Lloyd Honeyghan vs Marlon Starling

[@peter-peter5929]

I have always said that Starling is one of the most underrated Welterweights in history. I remember watching this fight at home with about half my building in my living room. This was a huge event. Lol. Thank you for uploading.

[@andrewwaybright9053]

I've met him at Ali's training camp deer lake, he's very nice

[@peter-peter5929]

@@andrewwaybright9053 no kidding? That's awesome. He seems like he would be.

[@Von.NorthEnd]

@@andrewwaybright9053 he used to come to my gym all the time and help train. He stays in Hartford, CT where he was raised

[@princejohn6560]

I think one of the reasons he was so underrated was because of his two losses to Curry who didn't go on to becoming the superstar many were expecting.

[@exspiravit6920]

​@@Von.NorthEndYeah Magic man Moochie had some very WEIRD luck and not in a good way. The Curry fights could have gone differently, if one of the judges had admired tight defense it could've easily went his way. Also, he had terrible luck!! They did that thing when he fought Bumphus where they let you hear each judge's score for the last round every round. Even though the judges were scoring it for Bumphus, Marlon was BUSTING Johnny up, and it probably would've ended up a TKO for Marlon, but instead Duva knew Bumphus was ahead, and took advantage of a cut from accidental Headbutt and said his fighter couldn't continue WTF!?!? He lost technical decision. I hated that. Blocker also beat him when he was really winning seems like.

[@johncohen222]

I remember this fight well. I loved Lloyd Honeyghan and I really hoped he would win this fight, as it was one he always said he wanted. He always said that he hated Starling and desperately wanted to fight him. He started aggressively, but Starling blocked and slipped most of his punches and countered superbly. Then Lloyd tried jabbing and moving, but Starling hunted him down. Nothing Lloyd tried worked. He got more frustrated as the fight went on and when you get frustrated, you become desperate, when you become desperate you become predictable, and Starling took full advantage of that. Whatever Honeyghan tried, Starling had an answer for and congratulations to him for a brilliant performance.

[@SkindogBoxing]

Starling really fought a great fight here. He always had that great defense, and slipped so many shots going from side to side. He did all the things that Curry didn’t do vs Honeyghan.

[@ecurbjones2698]

Marlon managed a gas station in my town back in the late 70's . He went pro and his record belied the Marlon we knew . The mild mannered Marlon just kept winning .

[@tyronemurphy2905]

This fight illustrates how one bad beating can ruin a fighter. Lloyd Honeyghan entered the ring as a cocky world champion who thought that he was going to knock Marlon Starling out. He left it badly beaten and a shadow of his former self. He was never the same fighter after this and the subsequent beating at the hands of Mark Breland, merely served to confirm that his days as a world-class fighter were over.

[@Kaiserbill99]

Yes. Just rewatched the Breland fight and Honeyghan was a shadow of his former self. None of the brash arrogance and put down by two jabs. Completely shot.

[@johncohen9800]

Yes. Honeyghan was destroyed psychologically as well as physically. Bit by bit, his self belief and confidence were eroded. Whatever he tried, Starling had an answer to. Even the knockdown, he didn't really get hit. He was just broken by then.

[@40hours56]

I was there. It was in a big tent behind Caesars Palace, I was in the Air force at Nellis AFB. They gave tickets to the base. You could get a free $50 or a free $500 ticket. I got the $50 my friend got the $500 one. We found seats in the $500 section.. Right behind the VIP section. Hearns was right in front of us. Mike's analysis is spot on .

[@AdolfsGirl]

it used to be ceasars look up the Mandela effect

[@timp4417]

Really wanted Honeyghan to win this fight. I got up in the early hours of the morning to listen to this on the radio. Unfortunately for Honeyghan, this was the beginning of the end.

[@andrewmorris6187]

Two great late 80's welterweights. Starling a great defensive fighter, honeyghan, are great offensive fighter. I felt that honeyghan had burnt out at this point. His nightlife lifestyle catching up with him.

[@darren-q5n]

tremendous bout with the absoulte amazing footage of iron mike tyson dialogue with the great harry capterner brilliant

[@christopherbrooks1628]

Starling said before the fight, Honeyghan hates me now, but sometime during the fight, he'll want to be my friend. 21:10 was that moment.

[@joeblow2069]

Curry's great accomplishment was beating this man Starling twice. Starling was one hell of a fighter who beat several good fighters. Only lost to Michael Nunn because of the size difference.

[@paulanthony5274]

Starling lost to Maurice Blocker the same year he lost to Nunn.

[@johnniea4684]

Very close fight too. Haven't watched it in a while but you could make a case for a Starling win.

