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.
You do realize you are talking to people from 2005 right?
What is your fuking point?
You want me to bring up over 200 Andrew Golota fan quotes in regards to Lennox Lewis?
How NY TIMES AND LA TIMES were saying Golota was gonna KO Lewis?
How about Hopkins Trinidad? That's always fun.
Thats exactly the point im trying to show how people are saying Gatti has a chance against Floyd, Trinidad will beat Hopkins, Golota can beat Lewis, but afterwards nobody give these fighters credit for beating them
That's hilarious. Everybody loves to hate Mayweather and loves to love Gatti. Can anybody name a really good fighter that Gatti beat?
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.
very good prediction !
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
youre totally right he needs to be really cautious
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
same for me gentleman
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.
Corley rocked Floyd so gatti has a good chance ?? interesting
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.
That's hilarious. Everybody loves to hate Mayweather and loves to love Gatti. Can anybody name a really good fighter that Gatti beat?
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.
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.
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.
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 ;)
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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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.