I was at Arturo Gatti's memorial service...

**Left2body** · 07-31-2009, 04:46 PM

Thats sounds awesome man........glad to hear he went out with so much love and respect.

**onedream722** · 07-31-2009, 04:46 PM

Originally posted by Asian Sensation

And let me tell you, whoever in Brazil chose to announce that Arturo's death was a suicide on that day is a real ******.

More significant though was that many people from all walks of life - particularly in boxing - came out to Jersey City to pay their respects to the man. Off the top of my head, I'd say Micky Ward, Chuck Zito from Oz, Micky Rourke, Tomasz Adamek, Ronnie Shields, Patrick Farrell, Jorge Diaz, Ivan Robinson, Omar Sheika, Lou Dibella, Paulie Malignaggi, I mean so many people were there it's hard to remember.

The most moving speaker of the procession was Lou Dibella. He said, "Arturo Gatti love life. Arturo Gatti never quit in the ring. Arturo Gatti never quit in life. And he never quit in Brazil. Let's pray that truth and justice comes out of Brazil." He said what everyone was thinking but didn't say and received the longest ovation of everyone.

Afterwards everyone went to Lua in Hoboken, Arturo's favorite place for the Irish wake. It was good, we all celebrated Gatti's life like he would have wanted us to. I had an idea at about midnight and told the DJ to play "Thunderstrike" by AC/DC, which was his theme song.

Suddenly the place erupted when they heard the opening riff and the wake turned into something like a resurrection ceremony.

RIP Gatti...ur sig picture is dope my friend

**Grand Champ** · 07-31-2009, 04:46 PM

Originally posted by Asian Sensation

And let me tell you, whoever in Brazil chose to announce that Arturo's death was a suicide on that day is a real ******.

More significant though was that many people from all walks of life - particularly in boxing - came out to Jersey City to pay their respects to the man. Off the top of my head, I'd say Micky Ward, Chuck Zito from Oz, Micky Rourke, Tomasz Adamek, Ronnie Shields, Patrick Farrell, Jorge Diaz, Ivan Robinson, Omar Sheika, Lou Dibella, Paulie Malignaggi, I mean so many people were there it's hard to remember.

The most moving speaker of the procession was Lou Dibella. He said, "Arturo Gatti love life. Arturo Gatti never quit in the ring. Arturo Gatti never quit in life. And he never quit in Brazil. Let's pray that truth and justice comes out of Brazil." He said what everyone was thinking but didn't say and received the longest ovation of everyone.

Afterwards everyone went to Lua in Hoboken, Arturo's favorite place for the Irish wake. It was good, we all celebrated Gatti's life like he would have wanted us to. I had an idea at about midnight and told the DJ to play "Thunderstrike" by AC/DC, which was his theme song.

Suddenly the place erupted when they heard the opening riff and the wake turned into something like a resurrection ceremony.

Exactly. R.I.P champ

I hope that greedy murdering ***** get what's coming.

**catalinul** · 07-31-2009, 04:46 PM

I saw yoi had some pics of Gatti on your sig and avatar,could you post them?

Anyway yeah,I don't believe for a sec he killed himself.

What did Pat Lynch,Chuck Zito,Malignaggi say if they did say anything?

**UnDeniable** · 07-31-2009, 04:46 PM

Very nice to hear

**Double_L** · 07-31-2009, 04:47 PM

Co-sign. May Gatti get the justice he deserves

**Mr. Ryan** · 07-31-2009, 04:50 PM

Originally posted by catalinul

I saw yoi had some pics of Gatti on your sig and avatar,could you post them?

Anyway yeah,I don't believe for a sec he killed himself.

What did Pat Lynch,Chuck Zito,Malignaggi say if they did say anything?

Neither Lynch, Zito or Malignaggi spoke at the procession but I will be interviewing them for a Boxing Digest tribute article I will be putting together for next month. Lemme go find the pic.

**BoxingChaos** · 07-31-2009, 04:50 PM

Originally posted by Asian Sensation

And let me tell you, whoever in Brazil chose to announce that Arturo's death was a suicide on that day is a real ******.

More significant though was that many people from all walks of life - particularly in boxing - came out to Jersey City to pay their respects to the man. Off the top of my head, I'd say Micky Ward, Chuck Zito from Oz, Micky Rourke, Tomasz Adamek, Ronnie Shields, Patrick Farrell, Jorge Diaz, Ivan Robinson, Omar Sheika, Lou Dibella, Paulie Malignaggi, I mean so many people were there it's hard to remember.

The most moving speaker of the procession was Lou Dibella. He said, "Arturo Gatti love life. Arturo Gatti never quit in the ring. Arturo Gatti never quit in life. And he never quit in Brazil. Let's pray that truth and justice comes out of Brazil." He said what everyone was thinking but didn't say and received the longest ovation of everyone.

Afterwards everyone went to Lua in Hoboken, Arturo's favorite place for the Irish wake. It was good, we all celebrated Gatti's life like he would have wanted us to. I had an idea at about midnight and told the DJ to play "Thunderstrike" by AC/DC, which was his theme song.

Suddenly the place erupted when they heard the opening riff and the wake turned into something like a resurrection ceremony.

Thanks for the report.

Man you get around the boxing circle like there is no tomorrow. How many fighters have personally met to this day?

PS. I have not been to your ******* page in over a year or so, that is why I ask.

**DLT** · 07-31-2009, 04:51 PM

Im a big Gatti fan but how come people cant beleive that he killed himself? Everyone said he was having trouble and I found it far more harder to beleive that his wife could kill a Pro boxer by strangling him. That would never happened

I was at Arturo Gatti's memorial service...