i love arturo gatti. i love his exciting fights, i love his Thunder persona, i think he looks like a true warrior, and hes an excellent fighter. but im confused about certain parts about him. i think hes overrated and underrated at the same time.

overrated:
his power. i dont think he'll KO floyd.
his skill. against other fighters, he might be the best. against floyd, i dont think he has enough to beat floyd on skill.

underrated:
his skill. i think his clumsy warrior label sticks too much to gatti. hes got good skill as he showed against dorin, ward, and leija.
his chin. boxing scene predictions say that floyd has a better chin than gatti. the only guy to legitimately KO gatti is oscar de la hoya who was just so much bigger and stronger than gatti.

i think gatti's only way to beat floyd is if gatti pressures and captures floyd on the ropes and works floyd over. gatti might only be able to win on heart.

these are my comments. tell me what you think about them.

gatti is a good boxer. he started off his career having good movement until he fell too much in love with his power and started comming foward all the time.

i think beating floyd is going to be tough. if and when he pins floyd to the ropes he'd better attack the body fierce...but if he waits and postures too much or runs in all the time with no plan...floyd will pick him apart.

btw-he better not underestimate mayweather's punching. if he gets caught in between punches he'll get buzzed.

If you look at the 4th round I think of the Floyd/Correly bout, Correly hit some solid punches on mayweather and nearly knocked him down. I imagine if Gatti gets that chance he will get the job done because he has more power, and although his boxing has been working for him recently, he might have the best chance just brawling with mayweather because, like I said before when Correly kept throwing punches he gave floyd some trouble. I really doubt Gatti or anyone for that matter can out box him.

he showed he can box and counter punch in gatti ward II very underrated boxer

underrated fighter, over rated boxer, will be exposed for the 7th time on June 25th

He's a great fighter....I don't think he's overrated..

I can promise you one thing.. GAtti will never quit and he will never stop comin.. Mayweather will probably win, but if he doesnt knock Gatti out he will be tested.. I cant believe you guys think this is going to be easy for Mayweather

I can promise you one thing.. GAtti will never quit and he will never stop comin.. Mayweather will probably win, but if he doesnt knock Gatti out he will be tested.. I cant believe you guys think this is going to be easy for Mayweather
Easy may not be the right word.. I think Id go with breeze. yeah , that sounds better... No but seriously it will be competitive but Floyd will dominate, thats just my prediction, who knows its boxing

Some people talk about Gatti like his a big bum and has zero skill

I think he has a big chance against Mayweather...

I saw Mayweather-Corley today and people act like Mayweather never gets hit, he can't make Gatti miss all his punches

Some people talk about Gatti like his a big bum and has zero skill

I think he has a big chance against Mayweather...

I saw Mayweather-Corley today and people act like Mayweather never gets hit, he can't make Gatti miss all his punches
You know i agree wit u on every post BUT Mayweather fought out of his game againest Corley for the fans. He got paid 3.1 million for that fight and I guess he felt it was his time to brawl. Watch him vs Bruseles or Corrales and you'll get a better idea of how he will fight Gatti.

I can promise you one thing.. GAtti will never quit and he will never stop comin.. Mayweather will probably win, but if he doesnt knock Gatti out he will be tested.. I cant believe you guys think this is going to be easy for Mayweather

I would love to see Gatti win, but Gatti is the one that needs to KO/TKO Floyd cuz he will nerver outbox him..

he showed he can box and counter punch in gatti ward II very underrated boxer\

he also showed how good his chin was. that 9th round is a famous round of gatti being pounded away. and although some of the reason he wouldnt go down was because of how much heart he has its also his chin to be able to take punch after punch like that.

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he also showed how good his chin was. that 9th round is a famous round of gatti being pounded away. and although some of the reason he wouldnt go down was because of how much heart he has its also his chin to be able to take punch after punch like that.
he also invented a new great defense, take every punch your chin. It works so well, that must be why his face looks so normal

Underated All Around

You know i agree wit u on every post BUT Mayweather fought out of his game againest Corley for the fans. He got paid 3.1 million for that fight and I guess he felt it was his time to brawl. Watch him vs Bruseles or Corrales and you'll get a better idea of how he will fight Gatti.

ACtually I forgot about that

thx for the reminder

If thats the case

Floyd by a late stoppage

or Gatti catches him

either one

but I gotta go with Floyd by stoppage

but it's upset year ;)

he also invented a new great defense, take every punch your chin. It works so well, that must be why his face looks so normal

That's hilarious. Everybody loves to hate Mayweather and loves to love Gatti. Can anybody name a really good fighter that Gatti beat? Oh that's right... I forgot his best fight was against Mickey Ward. Every other really good and some good fighters whomped his a**. Gatti's only real chance to win this fight is Mayweather's overconfidence.

I think Gatti must apply pressure...ala Castillo and Jesus Chavez in order to have a chance in winning this fight. This type of fighters which I like to call pressure fighters have given Mayweather some trouble. Gatti is bigger and stronger than Mayweather and the two fighters I previously mentioned. I just don't see any other way for Gatti to win this. He must impose his size and strength on PBF. I just don't know if his mug will hold up on the counters that are sure to come back or if he will be able to wear PBF before this happens.

[QUOTE=Dio2]That's hilarious. Everybody loves to hate Mayweather and loves to love Gatti. Can anybody name a really good fighter that Gatti beat?[QUOTE]

hmmm...Wilson Rodriguz, Gabe Ruelas, Tracy Harris Patterson twice, Terron Millet, Lenord Dorin, Gatti beat Ward w/ one hand (literally, he broke it in the forth round) Beat Branco w/ one hand (re in injured the same hand in next fight)

Cmon I dont care how suspect u think Gatti's boxing skills are you have to have some talent to outbox a person w/ one hand. I just keep remembering what said after the fourth round in Gatti/Ward III "My hand, my Hand" Then Mcgirt asks, "What do you want me to do?" Gatti replies "I gotta keep going" ... It gives me the chills everytime I see or think about that. After disgraceful quitting efforts by Abulleve, Tyson and Koysta we all know Gatti will not quit, Floyd better bring a gun to stop Gatti. even then he wont quit.

But I think now Ive come to my prediction for the fight on June 25th. Yes Gatti will be victorious, but he will make floyd QUIT!! floyd will join the ranks of tyson and Koysta...goodnight sweet prince.

but to answer the thread, fans of Gatti tend to overrate his boxing skills. Gatti is a decent boxer, not a great one , has gotten better since the Millet fight. Sisforshaq finally got something right on these forums, and it only took how many posts bro? But Gatti is underrated in his fighting skills and his puching power. Ask Leija he siad Gatti hits harder than Koysta.

That's hilarious. Everybody loves to hate Mayweather and loves to love Gatti. Can anybody name a really good fighter that Gatti beat? Oh that's right... I forgot his best fight was against Mickey Ward. Every other really good and some good fighters whomped his a**. Gatti's only real chance to win this fight is Mayweather's overconfidence.
ward, leija, dorin. whos mayweather faced? castillo and corrales. from the sounds of it, gatti had better competition wins that floyd.