Originally posted by Super_Lightweight
Floyd tried to get Gatti in his first fight at 140 but had to get Chop, he tried for his 2nd fight but had to get Bruseles. He also was the madatory for a long time but the WBC kept letting Gatti extend. All the writers were making articles about how HBO is letting Gatti fight guys like Leija, Branco, and Doring but wouldnt make him fight Floyd like he's supposed to because he's there big money guy.
Then the WBC forced the fight on Gatti so he had to take it or get stripped. Now I do give him credit for taking because everyone thought he would just vacate and continue to run but he didnt, but he still turned down Floyd a bunch of times before then.
It was like Hatton is doing now except it was way worse because Floyd was his mandatory
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