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i always wondered why people discredit floyd's win over gatti back in june 2005. that night on the 25th of june floyd's name was catapulted after the way he performed. at that time, many people really didn't know who he was. i'm willing to bet that many people on this forum didn't know who he was until after that fight. i have followed his career since he was an amateur, me being a former fighter myself and would study his style a lot when i was fighting because his style reminded me of how my dad trained me, so i knew of him very well, but the thing that got me about that fight, is that although he had huge victories over fighters like hernandez and coralles and castillo, he wasn't really known that much until after the gatti fight. gatti was at that time known as a blood and gut warrior and of course mayweather played the villian role very good, and with a fight of that magnitude, the press conference and build up to it only enhanced the anticipation. my point being, people can say gatti was a bum, floyd said it himself, but let's ne honest, floyd thinks everybody is a bum who fights him. that's part of his confidence and ego of course, but after that fight, and other circumstances like b hops loss to taylor, floyd became p4p number 1 in ring magazine. so, that fight really solidified his name as the best fighter in the sport and until he retired, he stayed number 1.
i don't get how that fight couldn't be looked highly upon, seeing how at this very moment, today, floyd's name is the biggest name in boxing, period. everybody wants to fight him, or at least claim they want to, but would rather have their team and promoters talk for them. pacman, hatton, shane, cotto, margarito, wiliams, i'm sure you could throw in fighters like jmm, maybe vernon forrest, i mean a who's who of names are saying his name. majority of this forum, whether his fans or detractors, post and make countless threads about him in some fashion, whether they are talking about him or another fighter. the post and thread could be about pam anderson's ass and why tommy lee hasn't penetrated it yet, and many people on here would place floyd's name in the equation as if it's his fault for it not happening, claiming well maybe if floyd stops ducking ww, tommy would find the time to hit that ass up or something to that degree. it befuttles me a lot of time.
so again, i say, that the gatti/mayweather confrontation and fight made floyd what he is today as far as mainstream appeal, because besides the fact that he has the most pronounced skills the sport has seen in decades, possibly ever, the fact that he played the villian in that fight and made people want to see him lose and then went in there and dominated the living **** out of arturo, increases the total significance of that fight. there's always a foundation on which something great is built, and his skillset, ability to play the bad guy and that fight got him to where he is today. so somebody has to give credit where rightful credit is due and i have no issues being that somebody, face it folks--gatti/mayweather was bigger and greater than you think...
i don't get how that fight couldn't be looked highly upon, seeing how at this very moment, today, floyd's name is the biggest name in boxing, period. everybody wants to fight him, or at least claim they want to, but would rather have their team and promoters talk for them. pacman, hatton, shane, cotto, margarito, wiliams, i'm sure you could throw in fighters like jmm, maybe vernon forrest, i mean a who's who of names are saying his name. majority of this forum, whether his fans or detractors, post and make countless threads about him in some fashion, whether they are talking about him or another fighter. the post and thread could be about pam anderson's ass and why tommy lee hasn't penetrated it yet, and many people on here would place floyd's name in the equation as if it's his fault for it not happening, claiming well maybe if floyd stops ducking ww, tommy would find the time to hit that ass up or something to that degree. it befuttles me a lot of time.
so again, i say, that the gatti/mayweather confrontation and fight made floyd what he is today as far as mainstream appeal, because besides the fact that he has the most pronounced skills the sport has seen in decades, possibly ever, the fact that he played the villian in that fight and made people want to see him lose and then went in there and dominated the living **** out of arturo, increases the total significance of that fight. there's always a foundation on which something great is built, and his skillset, ability to play the bad guy and that fight got him to where he is today. so somebody has to give credit where rightful credit is due and i have no issues being that somebody, face it folks--gatti/mayweather was bigger and greater than you think...
Threads like these never get any love.
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