The return of Arturo Gatti (40-7, 31KOs) showered Atlantic City, News Jersey with "thunder" in his fists. A big return for Gatti, who was coming off the worst loss of his career against Floyd Mayweather, punished Danish fighter Thomas Damgaard (37-0, 28KOs) into submission and stopped him in 11 rounds to hand the Danish fighter his first loss.

The bout started slow as both men jabbed. Gatti began to unload with big punches, but ran into some problems when halfway through the bout he hurt his right hand. Damgaard kept a lot of pressure on Gatti and stayed on top of him. The problem with staying close to Gatti is keeping himself in the heart of the fire.

Gatti was faster, better conditioned and stronger with his punches. Damgaard was busted up badly down the stretch, bleeding from the top of his head, his nose and his mouth. [details (http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=2959)]

I Hope He Fights Baldomir Next

any knock downs in the fight?

doesnt zab still have the ibf belt? if things break down in may/zab a zab/art would be a big money fight.although a baldomirstyle/gatti is the easiest way to go. and he'd have a chance.

either way hope gatti retires after next fight and go out in style.don't see him having much of a chance against big names at 147.

baldomir is the only way to go for arturo gatti at 147.

Wasn't there some talk of Gatti and Hatton a little while back?

looks like gatti isn't quiet shot yet :D hope he beats baldomir and sets up a super fight for the welterweight championship wiv hatton :D

Wasn't there some talk of Gatti and Hatton a little while back?
IMO gatti will be pounded by hatton... and i don't like hatton... lol... floyd beats hatton by ko... :D

IMO gatti will be pounded by hatton... and i don't like hatton... lol... floyd beats hatton by ko... :D
Gatti and Hatton would be a good fight for about 6 rounds. Hatton with a KO. But what a 6 rounds it would be. Floyd would beat Hatton but not with a KO. Maybe a TKO if they fight in the states and Hatton gets one of those bad cuts. If Hatton can survive the cuts he will be beaten on points.

Gatti would get KO'd by Hatton. What about Gatti vs Judah??

Judah and Gatti would be funny. Both dancing around trying not to get KO'd.

Judah and Gatti would be funny. Both dancing around trying not to get KO'd.
Unless Gatti landed a jackpot punch against Judah, there would be a great danger of Gatti being beaten by Judah. But why take the risk. Bladomir is certainly beatable and should be talior made for someone like Gatti. But Gatti did beat an undefeated fighter last night and in good fashion. it doesn't mean jumops on the Gatti band wagon and proclaim him the next champ, but it does mean he is still a player in boxing.

Im a Gatti fan, but he is so overrated its not even funny. So much that there are fans that would give him a chance at becoming the ruler of the welterweight division. But i notced there arent too many Gatti huggers on this site.

he was getting hit with some shots in the fight though, daamgard has a hard face, gatti ****ed him up with big punches from round 2 and he took it all until he did a lil chicken dance of his own

Im a Gatti fan, but he is so overrated its not even funny. So much that there are fans that would give him a chance at becoming the ruler of the welterweight division. But i notced there arent too many Gatti huggers on this site.
I used to think Gatti was the man. Right up to the PBF fight. Then he just was so out matched. I still love Gatti but more for his heart than for his skill. I still want him to win every time he fights but won't put money on him any more.

[B]I hope that Mayweather decides he wants the belts after Gatti beats Baldomir. Floyd should announce that if Gatti beats Baldomir, then he will ask Gatti for a rematch for the welterweight beltS.

That way, Gatti would be forced to either admit that he won't fight PBF, or he'll just choose NOT to fight Baldomir to avoid that situation.

That would be the best way to underscore the ridiculousness of Arturo Gatti being "a welterweight champion".

if gatti gets the baldomir belts, i doubt hell fight again, besides mayb one last fairly easy fights for his loyal jersey fans

So from what I'm reading you guys think there's no chance for Gatti to go back to 140 for a Gatti vs. Hatton or a Gatti vs. Cotto fight?

So from what I'm reading you guys think there's no chance for Gatti to go back to 140 for a Gatti vs. Hatton or a Gatti vs. Cotto fight?

Gatti should avoid those two guys they are too young and strong for him. Gatti cant battle like he used to, but I could see him making a very competitive fight against Cotto. If Gatti was smart, he would just fight guys like Dammgard and retire after 4 fights.

I used to think Gatti was the man. Right up to the PBF fight. Then he just was so out matched. I still love Gatti but more for his heart than for his skill. I still want him to win every time he fights but won't put money on him any more.

The thing is, he did what everybody said he'd do against Floyd...he lost. To change your opinion of him because of it doesnt make sense..nobody gave him a chance to win that fight. In alot of ways, he is a winner...he made a huge payday (thats a win of it's own) and he showed he'll still get in there with anybody.
Anyway, he looked great last night and showed massive heart and durability...continued to use the right when it was bothering him. Damgaard gets props for taking it all night long, and his corner should be ashamed for letting the beating continue as long as it did. Good fight, good effort by both guys, and a good stoppage.

NO. GATTI DIDN'T JUST LOSE AGAINST FLOYD, HE GOT HUMILIATED AND DOMINATED AND REVEALED AS THE C-CLASS FIGHTER FLOYD SAID HE WAS.

Not only that, he fought like a coward. He just covered up and barely threw any punches. He was cowering by the second round.

Gatti called Floyd a little boy and said that Floyd had no balls and no chin and that he would take Floyd into deep water. Instead, he stood there and got pummeled by "the little boy".

Interesting.

NO. GATTI DIDN'T JUST LOSE AGAINST FLOYD, HE GOT HUMILIATED AND DOMINATED AND REVEALED AS THE C-CLASS FIGHTER FLOYD SAID HE WAS.

Not only that, he fought like a coward. He just covered up and barely threw any punches. He was cowering by the second round.

Gatti called Floyd a little boy and said that Floyd had no balls and no chin and that he would take Floyd into deep water. Instead, he stood there and got pummeled by "the little boy".

Interesting.

thats your view on it, which thankfully I've not seen shared by many.

Gatti is not C-level. I see Gatti as a solid B-level fighter with an aggressive, take no prisoners style which has won him a kind of admiration that many A-level fighters will never have.

pertaining to the fight last night, i was not very impressed until the 11th round (probably thanks in part to the HBO commentary, Manny Steward was really the only one calling the fight 100% fair to both fighters). But Gatti seriously impressed me in that 11th round. I'll believe his arm was "hurt" but i got really tired of listening to HBO use the word "broken" over and over again, he's tough but honestly. It was still impressive though as Gatti got extremely accurate in that round (he'd also been for most of the fight, but i was again impressed mostly by that final round of the fight). My hats off to 'Thunder'.

Gatti is not C-level. I see Gatti as a solid B-level fighter with an aggressive, take no prisoners style which has won him a kind of admiration that many A-level fighters will never have.

That seems like a pretty fair assesment