By Marc Livitz at ringside in Dallas, TX: Terence Crawford scored a sixth round knockout victory over Alejandro Sanabria in the evening’s co-main event at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas on Saturday.

By: Marc Livitz at ringside in Dallas, TX: The crowd inside the American Airlines Center in Dallas was treated to a fine display of boxing brilliance this evening. Although his WBO featherweight title was no longer his, Mikey Garcia silenced the doubters who branded him as unprofessional and undisciplined with a resounding fourth round knockout of Juan Manuel "JuanMa" Lopez.

By Marc Livitz in Dallas, TX.: Multitudes of boxing fans braved the scorching Texas heat for a chance to grab a preferable spot inside the American Airlines Arena in downtown Dallas, Texas this afternoon.

By Marc Livitz: Despite the fact that last month’s May 4 showdown between Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Robert Guerrero dominated the headlines of professional boxing, a certain impromptu press conference which took place that same summer morning in Las Vegas had its own collective share of notoriety.

By Marc Livitz: Prior to the evening of November 17, 2012, former Michigan State University linebacker Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell was crashing his way up the heavyweight ranks. He was undefeated and furthermore held an astonishing 75% knockout ratio. Then along came that particular November night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

By Marc Livitz: Tonight in Uncasville, Connecticut two "almost there" varieties of seasoned fighters met in the ring for a strategic battle. Delvin Rodriguez earned a hard fought victory over Freddy Hernandez in a light middleweight bout at the Mohegan Sun Casino.

By: Marc Livitz: London, England undoubtedly has more than its fair share of recognizable landmarks known the world over. Among the newer locales is the O2 arena (formerly known as the Millennium Dome) made popular in some ways before its grand opening in 2000 by Irish actor Pierce Brosnan (aka James Bond) in the opening sequences of the 1999 “007” film, “The World Is Not Enough”.

Marc Livitz talks exclusively with L.A based light welterweight Cleotis "Mookie" Pendarvis

By Marc Livitz at ringside in Las Vegas: "May Day", as the weekend’s promotion was called proved to be a state of emergency for only one man in the ring tonight and it was not Floyd "Money" Mayweather, Jr. In front of a sellout crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Floyd didn’t look like a year of inactivity, a short stint in jail or thirty six years of age was any sort of factor.

By Marc Livitz in Las Vegas: Leo Santa Cruz clashed with Alexander Munoz for the vacant USBA junior featherweight championship on the Mayweather Jr Vs Guererro undercard in Las Vegas on Saturday.

By Marc Livitz from ringside: Abner Mares made his featherweight debut this evening in Las Vegas and he was out to impress the masses. His first fight in the division was for the WBC featherweight title which was held by Daniel Ponce de Leon.

By Marc Livitz in Las Vegas: Whoever decided many years ago to open arena doors to the public for a weigh in before an anticipated fight should be highly commended. The bigger the bout, the larger the crowd and so why not treat the weigh in as a great precursor to the event itself?

By Marc Livitz in Las Vegas: As is customary whenever Floyd "Money" Mayweather, Jr. is set to fight, the epicenter of the boxing universe shifts to his every move in and out of the ring. The week’s official press conferences concluded this afternoon at the MGM Grand with the focus now on the undercard, most notably the WBC featherweight title showdown between undefeated Abner Mares and titleholder Daniel Ponce de Leon.

By Marc Livitz at ringside in Austin, TX: Raymundo Beltran defeated Alejandro Rodriguez by way of unanimous decision tonight at the Frank Erwin Center on the campus of the University of Texas. The two Mexican fighters battled in a ten round lightweight contest in front of a good sized crowd.

By Marc Livitz in Austin, TX: Boxing fans will find themselves hard pressed to leave their television screens this Saturday evening. Fights of great significance are to take place in both north and south America.

By Marc Livitz: Cinco de Mayo weekend is fast approaching and that usually means what it has meant in years past. Floyd “Money” Mayweather, Jr., who can now truly be the one who sits alone well atop the mythical yet at times nonsensical “Pound for Pound” rankings will be the center stage in Las Vegas.

By Marc Livitz: There are few sports fans in the world that can compare with the fanaticism of Argentine football (or soccer) devotees. Viewers around the globe will find out this Saturday evening if the same can be said for boxing fans in the South American country.

