Official: Arturo Gatti is coming back on the ring

I think this is a false alarm

 

Heh, that should never be sanctioned.

 

Yep.

 

http://www.tsn.ca/boxing/story/?id=250546&lid=sublink02&lpos=headlines_main

MONTREAL - Former boxing star Arturo Gatti is considering a comeback more than a year after his retirement.

"He hasn't said he will fight and will make a comeback," promoter Yvon Michel said Wednesday. "He's training, but not in a boxing gym.

"He hasn't made up his mind completely. If he ever decided to go that route, we'd be thrilled to work with him."

Gatti (40-9), the former IBF super-featherweight and WBC light welterweight champion, is considering a comeback against Montreal welterweight Antonin Decarie (19-0), the Canadian and North American Boxing Organization champion, perhaps in early 2009.

The 36-year-old Montreal native is believed to covet a Canadian title, which he never held while spending his entire professional career in New Jersey.

Gatti, who turned pro in the United States in 1991, moved back to Montreal after his retirement. His girlfriend recently gave birth to a son, Arturo Jr., their second child.

He last fought on July 14, 2007, a seventh-round loss to Alfonzo Gomez.

In his career, Gatti battled many of the best in the lower and middle weight classes, including Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar de la Hoya. His three fights with Mickey Ward are considered classics. Five times his often bloody brawls were voted fight of the year.

The 25-year-old Decarie, who is ranked as the No. 7 contender by the WBO, is to make a first defence of his NABO title against American Hector Munoz (18-1-1) on Oct. 4 at the Montreal Casino.

Michel said that if Gatti returns, he wants it to be "a telling fight, and Decarie would be a telling fight."

Also on the Oct. 4 card, highly regarded amateur Kevin Bizier of Quebec City is to make his pro debut.

 

He needs to be stopped.

 

what happened with gatti's kid

 

HE's coming back to catch a beat down. he can be cotto's rebound fight or maybe fight cintron or a rematch with gomez

 

He is prolly just training to stay in shape,he won't fight again

 

I really really hope it is so.
I'd hate to see him get seriously hurt.

 

It said he's not training in a boxing gym.I don't buy this comeback thing

 

I hope this is all just a badly configured rumor.

 

Gatti Cotto

 

Oh god. I'm glad, for Arturo's sake, that fight never happened.

 

Gatti owe you money or something?

 

Gatti likely leaves on a stretcher. Should not be sanctioned, ever.