Marc Livitz
155 articles · The Boxing Republic
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The Man Knows His Rights
By Marc Livitz
Quillin was hoping to wrest the WBA middleweight title from Jacobs in an exclusive borough affair at the Barclays Center? Peter ?Kid Chocolate? Quillin wasn?t exactly a landslide favorite in the eyes…
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?The Sound of the Fury?
By Marc Livitz
Fury?s resounding win on Saturday was a big day for boxing, but not a headstone upon the multiple divisions below the big guys? Tyson Fury met with the media yesterday at Macron…
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Canelo vs. Cotto?The Stakes are Nigh
By Marc Livitz
What seems to be missing is an honest attempt to reach as many fans as possible. Business is business and that always comes first? Canelo vs. CDriving past the Mirage Hotel and…
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Bradley?s Big Break or Rios? Big Brakes?
By Marc Livitz
Bradley?s win was all on him and not on the prodding of Atlas or the inability of his opponent to say no to his Achilles Heel? ?Kill the body and the head…
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Gennady Golovkin?Future Present or Future Past?
By Marc Livitz
Examination of his boxing r?sum? may not burn our eyes with a ?who?s who? of the middleweight division, but not all of this is his fault? Saturday?s middleweight championship contest at Madison…
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Santa Cruz vs. Mares?Just One More Thing?
By Marc Livitz
Those in attendance last night at the Staples Center in downtown LA were treated to a great night of fights? The majority of us likely viewed Saturday evening?s entertaining battle between Leo…
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Mayweather Spars on Cable TV?Buy Now and Buy Later
By Marc Livitz
It all may be too late and not many believe that September will see the last of ?Money? Mayweather in the ring? Have our eyes deceived us yet again? More to the…
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Mayweather vs. Berto ? Connect the Blue Dots
By Marc Livitz
A blue dot indicates a buyable seat in the arena and the Grand Garden Arena is full of them, perhaps to the degree of a half sold house? Somewhere back in the…
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Oscar De La Hoya – Don’t Call it a Comeback
By Marc Livitz
There are still oceans among us who remember where we were and what we were doing that November day in 1991 when basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson made his tragic declaration to…
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Porter vs. Broner?Delivery with a Smile
By Marc Livitz
Broner should give serious thought to the art of tact and saving the gibberish for when the work is really done for the day? For the time being, let us lay down…
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Canelo vs. Kirkland?Fun, But Not Hagler-Hearns
By Marc Livitz
It was a fun fight to watch as well as attend, but it was far too one-sided to even enter the conversation of comparison to ?The Fight?? Thanks and seas of gratitude…
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4.4 Million Buys & Almost as Many Frowns
By Marc Livitz
The sentiments of a letdown can linger to a point that is reachable neither by pout nor pint? As much as we?re often told that heart and soul are but metaphysical elements…
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Canelo vs Kirkland ? Shovel and Dirt
By Marc Livitz
The fallout from last weekend?s debacle in Las Vegas began no sooner than the spill out from the MGM Grand Garden Arena as well as homes, bars and clubs worldwide. Perhaps the…
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Floyd Mayweather – Three Strikes and Still Not Out
By Marc Livitz
We?re in this together all the way until our cable bill arrives. One hundred dead presidents to see what was supposed to be the fight to not only put boxing back on…
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Mayweather vs Pacquiao press conference: What will we see?
By Marc Livitz
The sporting world hasn't been made to wait much longer on other events taking place as has been the case with the one set for May 2 in Las Vegas. Unlike many…
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Mayweather, Pacquiao and the Happy Media
By Marc Livitz
All was quiet for so very on long on the western as well as eastern fronts. External pressures at last forced the sport of boxing's two biggest commodities to paint themselves into…
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Mayweather vs Pacquiao – Signed and sealed, but will it deliver?
By Marc Livitz
Imagine if you will, for just a moment a scene in which you are at one end of a negotiating table. The bickering and nonsensical verbiage which has preceded a momentous juncture…
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Mayweather vs Pacquiao – Make It Or Cut the Cord….Now
By Marc Livitz
Nearly six hundred years have passed since the mechanical movable printing press was introduced to Europe by Johannes Gutenberg. It's widely recognized as one of the most important inventions of all time.…
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Mayweather vs Pacquiao on Boxrec – We Didn’t Inhale
By Marc Livitz
A fresh breath of calmness and collectedness briefly visited the ever changing baggage carousel that is the soap opera which surrounds May 2, 2015. The eventual feelings weren't exactly akin to the…
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Mayweather vs Pacquiao: Gag it and bag it
By Marc Livitz
Greetings to one and all and a very happy 2015 to the same. Outwardly crack the knuckles and have a seat. One of the most interesting aspects over a potential (if even…