By Marc Livitz at ringside in San Antonio: Texas native Omar Figueroa scored an impressive first round knockout over Abner Cotto in the evening’s co-main event in San Antonio.

By Marc Livitz at ringside in San Antonio, TX: Canelo Alvarez didn’t disappoint this evening as he earned a highly competitive unanimous decision victory in the presence of 40,000 adoring fans at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

By Marc Livitz in San Antonio, TX: Hundreds of fans packed the historic Market Square in downtown San Antonio, Texas today to attend the public weigh in for tomorrow night’s highly anticipated and well past sold out light middleweight championship clash between Canelo Alvarez and Austin Trout.

By Marc Livitz at ringside in Corpus Christi, Texas: Juan Diaz scored a sixth round TKO victory over Hernando "Pipino" Cuevas, Jr. tonight at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.

By Marc Livitz: Can it really be nearly twenty years since Julio Cesar Chavez was awarded a gift draw in front of nearly 60,000 crazed spectators at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas? The Mexican icon’s bout versus pound for pound great Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker is still a major talking point amongst boxing fans.

By Marc Livitz: The most and sometimes least of which fans of boxing can hope for is a satisfying paid ticket-to-ring action comparison once the evening is a memory. Quite and perhaps too often, fight fans present and past voice their opinions in regard to the lack of activity or fireworks within the squared circle.

By Marc Livitz: Jesse Vargas of Las Vegas fought his way to a unanimous decision victory over Wale Omotoso at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California on Saturday.

By Marc Livitz: Tim Bradley never wanted nine months of inactivity through no fault of his own. Whether or not he did or did not indeed best Manny Pacquiao last June is left to pugilistic history. Still, Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley of Palm Springs, California sunk into a bit of a hole before he finally acknowledged that the show must go on. He and his family received death threats, taunts and consistent jabs from the media.

By Marc Livitz in San Antonio, TX: Perhaps five hundred or more loyal fans flocked to the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX today to welcome Saul "Canelo" Alvarez to Texas in great anticipation of the WBC and WBA Super Welterweight bout to take place on April 20.

By: Marc Livitz: The city of angels has probably been more than a refreshing change for Ruslan Provodnikov. When the sheer differences in climate between Los Angeles and Beryozovo, Siberia, Russia are considered, there’s no contest to be had. One locale is constant sunshine, while the other rarely sees temperatures rise beyond the level of freezing.

By Marc Livitz: Nate "Galaxxy Warrior" Campbell has provided the boxing world with his fair share of memories over the years, yet many had began to question whether or not at age forty he could continue to fight at a competitive level. The answer was delivered by unbeaten Canadian fighter Kevin Bizier this evening at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

By:Marc Livitz: Brian "The Warrior" Vera held on to his NABO Middleweight title this evening with a tenth round TKO win over Sergiy Dzinzurik at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York.

By: Marc Livitz: The Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey has seen more than its fair share of memorable evenings within the ring. On February 16, Golden Boy Promotions will most certainly have high hopes that the action packed card featuring the likes of WBC Lightweight champion Adrien "The Problem" Broner and the newly crowned NABO and WBC International Heavyweight titleholder, Johnathon Banks will produce the same type of fireworks.

By Marc Livitz: Several if not most in the boxing industry could have predicted that former welterweight champion Victor Ortiz would have the chance to achieve the same notoriety in 2012 as he did in 2011. Last year’s memories of the Oxnard, California fighter stretched from breathtaking to bizarre.

By Marc Livitz ringside in Houston: A crowd of just over seven thousand fans at the Toyota Center in downtown Houston, Texas was more than loud enough to create a great night at the fights. Nonito Donaire retained his WBO Super Bantamweight with an impressive third round knockout over Jorge Arce.

By Marc Livitz: If the third time’s a charm, then is the fourth time a deterrent? The Manny Pacquiao versus Juan Manuel Marquez saga will achieve the distinction of being called a tetralogy on December 8 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

By: Marc Livitz: Across the wide spectrum of professional sports the majority of athletes remain unsatisfied with simply going through the motions of their respective trade. The desire to gain notoriety, whether for famous or infamous reasons is present in all avenues of sport, or so it may seem.

