Manny Pacquiao II: 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 Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley? Follow boxing all the time, and want one place that rounds…
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Tarnished Gem: Timothy Bradley Vs. Manny Pacquiao 2 Preview And Prediction
By Tim Starks
To the devoted boxing fan base, Timothy Bradley vs. Manny Pacquiao II this Saturday speaks for itself. It is a match-up of two of the top five or ten best fighters in…
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A Primer On Timothy Bradley Vs. Manny Pacquiao II
By Tim Starks
So begins our marathon coverage of one of the biggest bouts of 2014, Timothy Bradley vs. Manny Pacquiao II, on April 13 on HBO Pay-Per-View. Next: Keys to the fight. How fitting…
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Quick Jabs: The Alleged Karim Mayfield Nipple Lick; Promoter Feuds, Take 1,742; More
By Tim Starks
You think you know all the kinds of boxing, and along comes the chicken variety. A Lousiana state senator, you see, is raising questions about a bill meant to increase restrictions on…
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Danny Garcia Escapes Mauricio Herrera, Deontay Wilder Clobbers Malik Scott
By Tim Starks
Junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia was trying to get an easier match-up than he has had of late, and to do it in Puerto Rico, the home of his heritage rather than…
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Round And Round, Featuring What’s Next For Nonito Donaire, Katsunari Takayama And Others
By Tim Starks
Allegedly Floyd Mayweather is into kidnapping now, especially if you steal his pretty pretty earrings. Quick, someone make a photoshopped picture of Manny Pacquiao giving Liam Neeson's "I will find you and…
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Quick Jabs: Fake Floyd Mayweather Polls; Various Thrown Fight Suspicions; More
By Tim Starks
Thrown fights in boxing in the past decade or so have been hard to prove; many things that might look thrown can't be certified as such, and often we get just wisps…
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Terence Crawford Wins, Ends Ricky Burns’ “Skin Of His Teeth” Streak
By Tim Starks
This time, Ricky Burns couldn't benefit from an opponent quizzically quitting, like Jose Gonzalez did, or from hometown judging in Glasgow, like the kind that saved him from a loss against Raymundo…