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By Thomas Gerbasi - As professional as Rich Marotta had been throughout his Hall of Fame broadcasting career, he really isn’t taking this whole retirement thing too seriously.
“The retirement from radio, I thought was gonna be a really big thing and really ease my life,” he laughs. “That has just not happened.”
He can thank boxing for that, more specifically the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame he founded in 2013. But he has no complaints about the work he’s doing these days, not that he would have time to, with the hall’s third induction gala coming up this Saturday at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
“It’s a labor of love,” he said. “I love boxing. I’ve broadcasted in the NFL with the Raiders for 11 years, and I did the Clippers for four years in the NBA, and hockey with the LA Kings as well. But there’s always been something special for me in broadcasting boxing. I feel like I owe an awful lot to boxing, so that’s what kept me going. Boxing has provided some of the greatest nights of my whole life.”
He’s even had a few more in his role as President of the NVBHOF, something he probably never expected a few short years ago. In fact, after getting the Hall of Fame treatment himself, he assumed Nevada already had a way to celebrate the greats of the sport and those who contributed to the sport in the “Fight Capital of the World.” [Click Here To Read More]
“The retirement from radio, I thought was gonna be a really big thing and really ease my life,” he laughs. “That has just not happened.”
He can thank boxing for that, more specifically the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame he founded in 2013. But he has no complaints about the work he’s doing these days, not that he would have time to, with the hall’s third induction gala coming up this Saturday at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
“It’s a labor of love,” he said. “I love boxing. I’ve broadcasted in the NFL with the Raiders for 11 years, and I did the Clippers for four years in the NBA, and hockey with the LA Kings as well. But there’s always been something special for me in broadcasting boxing. I feel like I owe an awful lot to boxing, so that’s what kept me going. Boxing has provided some of the greatest nights of my whole life.”
He’s even had a few more in his role as President of the NVBHOF, something he probably never expected a few short years ago. In fact, after getting the Hall of Fame treatment himself, he assumed Nevada already had a way to celebrate the greats of the sport and those who contributed to the sport in the “Fight Capital of the World.” [Click Here To Read More]