When Gatti fought Mayweather

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  1. Concrete

    Concrete Boxing Addict Full Member

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    RIP Gatti

    He was 33yrs old

    His 5 fights before Mayweather were

    Jesse James Lejia 47-6-2 - Win TKO 5
    Leonard Dorin 22-0-1 - Win TKO 2
    Gianluca Bianco 32-0-1 - Win UD
    Mickey Ward 38-12 - Win UD
    Mickey Ward 38-11 - Win UD

    The fight directly after Mayweather

    Thomas Damgaard 37-0 - Win TKO 11

    How is a man who was on a hot streak vs solid comp considered washed up at that time?
     
    Concrete, Sep 26, 2009
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  2. Manos de Piedra

    Manos de Piedra Active Member Full Member

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    gatti never had any defence at all, kellernan stated it was the biggest ppv mismatch since tyson lewis prior to the fight
     
    Manos de Piedra, Sep 26, 2009
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  3. Dark Sider

    Dark Sider Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Floyd is on the same level as prime Roy Jones. Only a superfight out of his weight class would have posed a real challenge.

    Gatti was not shot, but he was never a GREAT champ.
     
    Dark Sider, Sep 26, 2009
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  4. pngo

    pngo #1Contender Full Member

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    He was never that good to begin with, plus he was past it anyways.
     
    pngo, Sep 26, 2009
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  5. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    RIP Gatti but yeah...he had a HOF heart but B level skills. he was never in floyd's league, hot streak or not
     
    Jorodz, Sep 26, 2009
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  6. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I think that the Gatti win looks much improved now. Basically Gatti looked washed up because he was so firmly out-classed. Now we've seen Marquez suffer the same fate, it kindoff makes more sense.

    He needs to fight a ****ing welterweight though.
     
    McGrain, Sep 26, 2009
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  7. martin0792

    martin0792 The Golden Boy Full Member

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    Alot of hard fights take a toll on your body, and a future performance.
     
    martin0792, Sep 26, 2009
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  8. Manos de Piedra

    Manos de Piedra Active Member Full Member

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    gatti, got slaughtered by baldamir and that guy from the contentder
     
    Manos de Piedra, Sep 26, 2009
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  9. tylerrcurtis

    tylerrcurtis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    he had to fight a slugger to get the win and mayweather wasnt a slugger.
     
    tylerrcurtis, Sep 26, 2009
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  10. DemolitionDan

    DemolitionDan ATG and HoF Full Member

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    Well, the three fights against Ward didn't help Gatti's body, but either way Mayweather beats Gatti because he's in a different class.
     
    DemolitionDan, Sep 26, 2009
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  11. pauliemayweathe

    pauliemayweathe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    he wasn't...mayweather was just better....mayweather threads of anykind are getting old because he is the most UNDERRATED fighter on ESB....his skills are number one...he made gatti look like a club fighter and he ko'd him and that was a big fight at the time
     
    pauliemayweathe, Sep 26, 2009
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  12. pauliemayweathe

    pauliemayweathe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    yah after the ward trilogy...when he fought floyd he was on a hot streak...don;t matter anyone PBF fights sucks...it is not that pbf is good it is that his opponents just suck that night
     
    pauliemayweathe, Sep 26, 2009
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  13. Manos de Piedra

    Manos de Piedra Active Member Full Member

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  14. Kel1981

    Kel1981 P4P No.1 Full Member

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    Maybe you should watch the Oscar fight again, Gatti was never elite. He was an amazing fighter though!
     
    Kel1981, Sep 26, 2009
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  15. Toopretty

    Toopretty Custom made Full Member

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    Gatti was actually on his best run. The fight would not of been made if he was that past it. He stopped another guy afterwards too.
     
    Toopretty, Sep 26, 2009
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