Should gatti go in the h.o.f?

Yep, being in 3(?) Ring fights of the year takes some doing and hey, if Barry McGuigan can get in.....

 

Yes because of the fire and intensity he fought with. He went out and put it all on the line every fight.

 

No, although we enjoyed the Ward trilogy he made hard work of a fighter who is nowhere near being a hall of famer & that is what his legacy is apparently being built around. Being in "fight of the year" doesn't necessarily make you "fighter of the year".

 

Hell no.

Listen, I have major respect for him, major major respect, but he has never had the skills of a hall boxer. People mention Barry McGuigan being in, but hey, McGuigan was a superior boxer than Arturo (Although I still personally feel it was a mistake by the Canastota putting Barry in).

As for being involved in 'great' fights, yes they where superb, but do not merit being in the hall. Look at it like this, in football terms, if you have a 3rd division team who are involved in a fantastic game or two in a season, real end to end stuff, with some great football played, they are still a 3rd division team, still inferior to the big boys as demonstrated by the teams defeat in the cup competitions, but in there comfort zone of the 3rd division, they serve up terrific entertainment.

 

Thats really a separate argument. It's easy to let emotion cloud your judgement & just because a fighter was prepared to get his head beaten off for our entertainment doesn't mean he is hall of fame material. Look at his pathetic showing against Floyd Mayweather. Ricky Hatton did a far better job but you won't get many people calling for his inducton at the moment.

 

Imo , he is not a GREAT fighter at all , but has been a good part of boxing history , mainly beause of his great fights , and his longevity was good , maybe , maybe he ould get in beause of this

 

Then that really beggars the question, what is the criteria for being inducted into tha Hall of Fame? We all seem to have different criteria.

 

To be honest, no.


With all due respect to Gatti, I know he fought a lot of entertaining fights and scored several highlight-reel KO's. But he is simply not as good as a HOFamer. Look, you were entertained by wars against Rodrigues, Ruelas, Robinson, Manfredy, and especially Ward. But take a close look among the them, sure Ruelas was a former champ, but wasn't he dismantled by Azumah Nelson twice? Robinson and Manfredy bested him plus Ward isn't exactly the best jr. welter at the time of their magnificent trilogy.


You can simply put him with Danny Lopez. Entertaining, championship lebel fighter but never elite.


We should just thank him for all the guts he spilled at the ring, but he doesn't belong in the hall.

 

I dont know in all honesty , that's why i said maybe maybe he could get in on that . Imo they are the only possible reasons he could get in , if their not part of the criteria , then he shouldnt get in imo .

What i do know is what i think a great fighter is , and he is not one imo

 

no, to be honest. He was a good fighter that was invloved in some great fights. But just because you were in exciting fights does not mean that you are HOF material.

You need to be an Elite world class fighter to get inducted into the HOF, well at least you should have to be.

 

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Did he? Explain how he had HOF skills?