Does HBO talk about Gatti-Ward too much?

[edgarg]

What I'm trying to get at, is does HBO talk about these guys/ and there fights too much? I mean lets go over this


-Jim Lampley created the "Gatti List", they created a documentary on there trilogy, (which I actually enjoyed) they invite Mickey Ward to the IBHOF even though he's not a hall of famer, and imo they played a big role in getting arturo into the hall of fame. And it seems like EVERY SINGLE DAMN TIME an exchange is happening, either Lampley or Merchant has gotta bring up "SHADES OF GATTI-WARD!!"

Is it a little excessive? And I'm I the only one that's gets annoyed by it?

Well, it doesn't annoy me-takes a lot more than that- but I agree with you. People who should know better, and those who don't know, keep blathering about the Gatt-Ward Trilogy as if the'd just learnt a new word. Only their first fight was the "blood-and-guts" kind that so many love. The other two were really anti-climactic. However, that first fight started a big surge to give these two average fighters (average in every way but face-first bravery) a million dollar purse each. And I believe that they did get it, although after the second fight I don't know if the third was as financially rewarding. It gave a big boost to their pocketbooks and especially to Ward who had been fighting for peanuts his whole life. Gatti left just over $3 mill....... You may recall the law cases over who was to get the money.

AND THE WORD IS SPELLED "THEIR" in the contexts you've used it in.

[Exciterx30]

The way I see it, this trilogy gets a lot of props because of the fighters. Gatti was a very likeable guy, tough as they come, and you also have the fact that he died in a tragic/su****ious way.

Ward was a true rags to riches story. He is like a real life Rocky, even though he was never a true world champion. The fact is that the guy is very humble and very likeable. He was the kind of guy you root for. He pretty much embodied the struggles of life whenever he got in the ring. He was a fighter in its purest meaning.

If you have a fight like this between two guys that not only capture your imagination in the ring but also the stuff that happens in real life, then it transcends the sport and becomes something bigger, regardless of world titles. To me, that's why Gatti-Ward is held in such high regard and with such nostalgia.

[ADP02]

You don't have to be two top elite fighters to get FOTY or decade or century. While it's all opinion, one can't dispute that it's up there with the best of them as some of those rounds looked unreal to the point that it looked like it was a movie because or else one would say "the ref would have stopped the fight!"

If you saw the documentary, it's hard to complain. There was a lot of emotions by the HBO commentators too. They appreciated the trilogy and in a way, since they were there, it was a part of them.

[jackson8]

I didn't watch the documentary because I seen all three fights a hundred times and tons of stories already. Didn't need to watch it all again yet.

[damuttz112]

It was a great documentary, I teared up a few times.

[Haterfree]

I agree with earlier post that Castillo/Corrales was better. Plus it was at a higher skill level. I mean we are talking about Mickey Ward & Gatti. Fighters who lost Zab Judah & Ivan Robinson.

[ADozenArrows]

It was a great documentary, I teared up a few times.

Hi Jim Lampley.