I get the feeling all of you guys were born yesterday....do you really think that Main Events will let their cash cow get embarassed by Floyd Mayweather? From the moment that Gatti KO'd Leija, Main Events has been trying to duck and dodge Floyd, and for good reason: Gatti has NO CHANCE!!! This is a ridiculous mismatch, and Gatti's people know it. Even if Floyd agrees to fight Gatti for twenty bucks at the Atlantic Gatti Convention Center, Gatti will still pull out of the fight somehow someway. No disrespect to Gatti the man or Gatti the fighter, I think he personally wants the fight, but his promoter and manager need to milk Arturo for all he's worth, so he won't get a fight with a superior athlete like Floyd anytime soon. If Gatti's people cared about him personally, he would have retired after the Ward trilogy, but they see nothing but $$$$, which is why a fight with Floyd won't go down, because a loss to Floyd means no more $$$$

- SacTown1

That may be true, but the fact that Gatti signed the contract and Floyd did not disputes that viewpoint. Floyd's pride got the best of him. While he is the better fighter, he is NOT the draw here. Floyd was not happy with his end of the money, he just doesnt get it when it comes to business.

I get the feeling all of you guys were born yesterday....do you really think that Main Events will let their cash cow get embarassed by Floyd Mayweather? From the moment that Gatti KO'd Leija, Main Events has been trying to duck and dodge Floyd, and for good reason: Gatti has NO CHANCE!!! This is a ridiculous mismatch, and Gatti's people know it. Even if Floyd agrees to fight Gatti for twenty bucks at the Atlantic Gatti Convention Center, Gatti will still pull out of the fight somehow someway. No disrespect to Gatti the man or Gatti the fighter, I think he personally wants the fight, but his promoter and manager need to milk Arturo for all he's worth, so he won't get a fight with a superior athlete like Floyd anytime soon. If Gatti's people cared about him personally, he would have retired after the Ward trilogy, but they see nothing but $$$$, which is why a fight with Floyd won't go down, because a loss to Floyd means no more $$$$

- SacTown1


hey guys i found me idiot that said gatti was ducking floyd he made his own thread about it lol

What are your talking about? Main Events were waiting for Mayweather's side to sign. They even extend the deadline. So get your fact straight before you go on a bashing spree.

Cotto vs. Gatti, June 11!

I get the feeling all of you guys were born yesterday....do you really think that Main Events will let their cash cow get embarassed by Floyd Mayweather? From the moment that Gatti KO'd Leija, Main Events has been trying to duck and dodge Floyd, and for good reason: Gatti has NO CHANCE!!! This is a ridiculous mismatch, and Gatti's people know it. Even if Floyd agrees to fight Gatti for twenty bucks at the Atlantic Gatti Convention Center, Gatti will still pull out of the fight somehow someway. No disrespect to Gatti the man or Gatti the fighter, I think he personally wants the fight, but his promoter and manager need to milk Arturo for all he's worth, so he won't get a fight with a superior athlete like Floyd anytime soon. If Gatti's people cared about him personally, he would have retired after the Ward trilogy, but they see nothing but $$$$, which is why a fight with Floyd won't go down, because a loss to Floyd means no more $$$$

- SacTown1

get a clue man, gatti signed the contract. that squashes your point completely, mayweather is a punk

Signed what contract? It takes two to tango, so 1 guy signing 1/2 a contract means zilch, remember he signed to fight at the Atlantic Gatti COnvention Center, do you really think Floyd would sign to fight in Gatti's backyard? Sucka points for you Mr Gullible

- SacTown1

Why would Gatti's people have retired him after the Ward trilogy?? What have you seen that the rest of the boxing world hasnt, Gatti is boxing better than ever before in his career and is finally earning some money for all he as given us. And just as everyone else said, how can you say that it is Gatti that doesnt want the fight, it is Mayweather who has not come forward to sign the contract.

And why would Floyd come to AC, because he has no choice. Gatti is fan favorite and it is gatti who puts the fans in the seats.

