HOF = great fighters not bums like Gatti!

[charlie31]

Two lower quality fighters who are evenly matched and don't mind taking a punch, go to your local boxing shows and see another Gatti or Miky Ward fighting off tv.

and your knocking PAC TOO? he just beat down Morales? dumb. peace.

[ferocity]

and your knocking PAC TOO? he just beat down Morales? dumb. peace.

Morales is up here
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pac is right here
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and Gatti is down here

[charlie31]

Morales is up here
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pac is right here
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and Gatti is down here

LOL..WELL WHEN PAC AND eric fought , eric was on the canvas....
dummy

[LiLHopkins]

Ferocity loves his Mexican heritage, I don't blame him for supporting Morales like that.

[charlie31]

Wards on the classics right now..beating up one of Ferocity's cousins..IMA GO WATCH IT..

[SnoopySmurf]

Ferocity loves his Mexican heritage, I don't blame him for supporting Morales like that.

He's like a Mexi-****.

[THE REAL NINJA]

I did not read any of the other posts so what i am about to say may have already been addressed but I wanted to make my peace.

So i will start off by directing my reply to the thread starter by quoting dane cook by saying - "are you out of ur ****ing mind?!?!" U sound like a child when u say **** like that. Gatti centainly no bum, u dont make millions of dollars by beeing a bum. You question Gatti's skills and his wins and losses column but you can not question the mans heart and add it too the fact he has nver ducked any opponet which lots of fighter today r doin.

Couple that with numerous fights of the years and one of the thee most historic boxing trilogies of all time, with wins over Tracy Harris Patterson (twice), Gabe Ruelas, Terron Millet, Lenard Dorin, Jesse James Leija and two world titles to boot, that not the definetion of a bum.

Is it hall of fame material? I dunno it is not for us to decide. What i do know is the HOF is not that hard to get into, so time will tell.

Also Gatti is one of the few fighters that trancend the sport of boxing, when Gatti fights the whole sporting world is on notice, it doesnt matter if he wins or loses.

He is definetly gone which he will be wil never be no one quite like him, even if you do not respect the attention Gatti gets b/c u think he lacks in the skill dept which is myopic there will nver be another Arturo Gatti and you will miss him, ... I already do

And that covers the bad karma you had .

[The Coagulator]

You asked...here goes...

What do you think about all this ? My point was that if he makes it or not I don't care but I do think he will make it SOME DAY.I'm not trying to make Gatti look better then he was because in truth he was never on that top level and nothing can change that.The thing is that there is a very sad lack of respect for a true boxing warrior being shown here. No he was not Da La Hoya or Floyd but he showed more heart gave more of himself then both of them togeather. How many fighters today are trashed for "running" in a fight well Gatti as far as I recall always took pain and came back asking for more. He could have "ran" in that last fight he could have "ran" in any of them but he did what a fighter should do he fought untill he could take no more . If he is a HOF fighter or not does not matter but he should always be respected if not by other fighters then the fans because who else of this era has gave so much of them self every fight, I can think of none .

Is the HOF only for those with the best records?, best technician?, most belts?.....which one all of them?...what is the criteria??? As a fan, I think they should induct those boxers who brought something very very special to boxing...in Gatti case, name me 10 fighters with more heart, name me 10 fighters that brought more excitement to the ring, name me 10 fighters who got off the canvas more time and WIN than Gatti.
Did Gatti have the best record? NO. Did he have the most knockouts?. NO. Was he the best skilled? NO. Did he fill the house every night? YES. Did he make the fair weathered boxing fan into an average fan? YES. Did he make the average boxing fan...a true fan? Probably! Did he have a decent record? YES. Did he fight a lot of guys? YES. Did he go toe to toe and leave it in the ring EVERY night? YES. Did he make many people jump right out of their chair and onto their feet and screeming at the TV? YES. Did your heart race with anticipation when he fought? He did for me! So for me, the HOF shouldnt be for just 1 good reason to get in, or two or three, it should be about what that special warrior brought to the table for boxing as an industry AND their own personal accomplishments. Should Gatti go into the Hall of Fame? Yes, because I think 50 years from now, when my son is 67 years old, and he goes to the HOF to see me in the Cutmen Section in there..(lol)...he will also see Gatti...and he would say, "man I remember watching this guy with my dad...what a great fighter, he's was on the canvas all the time and there was just no stoppin this guy...he had more heart than anyone I can remember, he was a hellova fighter that Gatti was"..... thats why..... The Coag!

[THE REAL NINJA]

Is the HOF only for those with the best records?, best technician?, most belts?.....which one all of them?...what is the criteria??? As a fan, I think they should induct those boxers who brought something very very special to boxing...in Gatti case, name me 10 fighters with more heart, name me 10 fighters that brought more excitement to the ring, name me 10 fighters who got off the canvas more time and WIN than Gatti.
Did Gatti have the best record? NO. Did he have the most knockouts?. NO. Was he the best skilled? NO. Did he fill the house every night? YES. Did he make the fair weathered boxing fan into an average fan? YES. Did he make the average boxing fan...a true fan? Probably! Did he have a decent record? YES. Did he fight a lot of guys? YES. Did he go toe to toe and leave it in the ring EVERY night? YES. Did he make many people jump right out of their chair and onto their feet and screeming at the TV? YES. Did your heart race with anticipation when he fought? He did for me! So for me, the HOF shouldnt be for just 1 good reason to get in, or two or three, it should be about what that special warrior brought to the table for boxing as an industry AND their own personal accomplishments. Should Gatti go into the Hall of Fame? Yes, because I think 50 years from now, when my son is 67 years old, and he goes to the HOF to see me in the Cutmen Section in there..(lol)...he will also see Gatti...and he would say, "man I remember watching this guy with my dad...what a great fighter, he's was on the canvas all the time and there was just no stoppin this guy...he had more heart than anyone I can remember, he was a hellova fighter that Gatti was"..... thats why..... The Coag!

Great post as always...I agree Gatti is a special type of fighter that only comes around so so often. I think more then anything fans just don't know what they want anymore they kill fighters like Ruiz who won most of his fights but fought a boring fight, yet you have Gatti who lost a few but puts on one of the best shows ever but is taken apart for not winning them all . You have the Roy Jones 's and Pb Floyd's that have all the god given talent in the world but oh they didnt fight so and so. So what i see here that it is now to the point where you need the carisma of ALI, The power of Foreman, The speed of Jones,and the skill of Ray Robinson to even be given a shot at being great in the eyes of the "fans" now a days .

[Famoso Matador]

I dont know if this has been brought up...
I watched the canadian boxing show in this corner, and they said that if Carbajal can make it into the HOF than Gatti surely can too. Does anyone else think its a valid argument? I think its ****ed up the way they said it, not really braging about gatti, but more like down playing carbajal.