How are guys like gatti and ward...

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  1. Thread Stealer

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    Gatti's first fight with Ivan Robinson is 2nd on my list of best fights of the 90s, behind Carbajal-Gonzalez I.

    I also thought either Gatti-Rodriguez or Barrera-McKinney (or Golota-Bowe 2) should've been FOTY for 1996. They were all better than Holyfield-Tyson 1.

    Besides Augustus in 2001, Ward had two excellent bouts in 2000 against Neary and A. Diaz. That was a hard year to compete for FOTY with Barrera-Morales I and Trinidad-Vargas.
     
  2. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    Bruno??? He had a great punch and a great jab.

    Besides the two Tyson fights he was winning in all of his loses.... Lewis, Witherspoon, Smith.
     
  3. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    Shut your hole douch bag.
     
  4. CASH_718

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    And so has Ward without Gatti.
     
  5. Thread Stealer

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    Ward's world title was the WBU, which is a real fringe title.

    Luis Santana is the most limited fighter I can think of that won (stole) a world title, off the top of my head.
     
  6. Beebs

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    Well its not an exact much, but the trilogy for one, Zale playing Gatti, being the better regarded fighter, and winning 2 of 3, and Ward being the incredibly exciting warrior with the one win.

    Differences exists, like you said in terms of age and size, but its a close comparison I think.
     
  7. thunder06

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    yea i think the zale-graziano comparison makes sense.
     
  8. unitas

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    good televison fighters.........certainly not HOF material!!

    certainly not ward.
     
  9. China_hand_Joe

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    Any recordings of Gatti - Ward should be incinerated, I don't want that kind of defence being promoted
     
  10. Thread Stealer

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    What if it's Lacy's defense versus Slappy?
     
  11. China_hand_Joe

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    Joe Calzaghe's hands are almost ghost-like at times and do appear to travel through solid flesh -fullstop-
     
  12. Thread Stealer

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    Yeah, they're especially ghost-like when it comes to Glen Johnson and how they are injured.

    You can't see them.
     
  13. thunder06

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    sure.
     
  14. Irish Steel

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    WHoah, Ward has been in 3 fight of the years. 2 with GAtti, and one with Emanuel augustus. Get your facts straight. So 3 fight of they years, come on, you would have to rank him up there. Certainly not the best. But not the worst either.To call Ward, a 3 time fight of the year award winner a journey man is a slight exaggeration. I say he was fringe contender. COntender at best.
     
  15. thunder06

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    gatti was in 4 fights of the year and ward in 3. both are incredible fighters.