Marotta, who was inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame in 2012 said
I’m really honored and excited to join the Thompson Boxing team, I’ve known Ken Thompson and Alex Camponovo for a long time and I absolutely admire their ability to build world champions from the ground up. I’m very much looking forward to being a part of their modern LiveStream format, where fans have an opportunity to be involved in the broadcast.

Alex Camponovo, matchmaker and general manager at Thompson Boxing said
Rich is a world class broadcaster with a terrific boxing mind and we are delighted to have him on our LiveStream shows, He’s been a friend to the Thompson Boxing family for many years now and all of us are ecstatic to welcome such a talented analyst to our team. We think the fans are going to thoroughly enjoy the level of analysis that he brings.