Marlon Starling

Marlon "Magic Man" Starling (born August 29, 1959) was a two-time US world champion boxer.

Starling was born in Hartford, CT in 1959. He turned professional in 1979. After 25 straight wins, he lost his first fight. He lost a 12 round decision to Donald Curry in 1982. Starling had a rematch with Curry in 1984, challenging for the WBA and IBF World Welterweight Titles. Starling lost by a 15 round decision.

Starling's second world title fight came in 1987. He knocked out Mark Breland in the 11th round to win the WBA World Welterweight Title. In his third title defense, Starling lost the title in controversial fashion to Tomas Molinares. Molinares hit Starling with a punch that was clearly thrown after the bell. Starling went down for the only time in his career, and the referee counted him out. Molinares was declared the new champion by knock out. However, the decision was later changed to a no contest but the Colombian kept the title.

In 1989, Starling knocked out Lloyd Honeyghan to win The Ring/Lineal and WBC World Welterweight Championships. The following year, Starling challenged Michael Nunn for the IBF World Middleweight Championship, but lost by decision. In his next fight, Starling lost his welterweight titles on a close decision to Maurice Blocker. That was Starling's last fight. He retired with a record of 45-6-1-1 (27 KOs).

See also

• List of WBC world champions

External links

• Professional boxing record for Marlon Starling from BoxRec

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mark Breland	WBA Welterweight Champion August 22, 1987 – July 29, 1988	Succeeded by Tomas Molinares
Preceded by Lloyd Honeyghan	WBC Welterweight Champion February 4, 1989 – August 19, 1990	Succeeded by Maurice Blocker
	Lineal Welterweight Champion February 4, 1989 – August 19, 1990
Preceded by Lloyd Honeyghan	The Ring Welterweight Champion February 4, 1989 – March 2, 1989 Title terminated	Succeeded by Vernon Forrest Title reintroduced

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Name	Starling, Marlon
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Date of birth	August 29, 1959
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