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Marlon "Magic Man" Starling (born August 29, 1959) is a retired American world champion professional boxer who held the WBA, WBC, and Lineal Welterweight World Championships.

Professional boxing career

Starling was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1958. He got his start with help from coach, Johnny Duke, who helped him train for the national Junior Olympics championship. He turned professional in 1979. After 25 straight wins to start his professional career, he lost his first fight, a 12-round split-decision to Donald Curry in 1982. Starling had a rematch with Curry in 1984, challenging for the WBA and IBF 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 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 thrown around the same time as the bell sounded to end round six. 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 WBC welterweight titles. The following year, Starling challenged Michael Nunn for the IBF middleweight title, 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).

Professional boxing record

45 Wins (27 knockouts, 18 decisions), 6 Losses (0 knockouts, 6 decisions), 1 Draw
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	45–6–1 (1)	Maurice Blocker	MD	12	19 Aug 1990	Bally's Reno, Reno, Nevada, United States	Lost WBC and Lineal Welterweight Title
Loss	45–5–1 (1)	Michael Nunn	MD	12	14 Apr 1990	The Mirage, Las Vegas, United States	For IBF and Lineal Middleweight Title
Win	45–4–1 (1)	Yung-Kil Chung	UD	12	15 Sep 1989	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States	Retained WBC and Lineal Welterweight Title
Win	44–4–1 (1)	Lloyd Honeyghan	TKO	9	4 Feb 1989	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, United States	Won WBC World and Lineal Welterweight Title
No Contest	43–4–1 (1)	Tomas Molinares	NC	6	29 Jul 1988	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Retained WBA World Welterweight Title
Draw	43–4–1	Mark Breland	PTS	12	16 Apr 1988	Las Vegas Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, United States	Retained WBA World Welterweight Title
Win	43–4	Fujio Ozaki	UD	12	5 Feb 1988	Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Retained WBA World Welterweight Title
Win	42–4	Mark Breland	TKO	11	22 Aug 1987	Columbia, South Carolina, United States	Won WBA World Welterweight Title
Win	41–4	Norberto Bueno	KO	3	5 Jun 1987	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	40–4	Pedro Vilella	PTS	10	18 Feb 1987	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	39–4	Roberto Mendez	TKO	4	30 Oct 1986	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	38–4	Dexter Smith	KO	5	19 Sep 1986	Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Loss	37–4	Johnny Bumphus	TD	6	18 May 1986	Providence, Rhode Island, United States	Retained USBA Welterweight Title
Win	37–3	Ralph Twinning	TKO	7	6 Apr 1986	Chicago, United States
Win	36–3	Leo Davis	KO	2	24 Jan 1986	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	35–3	Simon Brown	SD	12	22 Nov 1985	Sands Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Retained USBA Welterweight Title
Win	34–3	Reggie Miller	UD	10	7 Aug 1985	Atlantis Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	33–3	Floyd Mayweather Sr.	UD	12	26 Apr 1985	Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Retained USBA Welterweight Title
Loss	32–3	Pedro Vilella	MD	12	15 Jun 1984	Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States	Won NABF Welterweight Title
Win	32–2	Lupe Aquino	PTS	12	17 Apr 1984	Playboy Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Retained USBA/NABF Welterweight Titles
Loss	31–2	Donald Curry	UD	15	4 Feb 1984	Bally's Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	For IBF, WBA and Lineal Welterweight Titles
Win	31–1	Bob Graddy	KO	3	26 Nov 1983	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	30–1	Sammy Rookard	TKO	5	10 Nov 1983	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	29–1	Tommy Ayers	PTS	12	24 Jul 1983	Las Vegas, United States	Retained NABF/USBA Welterweight Titles
Win	28–1	Kevin Howard	UD	12	23 Apr 1983	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States	Retained NABF/USBA Welterweight Title
Win	27–1	Jose Baret	TKO	4	5 Feb 1983	Sands Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	26–1	Manuel Madera	KO	3	7 Jan 1983	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Loss	25–1	Donald Curry	SD	12	23 Oct 1982	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Retained NABF/USBA Welterweight Titles
Win	25–0	Inocencio De La Rosa	UD	10	10 Sep 1982	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	24–0	Kevin Morgan	TKO	2	17 Jul 1982	Felt Forum, New York City, United States	Won USBA Welterweight Title
Win	23–0	Babilah McCarthy	KO	9	5 Jun 1982	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	22–0	Ricardo Raul Camoranesi	KO	3	23 Apr 1982	New Haven Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Win	21–0	Jose Luis Santana	KO	1	22 Mar 1982	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	20–0	Danny Paul	UD	10	29 Jan 1982	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	19–0	Jack Morrell	TKO	2	28 Aug 1981	Felt Forum, New York City, United States
Win	18–0	Juan Hidalgo	TKO	5	25 Jun 1981	Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States
Win	17–0	Johnny Cooper	TKO	1	29 May 1981	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	16–0	Miguel Angel Hernandez	TKO	8	24 Apr 1981	Felt Forum, New York City, United States
Win	15–0	Floyd Mayweather, Sr.	UD	10	9 Mar 1981	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States	Controversial decision. Most thought Mayweather won the fight.
Win	14–0	Bruce Strauss	KO	2	9 Feb 1981	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	13–0	Ruby Ortiz	UD	10	16 Jan 1981	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	12–0	Curtis Taylor	UD	10	25 Nov 1980	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	11–0	Dave Bolden	TKO	3	3 Nov 1980	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	10–0	Benji Goldstone	TKO	5	20 Jun 1980	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	9–0	Eddie Campbell	UD	8	23 May 1980	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	8–0	Feliciano Cintron	TKO	6	8 Apr 1980	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	7–0	Frank Minnigan	TKO	4	28 Feb 1980	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	6–0	Charles Newell	KO	7	9 Jan 1980	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States	Newell died on Jan. 18 from injuries sustained during this fight.
Win	5–0	John Saxton Boynton	TKO	4	5 Nov 1979	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	4–0	Hector Ortiz	PTS	6	17 Oct 1979	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	3–0	Jerry Worth	PTS	4	27 Sep 1979	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	2–0	Hubert Jackson	UD	4	7 Sep 1979	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win	1–0	Tim LaValley	TKO	3	27 Jul 1979	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

See also

• List of lineal boxing world champions
• List of welterweight boxing champions
• List of WBC world champions

References

1. "Marlon Starling". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
2. "The Lineal Welterweight Champs". Cyber Boxing Zone.
3. Jacobs, Jeff (4 July 2013). "Marlon Starling Looking For That Next Chapter In His Life". Hartford Courant. Hartford Courant. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

External links

• Boxing record for Marlon Starling from BoxRec (registration required)

• 1959 births
• Living people
• Welterweight boxers
• World boxing champions
• Sportspeople from Hartford, Connecticut
• Boxers from Connecticut
• American male boxers