Why is Gatti's camp trying to avoid the Tszyu Fight?

[t_tsuguri]

Tszyu would knock him out

[KJ]

do we really want to see KT ruin Gatti? I give Gatti a better chance against Mayweather.

Yes, and I am not so sure KT would ruin Gatti.

[plexmc]

HBO doesnt want to

[realtim]

It's simple. The two guys want the fight but it wont happen.
One contracted to HBO and the other to Showtime and these to companys dont get on and is the reason why we dont get all the big fights because of this. These guys are destroying boxing.

[Mr. Ryan]

It's not so much Gatti's camp as much as it is HBO. HBO has a dispute with Showtime about money and the money is good enough to risk their most exciting fighter against a human shredder like Kostya Tszyu. I do believe that it is mainly the fault of Gatti's camp about not fighting Mayweather, though.

[plexmc]

i dont want 2 see gotti get rapped

[Sir_Jose]

I know that boxing is about making money, but why does it seem like Gatti and his people are finding every reason in the world not to face the other top lightweghts out there. I really don't think he as good a fighter as the make him out to be...he blocks evey punch with his face and that is why we won't fight a tszyu, mayweather, cotto or harris...I know many don't think much of harris, because we don'y see much of him but in the two fights I have seen him in he was dominant...but back to gatti I think that him as his people know that if he fights any of the elite 140lbers he will get knocked the **** out....

Gatti's people have always shamelessy protected him. They never let him fight Mosley, Johnston, Navrov or Hernandez when he was down at 130 and now that he's up at 140 they wont let him fight Tszyu, Floyd, Cotto...etc.

They know that he's an average fighter at best.

[bigdlb12]

Gatti knows he will die in the ring vs Kostya, he wont make it pass the 5th round

[PRboxingfan]

I don't think it's that much of a runaway as many think. Gatti has learned to box in the last few years and would do a good job at moving away from KZ's right. Kostya loads up waaaaaaay too much with that hand and it should be easy for Gatti to get out of there before he gets hit with it. I'm not saying I think he'd win but it would be a closer fight than most people believe. I say KZ wins by SD.

[PBDS]

Personally I think it's more about smart money management than being a coward. He may be alot of different things, but I could never consider him a coward. It just doesnt fit

Yeah, a coward he is not, but I do think he is overmatched against the top guys and his management team is smart to keep him away.