HOF = great fighters not bums like Gatti!

[eazy_mas]

some of Gatti fight basicaly he wnet there and he knew he was going to slaughter.

Gatti is a HOF because he bring excitment and one of the most exciting fighter in the 90s.

any there is many HOFers and names that most people dont know them.

He was the best out there but he had the biggest heart

[small_warrior]

QUAKE is an *******, gatti is a fighter who brought exitment to boxing, and that is what boxing needs.

[tito yuca]

Cotto is also bringing excitement to boxing, is also a two-division champ, has also showed heart by going on to KO guys who had him hurt, and made Gianluca Branco quit in 8, a fighter who Gatti couldn't stop. He also has no losses, Gatti has 8. If Cotto retires today, would those of you who say Gatti deserves to be in the hall be campaigning for Miguel to make it as well?

[Hydro]

he had the biggest heart

How do you measure who has a bigger heart?

Gatti, Corrales, Morales, Pacquiao, Holyfield, Abraham, Vargas, G. Johnson, etc...

Lots of guys have a lot of heart.

Some guys don't have to show it as much because they have better skills.

[Hydro]

the guys an over achiever !

Not really.

Gatti spent some time partying and getting involved in the wrong things when he could have been training and living like a fighter should.

He had pretty good boxing skills but chose to abandon them once he got tagged cleanly a couple times, and it cost him.

He had the athleticism, pretty good boxing skills, and an inhuman ability to recover from beatings in numerous fights and not be a shot fighter.

He could've probably beaten some of the guys he lost to if he had more discipline, in and out of the ring.

[small_warrior]

TITO YUCA i did'nt say tha cotto don't bring exictement and he is sure a better boxer, but he don't bring as much excitment than gatti. And i mean Quake is an ******* because he disrepects gatti, gatti is no bum, all people who go to box in a ring diserves respect, because it's not easy, even as an amateur i have preasure when i go on it

[eazy_mas]

Cotto is also bringing excitement to boxing, is also a two-division champ, has also showed heart by going on to KO guys who had him hurt, and made Gianluca Branco quit in 8, a fighter who Gatti couldn't stop. He also has no losses, Gatti has 8. If Cotto retires today, would those of you who say Gatti deserves to be in the hall be campaigning for Miguel to make it as well?

Gatti fough Branco before Cotto did.

is like if someone now beats Hearn he is a legend that is a bit extrem but you know where i am going .

[Hydro]

never ducked nebody in hes life

1)
2) "Never ducked anybody" is not HOF criteria. Demarcus corley, emanuel augustus, jesse james leija, etc are perennial gatekeepers. IT IS THEIR JOB TO FIGHT THE BEST. Should they be in the Hall?

To even say Gatti didn't duck or avoid anyone is false, anyway.

Showtime was willing to put up $5 million for a Tszyu-Gatti fight in 2002/03, when Tszyu was the IBF (and Ring mag) champ but Gatti and his team turned it down.

For the third fight with Ward, Gatti's team turned down the original offer because they wanted a 75/25 split. Ward turned it down, obviously.

There was offers to fight Shambra Mitchell in an IBF eliminator. Gatti's team refused the fight, then Mitchell fought Tackie in an eliminator.

Then Gatti signed to fight Ward a 3rd time, getting about 70%.

Then Gatti signed a deal with HBO, with his team giving him handpicked opposition, until his mandatory (PBF) came up. To Gatti's credit, he took the fight.

[eazy_mas]

TITO YUCA i did'nt say tha cotto don't bring exictement and he is sure a better boxer, but he don't bring as much excitment than gatti. And i mean Quake is an ******* because he disrepects gatti, gatti is no bum, all people who go to box in a ring diserves respect, because it's not easy, even as an amateur i have preasure when i go on it

basicly its easy to comment and critise because something you never have done.

i done little ameatuer boxing but didnt fight a bout but i could say if you could do the same as they could do it then come and talk because boxing is not easy sport.

[Hydro]

I aggrree I wouldn't call them bums. Though Leija did beat the better fighters. I hate to say this but he actually beat Lazcano and surprising he didn't get killed or run over by Tszyu inside 1-2 round towards the later career it seemed like he was on a cutting streek, Camacho, Ward, Lejia he was a good fighter and i belive he like Ruelas should have gotten the W in each of there first fight with Nelson. Credit to Nelson, he still came back and got a win over both of them and clean wins. Ruelas v. Leija was a very good fight, i still remember what Leija said in an interview they showed on the ppv before his fight with Ruelas, credit to Leija he ducked no one, wasn't the best but good fighter.

Gatti just never beat an elite fighter. But i'll give him much credit for beating Ruelas, though that wasn't the same Ruelas before the Garcia fight, before the Garcia fight, Ruelas wouldn't even have thought about getting about but would have been able to get up. The death of Garcia really messed with Ruelas but he was a good fighter i'll always remember for the toughness he brought into the ring aswell as the excitment.

I never really respected Gatti, cause of the fighters he lost too and the hype he got. But he showed me his toughness against Delahoya, and after that he got my respect. Tough guy no doubt.

Leija was better in his prime than Gatti, but I respect Gatti more because of Leija's hyprocrisy.

Leija was so down on Camacho on quitting when he was cut, yapping about "I fight no matter what" and all that, then he did the same thing against Ward.