By Marc Livitz: The welterweight division has in recent years been one of the hottest and most talent-laden weight classes in the sport of boxing. In particular, the WBC title has carried with an aura of fascination, as it has changed hands (or waists) among such fighters as Pernell Whitaker, Oscar De La Hoya, Felix Trinidad, Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

By: Marc Livitz: Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey has seen its weight in gold when it comes to high level and action packed prize fights over the past several years. This Saturday evening has the potential to continue that tradition when undefeated Adrien “The Problem” Broner faces the dangerous Antonio DeMarco in a scheduled twelve round bout for the WBC lightweight title.

By: Marc Livitz ringside in Las Vegas: The decibel level at the Thomas and Mack Center this evening was just short of deafening. A roughly 50/50 Mexico/Argentina crowd packed the arena and there was not an empty seat to be had. The fight which so many were waiting patiently for was finally delivered and it did not disappoint.

By: Marc Livitz: Las Vegas will once again be the absolute center of the boxing universe on September 15. Two championship bouts will take place at separate venues in Sin City which are just a bit more than two miles away from the other.

By Marc Livitz: The year that has been 2012 in the sport of boxing is set to wind down with a bang. September in particular will have its fair share of memorable evenings in the ring and a certain showdown in Oakland, California which is set for Saturday the eighth of the month has the potential to add to the mix.

By Marc Livitz: Randy "El Matador" Caballero of Coachella, California retained his NABO Bantamweight championship by effectively waltzing his way to a unanimous decision win over Manuel Roman at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California on Friday.

By: Marc Livitz: In ten days’ time, the Turning Stone Casino Resort in upstate New York will host an HBO “Boxing After Dark” card which has action and rough play written all over it. The city of Verona, N.Y. sits in the heart of the Oneida Nation and all is now set for a surefire night of excitement.

By: Marc Livitz: Deontay "Bronze Bomber" Wilder maintained his perfect and highly impressive record of twenty four victories (all by knockout) this evening with a savage first round TKO win over Kertson Manswell at the Civic Center Exposition Hall in Mobile, Alabama.

By Marc Livitz: Shawn "Showtime" Porter grabbed the NABO welterweight title with a clear unanimous decision win over the very popular Alfonso Gomez.

By: Marc Livitz: Robert Guerrero took a chance tonight. He hadn’t fought in well over a year and most notably was the fact that he had jumped up two weight divisions (from lightweight to welterweight). He was recovering from a dangerous shoulder injury. His opponent this evening was Turkish hard man Selcuk Aydin. The fans at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California were treated to a great night.

By: Marc Livitz: English boxer Liam “Punch” Vaughan has only been in the United States for a few months, yet he has already taken giant steps towards what he hopes will be a very promising career.

By: Marc Livitz: The fight of his life is just two weeks away and he wishes it could take place tomorrow. Palm Springs, California native Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley strongly feels that the contest which is set to take place on June 9 at the MGM in Las Vegas is the opportunity of a lifetime

By Marc Livitz: Pound for Pound great Manny Pacquiao and his trainer, International Boxing Hall of Fame elect Freddie Roach took part in a brief yet insightful international media conference call today from their home base of Hollywood, California.

By Marc Livitz: Wille "The Great" Nelson scored an upset tonight with a unanimous decision win over Yudel Jhonson at the Texas Station Casino Hotel in Las Vegas in a ten round junior middleweight contest. The bout’s initial round saw Nelson do his best to establish his jab as well as utilize his sizable reach advantage. Jhonson stood at 5’10", while Nelson reigned tall at an impressive 6’3".

By:Marc Livitz at ringside: Ismayl Sillakh was heavily favored this evening. ESPN’s "Friday Night Fights" was to be his showcase. The unbeaten fighter from Simi Valley, California by way of Ukraine ran into a brick wall in the form of also undefeated Denis Grachev,

By: Marc Livitz: For the second time in exactly five years, pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather, Jr. will have the opportunity to once again seize a title in the super welterweight division. The undoubted leader in Pay-Per-View numbers and overall sales accomplished the previously mentioned feat on May 5, 2007 when he defeated Oscar De La Hoya in the richest bout in boxing history.