Uh... the last time I checked I was not black... But maybe that has changed since I was in a mirror last. In any event, onto the Gatti thing. The talent thing I am not going to address too much as we will see about that this weekend anyway. As for Gatti being a Warrior and not scared and loves to fight, and blah blah blah-- here is my stance on all that. Gatti is one of the most protected fighters in boxing, and that bugs me because nobody calls him out on it. I mean, who has this guy fought? He has fought ONE elite fighter and that was years ago against De La Hoya (a fight in which he got smoked I might add). I mean, alot of fighters could look good if the best guys there were fighting were the likes of Mickey Ward, Ivan Robinson, and a one foot in the grave Jesse James Leija. And guess what, now that Gatti has finally stepped out of his little circle of B and C list fighters for a monster payday, he is going to get smoked again. Second, I don't want to hear about this BS about Gatti being a warrior, especially when he built what little stature he has by essentially cheating his way to fame by coming in super heavy against guys who were on the fringe themselves. I mean, no matter how many times people mention Joey Gamache it is like you Gatti fans just ignore it. Gamache was about as nice as it gets, the guy came in and signed autographs and spoke to my class when I was still in elementary school. And I lived in a town of less then 700 people in rural Maine, so it is not like he was just in the neihborhood. Did he deserve the fate he suffered? I think not. Lets ask Gamache if he thinks Gatti was a warrior when he came in about three weightclasses heavier then Joey and ended his career by giving him brain damage just because Atlantic City's prodigal son was seeking bigger payday's on HBO. Gamache does drywall in Maine now because of Gatti, not exactly fitting for an ex-champ who once fought Julio Cesar Chavez if you ask me. Another thing, I think that part of the reason that fans are so obsessed with Gatti is just because he is white. The guy is basically a bum fighter who turns into a punching bag when he gets in the ring against elite competition, hardly the first guy to carry that resume. So why does he get so much attention I wonder... So my thoughts on Gatti are that he is undertalented, classless, over-protected, and a creation of the media hype machine. Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking... what's not to like?
Joey knew what he was getting into, thats not a fucking excuse. Yeah gatti blows up like a balloon it was to be expected. Not counting on it is their mistake not his.
My heart is breaking, thats what the sport is about if you don't like it, its your problem. He knew coming in with gatti he was in for a war.
People are obssessed with him cause hes white eh, well tell that to 50 of my black friends who like Gatti because his fights are not a fuckin snooze fest.
Noe of your points are really valid, no shit Gatti goes down when someone like DLH is in with him, but like I said in a pervious post Gatti always brings that puchers excitement to the ring and always trys to make it a war.