How good is Gatti?

[liams_parka]

This isn't meant as a rhetorical question! Im boxing fan, but in Britain we don't seem to get to see as many fights as you guys in the US.


one fighter in particular who i hear a lot about is Gatti,and although ive seen all the other top 140lb guys, i haven't seen one fight of his. so i was wondering, just how good is he? is he in the Tszyu league? what type of fighter stle -wise is he?

thanks for any replies

[spinksjinx]

This isn't meant as a rhetorical question! Im boxing fan, but in Britain we don't seem to get to see as many fights as you guys in the US.


one fighter in particular who i hear a lot about is Gatti,and although ive seen all the other top 140lb guys, i haven't seen one fight of his. so i was wondering, just how good is he? is he in the Tszyu league? what type of fighter stle -wise is he?

thanks for any replies

Gatti's pinkie isnt even in the same league as Tszyu, Gatti is a brawler and likes to ****, but when facing a top notch boxer he usually ends up short although if he can get a fighter to brawl with him then that is vintage Gatti, He is popular for his wars and can bring them out in fighters but when he gets boxed he is usually in trouble....

Gatti is a B level fighter in my book and im sure you will get a lot of threads stating he is one of the best blah blah blah....

Take it as you will, Id recommend seeing some of his fights isntead....Im not a fan of his.

[pinkpanther]

This isn't meant as a rhetorical question! Im boxing fan, but in Britain we don't seem to get to see as many fights as you guys in the US.


one fighter in particular who i hear a lot about is Gatti,and although ive seen all the other top 140lb guys, i haven't seen one fight of his. so i was wondering, just how good is he? is he in the Tszyu league? what type of fighter stle -wise is he?

thanks for any replies

He isn't top 3 or 4 at the weight I'd have him 6 or 7. He certainley isn't in Zoo's league. Gatti is a legend in the sport really but not for his ability more for his heart, his wars with Ward are the stuff of legends but he has lost some soft fights along the way, it appears that when he is asked to step up to the very highest level he falls short.

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1. Tyzsu
2. Mayweather
3. Hatton
4. Cotto
5. Harris
6. Gatti
7. Mitchell

[liams_parka]

thanks, i've heard a lot of hype surrounding him, and his 'classic' fights but i certainly need to see him for myself.

are any of his fights in the download section (when i get enough posts to get access to them)?

[tri4ben2]

Gatti is good, not great. He looks fantastic when the person he is fighting is a poor defender. That is why his opponents have been picked. Dorin could have been a big fight if not for the body shot.

Someone like Floyd will make him look horrible in a UD12 and people will call for his retirement, but against someone like Tszyu, they will both hit eachother hard, but it will be clear that Tszyu is the better fighter.

Gatti should be fighting undercards, but his great fights against poor defenders has propelled him into the high money fights in Atlantic City, and to tell you the truth, I would rather watch Gatti than Floyd mayweather.

[realtim]

He has been in some all-time classic fights and not alot of the A level fighters can even say that.
Trilogy with Micky ward check that out.
He has alot of fans because he may not be the best but he certainly gives his best.
Im a fan but that wouldnt cloud my judgment Zoo would beat him.

[mic573]

He has been in some all-time classic fights and not alot of the A level fighters can even say that.
Trilogy with Micky ward check that out.
He has alot of fans because he may not be the best but he certainly gives his best.
Im a fan but that wouldnt cloud my judgment Zoo would beat him.

He's had all time classic fights against other B level fighters. Everybody else pretty much hit the nail on the head. He's good but nothing special unless you want to count his ability to take punishment.

[Duncan]

A fighter's worth is not always measured by his skill. I would rather watch Arturo Gatti fight than watch any of the current heavyweight champions lurch, hug, slap and whine their way to a unification. For every Freitas who quits, or Gainer that punks out, or Ruiz who ******s, or Williams/Johnson who are so pathetically weak mentally that they cannot lay off the doughnuts, there is Arturo Gatti. He doesn't quit, he doesn't bore you absolutely to death like Cory Spinks with skills, he freaking fights. He fights like all hell when he's been busted seven ways to Sunday. He goes through pain, exhaustion, and finds a way to reach deep and, more often than not, percivere.

Is the best "skilled" fighter? Absolutely not.

Would Floyd Mayweather kick his rear? Probably.

Would Spinks "outbox" him? More than likely.

Would Floyd Mayweather or Kostya or Cory Spinks fight in an absolutely completely empty arena if Gatti is fighting some bum across the street?Every single time. That's measurable worth as well.

A crowd loves Gatti. I do too. I look for more than Spinks/Wright/Byrd/Jones skill in a fighter. When I watch a fight, I want to see a fight. I get really tired of hearing its exicting to see "the display of skill." I want to see two guys try to kick each other's ass with as much skill possible; skill alone doesn't do it.

That's why I respectfully disagree with your comment. I just look at it a different way I guess.

Regards,

Duncan

[mic573]

Mayweather was once asked why he put on such a "dull" performance and he said this is boxing not brawling. I agree with him. I enjoy watching Gatti fight but the question was how good is Gatti. He is not that good in my opinion. There are skilled fighters who have just as much heart as Gatti but it's thier skill that keeps them out of the situations Gatti puts himself in. Gatti is all heart which is good but even heart alone doesn't win fights.

[jack_the_rippuh]

Brawling can only get you so far in a career.
As far as Gatti goes...he lost to Angel Manfredy, what more can I say..