HOF = great fighters not bums like Gatti!

[micky_knox]

Gatti was no bum lol

some of the comments i read here are so funny.......

[DUPLICITY]

like i said if barry m goes so does gatti its my opion i obviously dont give a **** what you think so let it go ?

Then why are you posting and responding?? This is a place for discussion. This is a thread about gatti and HOF.

Either you got lost ...or you are acting like a child now.

[DUPLICITY]

Gatti was no bum lol

some of the comments i read here are so funny.......

Gatti was NOT "a bum".

Gatti was a B minus fighter who had great heart and a very exciting style.

B minus fighters don't deserve the HOF. Regardless of their heart or style. Case closed.

[joeytrimble]

i think you should read a list of the current fighters in the hall of fame do so and then explain to me why gatti dont belong in there ...

[joeytrimble]

i think you should read a list of the current fighters in the hall of fame do so and then explain to me why gatti dont belong in there ...

Wilfredo Benitez
Nino Benvenuti
Jackie Kid Berg
Jimmy Bivins
Joe Brown
Ken Buchanan
Charley Burley
Miguel Canto
Michael Carbajal
Jimmy Carter
Marcel Cerdan
Antonio Cervantes
Bobby Chacon
Jeff Chandler
Ezzard Charles
Curtis Cokes
Billy Conn
Pipino Cuevas -
Flash Elorde
Jeff Fenech
George Foreman
Bob Foster
Joe Frazier
Gene Fullmer
Khaosai Galaxy
Victor Galindez
Kid Gavilan
Joey Giardello
Wilfredo Gomez
Humberto Gonzalez
Billy Graham
Rocky Graziano
Emile Griffith
Marvin Hagler
Fighting Harada
Tom Heeney
Beau Jack
Lew Jenkins
Eder Jofre
Ingemar Johansson -
Harold Johnson
Ismael Laguna
Jake LaMotta
Sugar Ray Leonard
Sonny Liston
Nicolino Locche
Duilio Loi
Joe Louis
Rocky Marciano
Joey Maxim
Mike McCallum
Barry McGuigan -
Bob Montgomery
Carlos Monzon
Archie Moore
Jose Napoles
Azumah Nelson
Terry Norris
Ken Norton
Ruben Olivares
Bobo Olson
Carlos Ortiz
Manuel Ortiz
Carlos Palomino
László Papp
Willie Pastrano
Floyd Patterson
Eusebio Pedroza
Willie Pep
Pascual Pérez
Aaron Pryor
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Sugar Ramos
Luis Rodriguez
Sugar Ray Robinson
Matthew Saad Muhammad
Sandy Saddler
Vicente Saldivar
Salvador Sanchez
Max Schmeling
Michael Spinks
**** Tiger
Jose Torres
Randy Turpin
Jersey Joe Walcott
Ike Williams (boxer)
Chalky Wright
Tony Zale
Daniel Zaragoza -
Carlos Zarate
Fritzie Zivic

the ones with the - should go if gatti cant enter it

[-Antonio-]

If Gatti would have won last night then I would say yes. Now Im not sure...Hes not a BUM though. People throw that word around too damn much.

[charlie31]

1) EVERYBODY acknowledges that the 140 title was a paper title: Floyd, Merchant, Brian Kenny, etc. And YOU know it, too. Gatti was not the true champion at 140. Gatti was champion ONCE: when he beat Tracy Patterson at 130 about ten years ago. Nobody can take that from him.

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?

Fighting the best isn't the criteria. Beating the best is. Or at least being competitive with the best. GATTI DID NEITHER.

3)"always entertained"? Yes, gatti was an entertaining fighter. Against other lower-rung guys. You can see that on any Friday night at Church Street Gym. Two unskilled guys going at it and giving it their all.

Listen, Gatti had alot of heart. Left it all in the ring. I respect that. So say a prayer for him. Keep him in your heart. Buy some memorabilia. Applaud when he walks in the room. But the IBHOF is not the place to honor guys who did what he did.

who cares..he knows he is not hall of fame status, BUT..the people decide so..

[gattifan24]

Just remember that when you rip Gatti for being a two-time paper champ that Floyd's LAST TWO of four titles have been paper titles. YEt Floyd calls himself a 4 division champ

[MR. V]

Just remember that when you rip Gatti for being a two-time paper champ that Floyd's LAST TWO of four titles have been paper titles. YEt Floyd calls himself a 4 division champ

ahahahha, u tell them gattifan. thats what im saying mann. im, all with u, but theres no explainging that to any mayweather nuthuggers.

[The_One77]

gatti dosen't dererve a place in the hall of fame because he never beat anyone great and when he did fight a great, he got his face beat down.
I mean, he lost against guys like Mickey Ward.....Zab Judah crushed Ward easily. 12 rounds to nothing.
Gatti isn't a bum, but he's not a HOF............He lost too many times when he should of won. ie. last night against Boldimor who has 10 losses.