Tim Starks
661 articles · The Sweet Science
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Zou Shiming Puts Opponent To Sleep; Miguel Vazquez Does Same To Audience
If you'd forgotten how horrible Miguel Vazquez is to watch in the 14 months he was away from the ring, he served up a reminder on HBO2 Saturday's tape delayed show from…
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Quick Jabs: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. As Hitler; No George Zimmerman Boxing Match; More
Just in case you didn't catch up on that early 2014 Knockout of the Year candidate from two weekends ago. This will be an especially cheerful edition of Quick Jabs, otherwise, as…
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A List Of Young Boxers Who Could Be On The Rise In 2014
Floyd Mayweather sits alone atop boxing, its best and richest fighter, his crown refurbished after a brief flirtation with the threat of dethronement posed by age. New life breathes into the career…
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Rey Loreto Upsets Nkosinathi Joyi Via Highlight Reel KO
Rey Loreto, with his record of 17-13, didn't figure to be much of a threat to the rebounding Nkosinathi Joyi Saturday, at least if you were just going by his number of…
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Quick Jabs: The Prices Of Timothy Bradley Vs. Manny Pacquiao II, HBO Vs. Showtime And HBO Boxers Elsewhere
It ain?t easy being an opposition leader in the turbulent Ukraine. Even when you try to make peace, even when you?re a fearsome heavyweight boxer named Vitali Klitschko, you might get a…
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Weekend Afterthoughts On Lamont Peterson, Mikey Garcia, Marco Huck And More
Sergey Kovalev steals the show everywhere he goes, even from the audience. First he beat up that mini speed bag last year every time the camera focused on him in the crowd;…
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Mikey Garcia, Bryant Jennings Take New York By (Sorta) Storm
Mikey Garcia and Bryant Jennings went to New York City and earned quality wins Saturday night on HBO, but if the show was a Broadway play, it would've gotten approximately two and…
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Manny Pacquiao Vs. Timothy Bradley Rematch Booked: An Analysis
Late last week, Top Rank and HBO finalized the next fight for their biggest (yet very possibly dimming) pay-per-view star, Manny Pacquiao: a rematch with Timothy Bradley on April 12, it what…
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Lamont Peterson Gets Back In Win Column Against Dangerous Dierry Jean
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Lamont Peterson insisted all through the build-up to his 140-pound tilt with Dierry Jean that he was just fine from the knockout loss to Lucas Matthysse, and he fought…
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The Once And Future Pay-Per-View Boxing Kings
We're part way through January and already we're looking at four boxing pay-per-views through the first half of 2014 in the United States. Two more in the second half seem certain, at…
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Round And Round: Canelo Vs. Alfredo Angulo, Rematches Galore, More (And Manny Pacquiao Mystery Shakes)
Miguel Cotto didn't have much trouble with Delvin Rodriguez trying to punch him last year. But actress Michelle Rodriguez drunk at a Knicks game? She actually makes him change his facial expression…
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Quick Jabs: The Brandon Rios And Marcos Maidana Cheating Allegations; Floyd Mayweather Vs. Manny Pacquiao, + Adrien Broner; More
"Get me the other bottle. The one I mixed." It has not been the best month ever for strength and conditioning/nutrition guy Alex Ariza. He mocked a fellow with Parkinson's disease and…
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Weekend Afterthoughts, Including The Mysterious Transaction In The Marcos Maidana Corner, Next For Keith Thurman, More
The best thing about this past weekend for many was simply that Adrien Broner got beat up. But the best thing that could happen as a result of it going forward is…
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Marcos Maidana Upsets Adrien Broner In Rugged Fight
Adrien Broner was the future of American boxing until Saturday night on Showtime, when he ran into hard-ass Argentinian Marcos Maidana, who somehow overcame the pervasive influence of Golden Boy, adviser Al…
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Quick Jabs: The End Of Manny Pacquiao, Attraction?; Miguel Cotto’s Choice; More
RIP, Nelson Mandela, world leader and pugilist/boxing aficionado. (per Deadspin). In a long overdue combined edition of Quick Jabs/Round And Round, we contemplate the Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios pay-per-view numbers, a…
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Weekend Afterthoughts On The Meaning Of Manny Pacquiao, Good Stoppages And Bad, More
Everywhere you turned this past weekend, some fight was ending too early or too late, as the New Yorker's Kelefa Sanneh touched upon here in examining the struggle pitting quality boxing against…
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Jackpot, Snake Eyes: Manny Pacquiao Vs. Brandon Rios Preview And Prediction
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios on HBO pay-per-view on Nov. 23. Previously: a special edition of TQBR Radio; what's…
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[UPDATED] Roach, Ariza, Garcia In Pacquiao Vs. Rios Camp Scuffle: The Breakdown
Boxing isn't just a sport of punching; it's also a sport of kicking, sometimes, or mocking people's diseases, or calling someone a "fucking Mexican." The camp scuffle Tuesday between Manny Pacquiao trainer…
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Manny Pacquiao Vs. Brandon Rios: The Collapse Of A Franchise, Or Scaffolding For A Rebuild?
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios on HBO pay-per-view on Nov. 23. Previously: a special edition of TQBR Radio. Next:…
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Quick Jabs: Fighter Safety, Continued; Sergio Martinez’s Tight Spot; More
That's Jean Harlow with Primo Carnera, one of two Golden Age Hollywood starlets playing at boxing featured in this edition of Quick Jabs. I got that one from Reddit's r/boxing, and we've…
