Marc Livitz
155 articles · The Boxing Republic
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Terence Crawford?Welcome to History
By Marc Livitz
How did Bernard Hopkins unify the middleweight stable in September of 2004? The same way. A body shot. Accept no substitutes? On January 2, 1996, the college football powerhouse known as the…
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McGregor?s Momentous Chance?Who Needs Luck of the Irish?
By Marc Livitz
?I?m very happy and looking forward to when the contest is all wrapped up. I?ll relax on my yacht and do the ?counting game??? The UFC brass seems to know how to…
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The Return of Miguel Cotto
By Marc Livitz
We haven?t seen Cotto in the ring since November of 2015, when he lost a competitive fight to Canelo. We didn?t know if we?d see him again? There was once a time,…
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Canelo and Golovkin?s Trainer Bazaar
By Marc Livitz
?I see Gennady being more physical. I see Gennady trying to dictate the pace. Canelo has proven that he?s a warrior?? The captain steers the ship while steerage hoists the sails. It?s…
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Mayweather vs. McGregor?Now We Get It
By Marc Livitz
?We?re looking for the knockout and he?s looking for the knockout. I?m pretty sure this fight is not going the distance?? Fight night is now but a fortnight away, depending on who…
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No Need for Klitschko vs. Joshua II
By Marc Livitz
The eight years he spent being enlightened by the late Emanuel Steward proved to be worth its weight in gold? Ladies and gentlemen, it?s been made official. One of the finest boxers…
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Will Conor Pull a Victor?
By Marc Livitz
Victor Ortiz is set to fight Saul Corral tonight in a non-title contest which will be televised live on Fox Sports 1? Sunday Night Football in the United States is as coveted…
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Tyson Predicts Mayweather Romp
By Marc Livitz
The former ?baddest man on the planet? spoke to Barstool Sports in regard to next month?s showdown between showoffs? For those of us who were born in the 1970?s and did most…
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Canelo Alvarez?Where Would a Victory Over Golovkin Place Him?
By Marc Livitz
Aside from the Mayweather debacle, Canelo?s biggest challenge is set to take place in less than two months? Many signs are beginning to point to a great night of boxing in Las…
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Joe Smith Fought on With a Broken Jaw
By Marc Livitz
?Frankly it?s amazing that he continued to valiantly fight over the next eight rounds and finish the fight?? This past Saturday evening, boxing fans were treated to a trifecta of televised title…
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Obsessed with the Impossible
By Marc Livitz
We?ll never know if Mike Tyson could have held his own against Muhammad Ali or if Ali himself could have beaten Joe Louis? ?You can?t always get what you want. But if…
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Holyfield vs. Tyson II?Bite Night Revisited
By Marc Livitz
What happened in the first bout wasn?t supposed to happen and certainly wouldn?t happen again, or so the thinking went at the time? Wednesday, June 28, 2017, marked the 20th anniversary of…
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Andre Ward?The Road Less Favored
By Marc Livitz
When the Super Six concluded in late 2011, Ward had beaten Mikkel Kessler, Allan Green, Sakio Bika, Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch? Mandatory fights as well as challengers can bring a smile…
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Manny, Down Under
By Marc Livitz
There?s not going to be another ?Rumble in the Jungle? anytime soon and with good reason. Kinshasa is not on anyone?s bucket list? We all know Manny the philanthropist, Manny the senator…
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Boxing?s Divine Comedy
By Marc Livitz
Is Canelo Alvarez any more animated than Andre Ward? Try not to laugh. Canelo is as quiet as they come, even drab by today?s standards? The expiration date to discuss last Saturday?s…
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Ward vs. Kovalev II?Moving on to Monday
By Marc Livitz
Visa may boast that its credit card gets you ?everywhere you want to be,? but the race card needs to stay in one?s wallet? It happened again. The second meeting between two…
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Ward vs. Kovalev II?No Fan?s Land
By Marc Livitz
One would think that a bout which carries such massive implications in just about any weight class would receive ample attention? If it?s true that the camera can add fifteen pounds, then…
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Tyson vs. Spinks?Did He Even Want to Get Back Up?
By Marc Livitz
Less than a minute passed before Michael Spinks was sent to the canvas, to one knee to be precise for the first time in his career? Remember when Sports Illustrated actually tossed…
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Mayweather vs. McGregor?Whoa, They Were Serious?
By Marc Livitz
The friendly merger between boxing and mixed martial arts will take place on August 26 at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas? It?s official, per Floyd Mayweather?s Instagram account. It?s even…
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Rios is Back and Still Rios
By Marc Livitz
Some of us thought we?d seen the last of Rios, but alas a fighter?s time in the ring is oftentimes tough to forget? Sunday night was a return to glory of sorts…