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The New Year is off to big start, and we are still in the month of January. The last major January card features the only man to possess a style so exciting that experts dubbed him the "human highlight reel". Arturo "Thunder" Gatti returns to the ring against undefeated danish fighter Thomas Damgaard.
In the wake of this year's recent string of upset wins by Carlos Baldomir, O'Neil Bell and Manny Pacquiao - will Gatti be the next major star to fall prey to the underdog?
Some say yes, some say no.
The uneducated boxing mind would say that Gatti is a shot fighter, basing that theory upon their observation of his most recent loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. Whether or not Gatti is actually a shot fighter, as a result of too many wars in the ring, had nothing to do with the Mayweather result.
There is an old saying in boxing, styles make fights, and Gatti's style is custom made for a fighter with the quick relexes of someone like Mayweather. Just think about this for a moment, Mosley beats De La Hoya, Forrest beats Mosley, Mayorga beats Forrest, Spinks beats Mayorga, Judah beats Spinks and Baldomir beats Judah. The long time theory of styles make fights has never been so clear when you start to review the abundance of upsets during the last few years in the welterweight division.
As shown in the previously mentioned outcomes, Mayweather had Gatti's number before the bell rang to start the first round. The writers knew it, the experts knew it and Mayweather certainly knew it. [details]
In the wake of this year's recent string of upset wins by Carlos Baldomir, O'Neil Bell and Manny Pacquiao - will Gatti be the next major star to fall prey to the underdog?
Some say yes, some say no.
The uneducated boxing mind would say that Gatti is a shot fighter, basing that theory upon their observation of his most recent loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. Whether or not Gatti is actually a shot fighter, as a result of too many wars in the ring, had nothing to do with the Mayweather result.
There is an old saying in boxing, styles make fights, and Gatti's style is custom made for a fighter with the quick relexes of someone like Mayweather. Just think about this for a moment, Mosley beats De La Hoya, Forrest beats Mosley, Mayorga beats Forrest, Spinks beats Mayorga, Judah beats Spinks and Baldomir beats Judah. The long time theory of styles make fights has never been so clear when you start to review the abundance of upsets during the last few years in the welterweight division.
As shown in the previously mentioned outcomes, Mayweather had Gatti's number before the bell rang to start the first round. The writers knew it, the experts knew it and Mayweather certainly knew it. [details]
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