Marlon Starling (Magic Man) is a 65-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former welterweight world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 11 years and 23 days, Starling amassed a record of 45-6-1, which includes 27 wins via KO, 2 of which were in world-title fights.
Marlon Starling was born in Hartford, Connecticut on August 29, 1959. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on July 27, 1979 against Tim LaValley. Starling defeated LaValley via 3rd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Starling got his first world-title fight at the age of 24 after 32 professional fights. On February 4, 1984 Starling challenged Donald Curry's WBA and IBF welterweight titles but lost via 15-round unanimous decision.
He became a world champion on August 22, 1987 at the age of 27 years, after by defeating Mark Breland, the then-reining WBA welterweight champion, via 11th round TKO. This was his 46th fight as a professional.
Starling then went on to successfully win the WBC welterweight world title as well.
Starling's last fight was a majority decision loss to Maurice Blocker at age 30, on August 19, 1990, in which he lost his WBC welterweight title.
Some of Marlon Starling's best fights have been against Lloyd Honeyghan, Mark Breland, Simon Brown, and Floyd Mayweather Sr. For a complete list of Starling's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Marlon Starling".
Starling has 6 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Marlon Starling Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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53 | Aug 19, 1990 | 30 | Maurice Blocker | loss | MD 12 |
52 | Apr 14, 1990 | 30 |
Michael Nunn 27 34-0 | loss | MD 12 |
51 | Sep 15, 1989 | 30 | Young Kil Jung | win | UD 12 |
50 | Feb 04, 1989 | 29 |
Lloyd Honeyghan 28 33-1 | win | TKO 9 |
49 | Jul 29, 1988 | 28 | Tomás Molinares | nc | NA
|
48 | Apr 16, 1988 | 28 |
Mark Breland 24 20-1 | draw | SD 12 |
47 | Feb 05, 1988 | 28 | Fujio Ozaki | win | UD 12 |
46 | Aug 22, 1987 | 27 |
Mark Breland 24 18-0 | win | TKO 11 |
45 | Jun 05, 1987 | 27 | Norberto Bueno | win | KO 3 |
44 | Feb 18, 1987 | 27 | Pedro Vilella | win | UD 10 |
43 | Oct 30, 1986 | 27 | Roberto Mendez | win | TKO 4 |
42 | Sep 19, 1986 | 27 | Dexter Smith | win | KO 5 |
41 | May 18, 1986 | 26 | Johnny Bumphus | loss | TD 6 |
40 | Apr 06, 1986 | 26 | Ralph Twinning | win | TKO 7 |
39 | Jan 24, 1986 | 26 | Leo Davis | win | KO 2 |
38 | Nov 22, 1985 | 26 |
Simon Brown 22 21-0 | win | SD 12 |
37 | Aug 07, 1985 | 25 | Reggie Miller | win | UD 10 |
36 | Apr 26, 1985 | 25 |
Floyd Mayweather Sr. 32 28-4-1 | win | UD 12 |
35 | Jun 15, 1984 | 24 | Pedro Vilella | loss | MD 12 |
34 | Apr 17, 1984 | 24 | Lupe Aquino | win | UD 12 |
33 | Feb 04, 1984 | 24 |
Donald Curry 22 17-0 | loss | UD 15 |
32 | Nov 26, 1983 | 24 | Bob Graddy | win | KO 3 |
31 | Nov 10, 1983 | 24 | Sammy Rookard | win | TKO 5 |
30 | Jul 24, 1983 | 23 | Tommy Ayers | win | MD 12 |
29 | Apr 23, 1983 | 23 | Jose Baret | win | UD 12 |
28 | Feb 05, 1983 | 23 | Jose Baret | win | KO 4 |
27 | Jan 07, 1983 | 23 | Manuel Madera | win | KO 3 |
26 | Oct 23, 1982 | 23 |
Donald Curry 21 14-0 | loss | SD 12 |
25 | Sep 10, 1982 | 23 | Inocencio De la Rosa | win | UD 10 |
24 | Jul 17, 1982 | 22 | Kevin Morgan | win | TKO 1 |
23 | Jun 05, 1982 | 22 | Babilah McCarthy | win | TKO 9 |
22 | Apr 23, 1982 | 22 | Ricardo Raul Camoranesi | win | KO 3 |
21 | Mar 22, 1982 | 22 | Jose Luis Santana | win | KO 1 |
20 | Jan 29, 1982 | 22 | Danny Paul | win | UD 10 |
19 | Aug 28, 1981 | 21 | Jack Morrell | win | TKO 2 |
18 | Jun 25, 1981 | 21 | Juan Hidalgo | win | TKO 5 |
17 | May 29, 1981 | 21 | Johnny Cooper | win | TKO 1 |
16 | Apr 24, 1981 | 21 | Miguel Angel Hernandez | win | TKO 8 |
15 | Mar 09, 1981 | 21 |
Floyd Mayweather Sr. 28 19-2 | win | UD 10 |
14 | Feb 09, 1981 | 21 | Bruce Strauss | win | KO 2 |
13 | Jan 16, 1981 | 21 | Ruby Ortiz | win | UD 10 |
12 | Nov 25, 1980 | 21 | Curtis Taylor | win | UD 10 |
11 | Nov 03, 1980 | 21 | Dave Bolden | win | TKO 3 |
10 | Jun 20, 1980 | 20 | Benji Goldstone | win | TKO 5 |
9 | May 23, 1980 | 20 | Eddie Campbell | win | UD 8 |
8 | Apr 08, 1980 | 20 | Feliciano Cintron | win | TKO 6 |
7 | Feb 28, 1980 | 20 | Frank Minnigan | win | TKO 4 |
6 | Jan 09, 1980 | 20 | Charles Newell | win | KO 7 |
5 | Nov 05, 1979 | 20 | John Saxton | win | TKO 4 |
4 | Oct 17, 1979 | 20 | Hector Ortiz | win | PTS 6 |
3 | Sep 27, 1979 | 20 | Jerry North | win | PTS 4 |
2 | Sep 07, 1979 | 20 | Hubert Jackson | win | UD 4 |
1 | Jul 27, 1979 | 19 | Tim LaValley | win | TKO 3 |