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The Corrales is fight is one of the fights is one of the matches I was hoping for and speculating in the last couple months to be Gatti's last battle. And as of the reports the last couple days it looks like that fight has the inside track so far
Since Gatti has one more fight on his HBO contract, he is honoring it and fighting one last time. AND it SHOULD BE his last time, win or lose. Gatti's manager Pat Lynch has expressed the same feelings. This is so Gatti can go out a winner, since he can no longer fight for a world title (too small for 147, and cant make the weight at 140).
Diego is an intresting match - up both fighters have lost 2 of their last 3 fights (Diego 2 in a row). I believe the weight can have a small part in the fight as well. But the biggest factor is the chin. Diego can be hurt and hurt bad, Gatti should be able to take advantage of it, but at this point in the year it is very questionable. So this fight is Gatti's biggest gamble but still very winnable.
Another opponet that has been thrown around is Dmitry Salita, Gatti would absolutely annilate this kid. Salita gets hit with right hands at will and Gatti will have a field day, this fight shouldnt last past 6 rds. Salita has a fight in March coming up so should he get past his TBA opponet which is very possible he cant, a fight with Gatti could be made.
Another outside shot for Gatti could be to take on the winner of the Estrada/Mattheysse winner, I duno if HBO would go for that but it has an outside shot.
Since Gatti has one more fight on his HBO contract, he is honoring it and fighting one last time. AND it SHOULD BE his last time, win or lose. Gatti's manager Pat Lynch has expressed the same feelings. This is so Gatti can go out a winner, since he can no longer fight for a world title (too small for 147, and cant make the weight at 140).
Diego is an intresting match - up both fighters have lost 2 of their last 3 fights (Diego 2 in a row). I believe the weight can have a small part in the fight as well. But the biggest factor is the chin. Diego can be hurt and hurt bad, Gatti should be able to take advantage of it, but at this point in the year it is very questionable. So this fight is Gatti's biggest gamble but still very winnable.
Another opponet that has been thrown around is Dmitry Salita, Gatti would absolutely annilate this kid. Salita gets hit with right hands at will and Gatti will have a field day, this fight shouldnt last past 6 rds. Salita has a fight in March coming up so should he get past his TBA opponet which is very possible he cant, a fight with Gatti could be made.
Another outside shot for Gatti could be to take on the winner of the Estrada/Mattheysse winner, I duno if HBO would go for that but it has an outside shot.
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