pbf will run like a ***** from Gatti!!!

[dansweeney]

I would rather watch Mayweather over Gatti any day, especially the new Gatti. That fight with "Jesse" James Leija ****** nuts. The only thing other fighters respect Gatti for is his heart. I'm not sure I ever heard anything positive about Gatti other than he has a tremendous amount of heart. You're right that Trashing Gatti won't help Mayweather's popularity, but trashing him and backing it up, like he'll do on June 25th, in front of all of Gatti's fans, on his home turf, will do alot for his popularity.

i dont think so, he keeps saying how bad gatti is so what would beating him down prove? its not like gatti is undefeated, Gatti's fans dont love him because he is a p4p fighter, they love his heart determination and unbreakable will, something pbf will never understand or comprehend. if gatti gets mauled he will still sell out ac boardwalk in his next fight, thats just the way it is, you pbf fans just dont get it

[ELPacman]

PBF is going to be KTFO by the new and improved Gatti.

[Moon]

everyone agrees that gatti is not sugar ray robinson, i think your mistaken on who is overrated in this fight. if mayweather runs he will never get another ppv fight again. period. he is a real ***** with no heart, lets see him face some adversity, gatti ko in 8

Never thought this day would come. I agree with Dan Sweeney 100%. If May wants the big pays that follows guys like Gatti, he'll need to mix-it-up in the ring as much as he talks outside the ring. If he does beat Gatti or not, he'll probably WANT the rematch to get another payday.

[mic573]

For all you morons that think Gatti has been ducking Mayweather need to get ur facts straight. He's wanted a piece of Mayweather or KT since early 2004. Gatti will fight anybody. Why do think he wants this fight so bad!!?? to prove to you nay sayers that he can beat a world class fighter. He knows what boxing fans are sayin he aint ******.

And that is the differance Gatti wants this fight to define his carreer while Floyd is already looking past him, that is Gayweathers first mistake. Gatti is more hungry and by the looks of it more serious, I hope PBF had a good time partying w/ puff daddy. Gatti will win a unamious dec. if Gayweather doesnt get KO'd with that glass jaw of his.

Mayweather has always looked past his opponents but in the ring he is 100% focused. When have you seen Mayweather never focused in the ring? Even when he's playing around with the commentators he is in full control of the action. Floyd has been asking for this fight for a very long time because he knows beating one of HBO's best attraction will bring him the attention that he wants and deserves. He has even said this is a defining fight for his career and I think it is Mayweather who is more hungry because he has waited for this opportunity for a long time.

Mayweather by one-sided decision. Gatti will have his moments but that's what they will be just moments.

[dansweeney]

Mayweather has always looked past his opponents but in the ring he is 100% focused. When have you seen Mayweather never focused in the ring? Even when he's playing around with the commentators he is in full control of the action. Floyd has been asking for this fight for a very long time because he knows beating one of HBO's best attraction will bring him the attention that he wants and deserves. He has even said this is a defining fight for his career and I think it is Mayweather who is more hungry because he has waited for this opportunity for a long time.

Mayweather by one-sided decision. Gatti will have his moments but that's what they will be just moments.

its the defining fight of his career? he says gatti is a bum but this is his defining fight? what a loser, gatti will probably kayo him, if he doesnt kt or dela hoya will humiliate his little ass, plus he was talking **** on b-hop, they will never meet in the ring, but id love to see him say that to hop's face on the street, he would get a beatdown

[Floydmayweather]

Anyone who thinks Gatti will win is not thinking clearly. Mayweather has beaten much better oppostion Manfready, Castillo 2x i had one a draw Corley, Corales among others. Gatti has fought alot of decent fighters but no great fighters. He is easy to hit and against an accurate, very fast fighter like Floyd he is in big trouble. Gatti got beat by Manfready and PBF beat the hell out of him this is a mismatch and is just a stepping stone for bigger fights for Floyd.

[mic573]

its the defining fight of his career? he says gatti is a bum but this is his defining fight? what a loser, gatti will probably kayo him, if he doesnt kt or dela hoya will humiliate his little ass, plus he was talking **** on b-hop, they will never meet in the ring, but id love to see him say that to hop's face on the street, he would get a beatdown

It's a defining fight that will get his name out more not because Gatti is a great fighter. Tell me how Gatti will probably KO Mayweather. It's not like Gatti can run out there and try to go for a knockout. If he did he really would be torn apart. Trust me the way Buddy McGirt and Gatti are both talking about trying to box with Mayweather they are just giving the fight away. Gatti simply can't outbox Mayweather because he is just not as great a boxer as Mayweather.

The only way I see Gatti winning is if he fights a smart well planned out fight that involves alot of pressure. If he tries his new boxing technique you can forget it. If he comes out wild looking for a knockout you can forget a win there as well.

[boxernyc]

That's pretty sad that you only put your confidence in Floyd not coming in at the top of his game as a way for Gatti to win. Why not focus on something else, because that makes what you say about Gatti not being trash, seem false.

Just because I can say that Floyd is a better boxer doesn't mean that boxers below him are trash. A good example is that I think Tsyzu is awesome and will most likely crush Hatton but I don't think Hatton is a bum or trash. I think Hatton is a good competitor and Tsyzu is a class above him. The difference is that I like them both whereas I only respect Floyd for his skill not his mouth or actions outside the ring and I like Gatti for his boxing skill and tough as nails style. For that matter I like Ward too. Both are considered bums by the fans of cutie boxers.

I respect boxers who step between the ropes professionally too much to call any of them a bum. I box and I give the people who do it as a pro a lot of credit. It is a f'n hard profession.

Unless a boxer does something particularly egregious (Golota's tap dance below the belt comes to mind) I don't bad mouth them. But I guess we approach boxing from different angles and like different styles.

[jack_the_rippuh]

I said it once, and I'll say it again. We'll see if Mayweather has heart and the will the dig deep, when and only when he's put in that position. If he keeps fighting in fights where he's just dominant, and superior to who he's up against, we won't see that. If Arturo Gatti fights guys classes below him, we wouldn't see his will to win, we'd just a see a dominating performance.

My question is why should Mayweather make a fight harder than it has to be?

[Red_Menace]

It's wrong to call Gatti a bum. He's a good fighter. He's certainly not the best, and won't be remembered as a top ten in his weight division. But he's exciting to watch, and he has a lot of character. The Gatti that lost to DLH is not the Gatti that's fighting now. When he lost to DLH, he was at the bottom of his career because he wasn't training. He was out partying. He started as a skill boxer, and slowly deteriorated into a brawler, because he wasn't training. He was brawling because he didn't have anything else to bring into the ring. Now that he's training with Buddy, he's trying to bring the skill back into his fight, and he's not partying anymore. I don't think he can box to Mayweather's calibre, but he's definitely not a bum. People watch Gatti because they like him, as a character. Mayweather is never going to have that if he stays on the same track.

What's this about Mayweather bad mouthing Hopkins? If he actually did that, I'd like him even less as a person.