That may be true, but the fact that Gatti signed the contract and Floyd did not disputes that viewpoint. Floyd's pride got the best of him. While he is the better fighter, he is NOT the draw here. Floyd was not happy with his end of the money, he just doesnt get it when it comes to business.
I guess Mr. Reeno needs a further explanation on "contracts" in the boxing business. One guy signing 1/2 a contract means jack squat....after the Leija fight, Plain Events announced that Gatti's next fight would be June 11 at the Atlantic Gatti Convention Center, they did this FULLY KNOWING that Floyd wouldn't agree to fight in Gatti's backyard....so this "contract" that you mention was completely bogus, since there was no way IN HELL that Floyd would be stupid enough to sign the other 1/2 of the "contract" that would assure an armed robbery in favor of Gatti. Wake up children

- SacTown1

Get your facts straight, Floyd had no problem with the venue, both of them spoke with this site about the fight and the date. Both of them agreed on the venue, Floyd was unhappy with the money. There was even a video interview on ESPN where Mayweather said AC makes the most sense because it means more money for them. Floyd was unhappy with the split, he wanted 50-50 and that just wasnt going to happen.

The fact of the matter is that if the venue was anywhere outside of AC, then Floyd would have signed weeks ago. Gatti and Main Events should have found a suitable neutral venue (MSG, Mohegan Sun, etc) and the fight would have been easy to make. By insisting on the Atlantic Gatti Convention Center, Main Events ensured that the fight WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. Why do you think Hopkins fought Eastman in LA versus Philly? WAKE UP KIDS!!!!

No the real fact of the matter is everybody involved had to sit around and wait for Floyd to straighten out his legal issues. Once all that was cleared, everybody had to sit and wait for Floyd to sign, but he did not get the split he wanted. Mayweather was not in a position to bargain the split here, but still attempted too. The venue was never an issue, so you can get off of that subject. The only issue here was Gatti and Main Events had to sit around and wait for Floyd, and they finally got tired of him and Top Rank.

Because the Staples Center offered more money then the other venues to stage the bout in their arena.

It's obvious that either you know more then Floyd himself or Floyd must be lying in every single interview that he has done to date on the fight where he said that there were no problems other then money. The judges should have no meaning on this fight as Floyd said Gatti would never make it past 8 rounds.

To say Floyd backed out because of venue makes him look like a coward and makes Judah look like Superman for taking chump change to fight Spinks in his hometown.

BREAKING NEWS: Mayweather just signed to fight Kostya Tszyu on Showtime August 3rd.....the undercard will be Ray Leonard vs Aaron Pryor, and Riddick Bowe vs. Lennox Lewis as the opener.....

SUCKA POINTS FOR ALL YOU GULLIBLE SUCKAS

- SacTown1

I like the idea of Gatti and Chico going at it.

Because the Staples Center offered more money then the other venues to stage the bout in their arena.

It's obvious that either you know more then Floyd himself or Floyd must be lying in every single interview that he has done to date on the fight where he said that there were no problems other then money. The judges should have no meaning on this fight as Floyd said Gatti would never make it past 8 rounds.

To say Floyd backed out because of venue makes him look like a coward and makes Judah look like Superman for taking chump change to fight Spinks in his hometown.
Rick, I'll spot you that one, Judah does look like Superman right now for going to the Show-Me State and whippin' Spinks, but that doesn't mean that he would have gotten a fair nod if it went to the cards, he had to win by KO and he took care of business, but Floyd is a 12 round fighter and he needs all of the love from the judges that he can get....why do you think he challenged Castillo on 4:20 in Vegas, instead of in LA or Mexico? Judges, economics, etc.

BREAKING NEWS: Mayweather just signed to fight Kostya Tszyu on Showtime August 3rd.....the undercard will be Ray Leonard vs Aaron Pryor, and Riddick Bowe vs. Lennox Lewis as the opener.....