[@graemechristopher4008]

When I saw this fight in 1988, Starling became one of my favourite fighters, mainly because of his superb defensive and incisive counter-punching skills. Pure masterclass, and still to this day, one of the most adept counter punchers I’ve ever seen.

[@Nimvar]

his highguard is really strange and the way he stays upright

[@BlueVein1926]

Starling and Lloyd Honeyghan had been on a collision course and met in early-‘89 not 1988 ..It was a genuine grudge match.

[@graemechristopher4008]

@@BlueVein1926 Thank you for the correction.

[@burtonrivera5253]

A Marlon Starling-Kirkland Laing fight would have been quite the match up. The Magic Man vs. The Natural

[@life107familyfitnessboxing8]

Agree I use to spar with Kirkland Laing in the UK. That would have been a great fight. R.I.P. Kirkland Laing

[@StaffordshireTravelAdventures]

Who can Remember the great fights of yester year, i remember all of them. Frank Bruno, Mike Tyson, prince naseem, lloyd honyghan, Nigel Ben, chris eubank etc not forgetting LENNOX LEWIS

[@patrickverona387]

This was essentially a career ended for Honeyghan. He was absolutely never the same after this beat down. Starling fought a near perfect fight and Honeyghan really looked amateurish. His career really went down after this fight.

[@H.K.5]

The Mark Breland fight ended Honeyghan’s career.

[@seanpeter9605]

Was gutted when honeyghan lost this fight ! He wobbled starling early and was just trying to overpower him ! Starling defence was to good and won well in the end ! Hear he’s not very well now days ! Bless him

[@manosparavida3551]

I was flabbergasted st Starling's powerful, counter punching abilities in this bout and then totally dumbfounded at Mark Breland blowing Lloyd away in less than 3 rounds in perhaps his next fight.

[@tonycalbert1905]

Starling a two time WBA and WBC welterweight champion. Just imagine how far his career could have gone if the great Eddie Futch would have trained him his whole career. WOW!!!

[@CONTENDER791]

Mike Tyson never could pick a fight, Starlings on a different level tha Honeyghan and he proved it

[@paulanthony5274]

Honeyghan beat fighters who Starling lost to like Curry and Maurice Blocker, they were on the same level.

[@CONTENDER791]

@@paulanthony5274 Honeyghan was easy work for Starling

[@paulanthony5274]

@@CONTENDER791 Curry easy work for Honeyghan

[@paulanthony5274]

@@CONTENDER791 To say Honeyghan wasn't at starlings level is ridiculous

[@CONTENDER791]

@@paulanthony5274 it was proven

[@alarmactionukalarmactionuk893]

Eddie futch a lovely articulate man and superb tactician. I suppose this fight must of gone some way to make up for the michael spinks disappointment a year earlier.

[@wilton969]

Eddie Futch one of the greatest coaches of all time...master tactician.

[@vividlens1853]

Thanks for this

[@blackjack-ks8zn]

26:41 love moments like this

[@afriend1743]

Slick, tough, and endlessly energetic. Marlon Starling would use his high guard and timing to make up for his (relative) deficits in speed and power, forcing his opponents to work harder than they'd like, landing far fewer shots than they wanted. When they started to slow down, he'd get more aggressive, putting punches together on a now fatigued fighter. An opponent would need exceptional will and durability to survive the later rounds, only to lose unanimously on the scorecards. A cerebral style crafted by the great Eddie Futch, and bestowed on the clinical Magic Man.

[@tom11zz884]

Mike Tyson was always a very good commentator for fights, I'm surprised he didn't do more of it.

[@entertainingsportshighligh7525]

@ 2:19 ...... MIKE TYSON

[@burtonrivera5253]

Time and perspective shows you the fights the fight game politics would never allow for its own reasons

[@jeffreyfreeman4843]

Marlon is a friend. The British TV call is so respectful to him. Unlike Larry Merchant.

[@RookhKshatriya]

Life changing beating administered there. LH could not find the latch on the door after this.

[@randquadrozzi5850]

Marlon was a class act in and out of the ring and the champ looked like he came in out of shape.

[@julieseddon-v2s]

Honeyghan was a bit past his best here, but Marlon was a underrated fighter, very tricky with a lot of skill

[@landicunningham2005]

Lyoyd Honeyghan got lucky against Curry. If Curry found him at a higher weight, what Starling did to Honeyghan here, Curry would`ve finished him within three rounds. Curry toyed with Starling.

[@CONTENDER791]

Curry toyed with Starling ?? hahahah That get the dumbest post of the year award.

[@landicunningham2005]

@@CONTENDER791 Hey Nigga....who won the fight? I rest my case.

[@keithcampbell6806]

Definitely the dumbest post. Most real fans thought Starling deserved the first fight with Curry. Dumd comment indeed.

[@landicunningham2005]

I am the bible of boxing

[@landicunningham2005]

​@@keithcampbell6806I am the Bible of boxing

[@ryang790]

a young freddie roach at the end haha

[@simontruss4816]

Made it easy for Starling... Fought a poor fight..

[@markant9534]

Honeyghan didn`t know how to pierce the high guard at all.

[@brianmorecombe2726]

Nah the Vaca fight even though he won the rematch and the Mark Breland fight before this one knackered Honeyghan.Lucky for Starling that he beat Honeyghan who was on the slide.

[@dondread7363]

I always knew Starling would beat Honeyghan, Lioyd’s all action style of fighting was Taylor made for him.

[@ilfordjedi]

The Magic Man won me a few bob on this one as did Breland the following year.

[@adonisDNA2000]

Honeyghan was tailor made for Starling.

[@blackjack-ks8zn]

22:42 dang

[@johnjamele]

this fight pretty much ended Honeyghan's career.

[@terrymcgill2798]

The negative commentary from start. To finish ruined it for me

[@onlyjoetee]

I see a very young Freddie Roach up there…

[@doodsydoodsy5370]

Lloyd fought a brave fight beaten by a better man on the day no excuses given starling caught him early and kept him on the hook

[@CONTENDER791]

Starling schooled Honyeghan , made him look like an amatuer

[@DerpRulesAll]

This is back when you could invite Mike Tyson for color commentary, and you'd get lucid, knowledgeable, color commentary.

[@clairelilley8756]

why Lloyd chose to fight in the Americans backyard?money?

[@kc1973able]

Claire Lilley yup and he got the lions share of it. Made good more than Starling did that night apparently. Starling got what he really wanted though a win over the Raggamuffin man.🥊

[@HatersHaveOpinion1]

The tables have turned, now & days its the American boxers that need to go to the UK for money

[@petej5232]

@@HatersHaveOpinion1lay off the crack bro. Did Mayweather go there?

[@Kaiserbill99]

@@petej5232 British fighters have always earned more than US fighters. When Tim Witherspoon beat Frank Bruno to retain his HW title back in the 1980s, he later learned that Bruno had earned 25% more than him despite being the challenger. This was always down to the difference in promoters in the UK and US but these days a British fighter can sell out a 90K stadium so the likes of AJ has earned substantially more than Deontay Wilder. Mayweather made his money from PPVs but he is the exception to the rule.

[@foundfoundfound1]

@@Kaiserbill99 joshua is the exception. fury doesn’t draw, whyte doesn’t draw, joyce doesn’t draw.

[@waynepollitt7653]

Honeyghan made starling look good

[@lenoxbradshaw7175]

Honeyghan, clearly fought the wrong fight, all that uncontrolled aggression in the first couple of rounds were clearly unnecessary, then he decided to run for cover from the 5th round onwards, hoping Sterling would tire. Sterling fought the perfect fight.

[@chrisjonson3820]

Lloyd Was another uk hype job he could fight but lost to any other big name the curry fight did worse for him soon as in with the other big boys he lost way overhyped.Agree starling was underrated and Mike mc Callum and arron prior they all were.

[@perkinsvalentine]

Honeygan: Wait bloody Minute...? This isn't them blokes Gene Bump City Hatcher! What's Micky thinking putting me in a real fight outside of Briton?

[@ErictheViking-w7q]

Iff Lloyd didn’t get he’s jaw broke it would off been a better fight

[@leeturton9254]

Terrible tactics from honeyghan....he had the talent to give starling a boxing lesson infact he did it in a lot of his fights....swingin bombs instead of using his jab and movement....so frustrating when I see fighters not using their boxing ability....Hatton was another fighter like that who could have performed much better

[@stevemoorman9481]

Honeyghan forgot the skills that made him champion ,

[@BlueVein1926]

Marlon Starling said Lloyd Honeyghan was one of his easiest fights.. He just didn’t have the tools, he couldn’t outfight or outbox him.

[@CONTENDER791]

Honeyghan give Starling a boxing lesson ? Not on his best day would that happen

[@ErictheViking-w7q]

Starling wos like a baby

[@stuartrobinson2456]

honey was brave but not the sharpest knife in the drawer

[@crankcuffin1948]

2 fighters cashing in rofl

[@ErictheViking-w7q]

Curry wos a very good welterweight but had no power at light middleweight and middleweight

[@ErictheViking-w7q]

Lloyd fought the wrong fight

[@rubenlenero3091]

Precipitado.

[@LoganCharlesII]

LOL @ the distressed British announcer.

[@ErictheViking-w7q]

Starling wosent a big puncher

[@harryheath9928]

I'm glad Honey got beat up and this brutal London cat got beat up and put back way in his arrogant place cause he beat my man Curry the cobra cause he was weight drained and underestimated when it came to the English man!