Arturo Gatti's Best Weight?

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  1. warrior85

    warrior85 R.I.P THUNDER Full Member

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    ive purposely left lightweight(2 wins/3 losses)&welterweight(2 wins/3 losses) from the options,imo his best weights were 130&140:

    his 130 highlights:
    IBF Champion
    W12 Tracy harris patterson X2
    KO 6 Wilson rodriguez
    TKO 5 Gabe ruelas

    his 140 highlights:
    WBC Champion
    W10 Micky ward X2
    KO 2 Leonard dorin
    W12 Gianluca branco
    KO 2 Joey gamache
    KO 5 Jesse james leija


    whats your opinion?:think
     
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  2. Adaptation

    Adaptation Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Mmm took 130lbs, but looking at record, its 140lbs.

    He looked so bad against floyd, its tough for me to say 140lbs.
     
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  3. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    130 I'd say

    More notable wins at 140, but the manner of them were less convincing IMO

    He was also beaten down BRUTALLY by Mayweather at 140, and was in line for a fight with Hatton in late '05/early '06

    God knows what would have happened there
     
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  4. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    130 lbs clearly,he was in his prime,he was undefeated there,he won a title,he was just better there.
     
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  5. warrior85

    warrior85 R.I.P THUNDER Full Member

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    he lost 1 fight at 130(l pts 6)to king solomon(close split decision)

    he lost 2 fights at 140(l pts 10)to micky ward&(l tko 6) to floyd mayweather.:good
     
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  6. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    He lost to King Solomon at 126.And you can add the Calvin Grove fight cuz it was in his 130 days only it wasn't a title defence.130 lbs era was his best.
     
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  7. warrior85

    warrior85 R.I.P THUNDER Full Member

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    the king solomon fight was at 130

    the grove fight was non title as you said but the reason being was because it was made at lightweight

    either way i appreciate your input with you being a fellow gatti fan:good
     
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  8. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    But he weighed 126 for Solomon and Solomon was 128 or something like that
     
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  9. warrior85

    warrior85 R.I.P THUNDER Full Member

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    true,but on the tape of the fight ive got its still announced/advertised as a junior lightweight fight,plus arturo's was up&down his whole career.
     
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  10. warrior85

    warrior85 R.I.P THUNDER Full Member

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    ill just add that the reason i voted 140 was because of the way he turned his career around at that weight,he basically gave himself a second career in the top tier.
     
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  11. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    One of the main reasons behind his comeback was Buddy McHirt and stop partying all night.
     
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  12. warrior85

    warrior85 R.I.P THUNDER Full Member

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    no doubt,i dont think its a coincidence that once he started living the life he stopped getting cut in every fight.
     
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  13. EL-MATADOR

    EL-MATADOR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    130
     
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  14. jsimps

    jsimps Boxing Addict Full Member

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    130 without question. Also, he was a helluva lot younger.
     
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  15. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Who is in the pic?Is that Arturo?
     
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