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 | ![]() | loss | MD 12 |
52 | Apr 14, 1990 | 30 | ![]() | loss | MD 12 |
51 | Sep 15, 1989 | 30 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
50 | Feb 04, 1989 | 29 | ![]() | win | TKO 9 |
49 | Jul 29, 1988 | 28 | ![]() | nc | NA
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48 | Apr 16, 1988 | 28 | ![]() | draw | SD 12 |
47 | Feb 05, 1988 | 28 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
46 | Aug 22, 1987 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 11 |
45 | Jun 05, 1987 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
44 | Feb 18, 1987 | 27 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
43 | Oct 30, 1986 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
42 | Sep 19, 1986 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 5 |
41 | May 18, 1986 | 26 | ![]() | loss | TD 6 |
40 | Apr 06, 1986 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
39 | Jan 24, 1986 | 26 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
38 | Nov 22, 1985 | 26 | ![]() | win | SD 12 |
37 | Aug 07, 1985 | 25 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
36 | Apr 26, 1985 | 25 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
35 | Jun 15, 1984 | 24 | ![]() | loss | MD 12 |
34 | Apr 17, 1984 | 24 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
33 | Feb 04, 1984 | 24 | ![]() | loss | UD 15 |
32 | Nov 26, 1983 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
31 | Nov 10, 1983 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
30 | Jul 24, 1983 | 23 | ![]() | win | MD 12 |
29 | Apr 23, 1983 | 23 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
28 | Feb 05, 1983 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
27 | Jan 07, 1983 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
26 | Oct 23, 1982 | 23 | ![]() | loss | SD 12 |
25 | Sep 10, 1982 | 23 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
24 | Jul 17, 1982 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
23 | Jun 05, 1982 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 9 |
22 | Apr 23, 1982 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
21 | Mar 22, 1982 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
20 | Jan 29, 1982 | 22 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
19 | Aug 28, 1981 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
18 | Jun 25, 1981 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
17 | May 29, 1981 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
16 | Apr 24, 1981 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 8 |
15 | Mar 09, 1981 | 21 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
14 | Feb 09, 1981 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
13 | Jan 16, 1981 | 21 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
12 | Nov 25, 1980 | 21 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
11 | Nov 03, 1980 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
10 | Jun 20, 1980 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
9 | May 23, 1980 | 20 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
8 | Apr 08, 1980 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
7 | Feb 28, 1980 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
6 | Jan 09, 1980 | 20 | ![]() | win | KO 7 |
5 | Nov 05, 1979 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
4 | Oct 17, 1979 | 20 | ![]() | win | PTS 6 |
3 | Sep 27, 1979 | 20 | ![]() | win | PTS 4 |
2 | Sep 07, 1979 | 20 | ![]() | win | UD 4 |
1 | Jul 27, 1979 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |