David Starie

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David Starie, born 11 June 1974 in Bury St.Edmunds, England was a British professional boxer. He is a former Commonwealth Super Middleweight champion and British Super Middleweight champion.

1 Professional career
2 Life After Boxing
3 Amateur Accomplishments
4 External links

[edit] Professional career

Known as "Jedi". Starie won the British Super Middlweight bout when he stopped Sam Storey in 1997. Starie was stopped three months later by Dean Francis.

In March 1998 he won the Commonwealth Super Middleweight title beating Clinton Woods on points. In November 1998 Starie regained the British Super Middlweight title when he knocked out Ali Forbes to win the vacant title.

In January 2000 he fought Joe Calzaghe for the WBO Super Middleweight losing on points.

In 2003 he vacated the British Super Middlweight title and lost his Commonwealth Super Middleweight title on points to Andre Thysse.

In June 2003 Starie fought for the IBF And WBA Super Middleweight titles losing on points to Sven Ottke. This was to be Starie's last fight in the ring. He announced retirement August 2003.

[edit] Life After Boxing

Starie is now a full-time firefighter, after doing working in this capacity part-time during his boxing career.

In June 2006, David Starie talked about returning to the ring. Promoters and the British Boxing Board of Control told him that he was likely to need only two warm-up fights before being offered a shot at the British super-middleweight title, which he vacated following his retirement. But he rejected the offer: "I said I would never return to the ring but now it is an option and I have had talks about coming back. But, currently, I have no plans to step back into the ring. Maybe one day I will wake up and decide I need to return to the sport but that's not in my present plans."