Gatti - Ward Trilogy

[Lights0ut]

White guys always overrate Gatti-Ward.

[ianwigley]

White guys always overrate Gatti-Ward.

**** off.

What kind of statement is that?

Do you still think we ****ing lynch black folk?

Get out of the ****ing mould, dude. That is so much of a ****** statement. Politically incorrect, and so plain ******

[ianwigley]

i agree with yuu when you mention the gatti-ward trilogy being grweat, but i completely disagree with you regarding the 3rd fight between morales and barrera, morales was not a shot fighter at all, when they fought and he was at the top of his game and was comfortable at 130lbs and many people were not even giving barrera a chance because of his recent loss to pacquiao and the way morales was looking as a fighter coming into that 3rd fight.

barrera and the morales trilogy for me was better in the sense that as well as all 3 fights being action packed, they were also very close, all 3 fights were very close, if we take all 36 rounds of barrera and morales, barrera possibly only wins that trilogy by 2-3 rounds at the most. the only close fight in the gatti-ward trilogy was there first fight in my opinion.

Props

Good reply.

Thank you.

Ian

[-Antonio-]

I dont think Ive seen the second fight. The first and third were some amazing fights.

[Kball15]

Gatti-Ward I wasn't even the best fight Gatti was in.

Gatti-Robinson I was better. The steady action was more consistent throughout.

NO... The thing that was so great about Gatti-Ward I was the power of both guys wills. For the first few rounds, neither guy wanted any part of the others guys game.

But eventually, Ward wore him down and forced gatti into a war.

It was Brilliant. The most beautiful war i have ever seen.

GATTI-ROBINSON was a slugfest, an outstanding fight, but its no match for GATTI-WARD I

There was so much going on, OTHER then the non stop eb and flow of the fight. Each guy trying to impose there wills on their opponents.

Neither guy taking a break, flush shot after flush shot.

The damage both guys took was unlike anything i have ever seen before.

Undoubtedly the greatest fight ive ever been alive to watch.

Anything that gives you CHILLS everytime you watch it, is somethin truly great.

[Hydro]

NO NO NO. The thing that was so great about Gatti-Ward I was the power of both guys wills. For the first few rounds, neither guy wanted any part of the others guys game.

But eventually, Ward wore him down and forced gatti into a war.

It was Brilliant. The most beautiful war i have ever seen.

GATTI-ROBINSON was a slugfest, an outstanding fight, but its no match for GATTI-WARD I

There was so much going on, OTHER then the non stop eb and flow of the fight. Each guy trying to impose there wills on their opponents.

Neither guy taking a break, flush shot after flush shot.

The damage both guys took was unlike anything i have ever seen before.

Undoubtedly the greatest fight ive ever been alive to watch.

Anything that gives you CHILLS everytime you watch it, is somethin truly great.

Gatti-Robinson I had more consistent action and better skill level.

Gatti-Ward I had more turning in tides and a better atmosphere.

[ianwigley]

NO NO NO. The thing that was so great about Gatti-Ward I was the power of both guys wills. For the first few rounds, neither guy wanted any part of the others guys game.

But eventually, Ward wore him down and forced gatti into a war.

It was Brilliant. The most beautiful war i have ever seen.

GATTI-ROBINSON was a slugfest, an outstanding fight, but its no match for GATTI-WARD I

There was so much going on, OTHER then the non stop eb and flow of the fight. Each guy trying to impose there wills on their opponents.

Neither guy taking a break, flush shot after flush shot.

The damage both guys took was unlike anything i have ever seen before.

Undoubtedly the greatest fight ive ever been alive to watch.

Anything that gives you CHILLS everytime you watch it, is somethin truly great.

****ing great post...

Ian

[Hydro]

White guys always overrate Gatti-Ward.

I don't know what skin color they are but people do overrate it when they talk about "it was the greatest trilogy ever" and stuff like that.

[The Monk]

Gatti-Ward 1 is the best fight ive ever seen. Must have watched it about 30 times now. The amount of respect i have for those two is immense, ive never two men go at it like that before and not sure if i'l see it again. A thing i love about that fight is how everyone scores it differently and i keep changing my scorecard everytime i see it, currently i have it a draw i think. The second fight may have been less competative but still good stuff and the 3rd is a cracking fight imo.

[Phantasm]

I'm biased toward Ward just cuz I'm such a huge fan of his. But I wont say the trilogy was the greatest ever. I'd probably rate Ali-Frazier trilogy as better. I'm sure we can probably name 3-4 trilogies that can be argued were better. But it has to rank among the top five TRILOGIES. Now, as far as individual fights, you're hard pressed to find many fights bether that Gatti-Ward I; The second fight showed Ward's heart to keep fighting back, even though he was being schooled by Gatti. The thrid fight showed Gatti's heart and resilience by coming back from the knockdown and winning the fight with a broken hand. Overall, it was a GREAT trilogy, one of the better ones in the history of the sport. But we've had trilogies that have matched or come near the blood and guts war of Gatti-Ward AND had a bigger significance as far as an impact to the sport. Holyfield-Bowe had the heavyweight title at stake, as did Ali-Frazier (and that was 15 rounds, compared to the 10 rounds Gatti-Ward was). Plus, Ray Robinson was had a few trilogies and even some quadrilogies (is that the correct word?) that were blood and guts and obviously had titles on the line.
But Gatti-Ward will be rememberd as one of the greats, imo. Hell, if it's something that can be argued, than that should mean that it has some merit to be considered, no?