Arturo Gatti: "The Slugfests Are Over"

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Arturo "Thunder" Gatti (40-8, 31 KO's), 34, makes his return to the ring on July 14 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He takes on Alfonso Gomez (16-3-2, 7 KO’s), a past participant in the Contender reality series, in the main event of a televised triple-header on HBO. [details]

[Lethal]

Interesting. Hopefully Gatti can pull the win, but I doubt Gomez will be easy. We've seen him before and on Contender. He is a nice fighter. Will be action packed.

[ReadyUp]

"The Slugfests are over" - Arturo Gatti

"So is your career" - GBGQ, (respectfully of course)

[borikua]

A lil late for that...

[tys0n]

Isn't it alittle late in his career to be saything that the slugfests are over?

[hugh grant]

What would happen if Gomez does a PBF on him and gives him a bit of a boxing lesson. Is there any chance of that happening?

[-Antonio-]

He would be in a much better position if he made this decision before the Baldomir fight.

[No-mas-tias]

The warrior will always be inside of him, there ain't no going back, he'll never be able to be a boxer again if he needs to brawl against a tough opponent he'll have no other option.

[Gareth Ivanovic]

The warrior will always be inside of him, there ain't no going back, he'll never be able to be a boxer again if he needs to brawl against a tough opponent he'll have no other option.

Yeah once he steps in that ring he might have a game plan to box, but if he hasn't done it yet at this point in his career I'll doubt he'll stick to it. Especially in Atlantic City where many of his good fights have taken place. I see Gatti trying to outbox Gomez early on, but after a while he'll go back to his old self and give the crowd a show. Once a brawler always a brawler.

[The Fix]

nice plan arturro, lets downplay the only reason people still watch your fights...