SUCKA POINTS FOR ALL YOU GULLIBLE SUCKAS

- SacTown1
Oh I forgot, Roy Jones vs. Mike Tyson will go down August 10 also, for all of you suckas who like to dream up fights that'll NEVER EVER HAPPEN

Because Vegas outbid the other venues to stage the fight. Also, Arum promotes both Castillo and Mayweather. At the time, LA was a ghost town for boxing and even Mexican fighters barely stage big bouts in Mexico. Right now a fight has to either be in NY, LA, Vegas or AC to ensure both fighters make the best possible amount of money.

i think its the other way around i think floyd is scared to fight gatti
gatti is over rated...




**** edit floyd overrated haha my bad

Seems like you're praising Floyd, yet at the same time kinda downgrading him by implying he's a coward with no guts and heart and have no self confident to fight Gatti, who by the way holds the WBC belt and the main ticket seller, on his backyard. :confused:

- D

How much money did Gatti want to give him out of the purse 60/40?

I think both are at fault to some degree but I mostly think that Gatti doesnt want to fight him.

Floyd is at fault because he shouldve stop getting in trouble.

Gatti is at fault because he doesnt want this fight. This guy has some nerve talking about Floyd's court case wasted a month and he couldve started training. The fight isnt until June 11. Thats plenty enough time. He says Floyd blew it and took to long but Floyd has been trying to fight him for over a year and he's been running then after every fight he stands beside Merchant and says "well, my management is talking about fighting someone else but dont worry Floyd, Im not scared and I do want to fight you". Then HBO approves a Leija fight that they turned down for Floyd months earlier. His team has always tried to not make this fight. Think of what they did. They couldve been fought Floyd but they waited until he got in trouble and then try to make everything happened around the time of his court case so they could say it was Floyd's fault. The whole time they were like it can happened but then when Floyd is close to signing they say nope, it's too late now. They didnt think Floyd could get the case thrown out that quick.

Floyd also needs to get rid of Arum. This guy has never tried hard to manage Floyd. If I was Floyd, I would fight a bum at the end of March and at the end of April on non TV just to get out of the contract. Every interview I read it's like Arum is Gatti's manager.

If this fight doesnt happened it will be bad but I really dont care now. I hope Floyd just figths 2 bums and then gets with King. A guy who can get him on PPV and get him big fights

Man this guy is the most overhyped fighter ever. It's only March, he is planning on fighting in June with Mayweather. Why does he call the fight off so early. I have a feeling this is a publicity stunt, but if its not we all now know what Gatti is all about. He fights washed up fighters like Micky Ward and such. His career is filled with loses. I bet he would rather fight a second class fighter again instead of fighting the top dogs.

I agree with the opening post. Not only because Mayweather would beat him, but because he is coming up in weight, and isn't a particularly big draw himself.

nah, just wanted to catch your attention... it sucks that they won't slug it out in the ring... come on floyd, next time you set a date with gatti sign the damn contract... :D

I think if Gatti was intelligent ( which i persume he is ) he would have backed out of this fight. I think Mayweather would have made Gatti his ***** and i didn`t want this fight to happen anyhow because it would have spelled the end for Gatti as champion. This means could....reign as WBC light welter champ for longer now that the Floyd has colapsed!

Gatti signed the contract and who was it that didnt sign it and they had to extend the deadline? Mayweather! Mayweather is going to get killed Gatti is getting better as he gets older Mayweather is just a bum who talks to much and doesnt show us enough.

Cotto vs. Gatti, June 11!

are you crazy!!!! You want Cotto to die???

Gatti signed the contract and who was it that didnt sign it and they had to extend the deadline? Mayweather! Mayweather is going to get killed Gatti is getting better as he gets older Mayweather is just a bum who talks to much and doesnt show us enough.

A bum who is 33-0 and has fought and beat better fighters. (Castillo, Corrales) and lets not forget the whooping Floyd put on Manfready who beat the hell out of Gatti. ;)

Well both of them fought and Mayweather won.

Well both of them fought and Mayweather won.

VERSE YOUR A DICK.:lol1:

are you crazy!!!! You want Cotto to die???

Some smart people we had back in 2005.

Seemed as if Mayweather was afraid to sign the contract? Damn,he almost ducked Gatti.:lol1: