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I don't know who else he would fight at welterweight except maybe Hatton. Are there any welterweights who Gatti could beat, or do u think its time for him to walk away?
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He'll retire UNLESS Cotto or Hatton offers him a fight. He is not going to want to fight into title contention at welterweight and maybe he realizes he isn't a welterweight anyway. He won't fight in other divisions because he's already been there. I think he will retire because HBO and ESPN are basically telling him to similar to the way they told Holyfield to. -
While I think Gatti could stand a chance against a few lower ranked guys here and there, I don't think he needs to. Arturro gave us a lion's heart. He brawled and put everything he had into every fight- including the last, against Baldomir, where he just had nothing left to give and crumpled to the floor. As an older boxer now, with very little left to give, I say retire. Gatti gave us legendary brawls and I honestly don't want to see a man at that stage of his career keeping trying to do that. Eventually he could get quite hurt.Comment
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Even if he did have something left he couldn't hurt Baldomir with anything. Retire or not he'll always be remembered for his great brawls.Comment
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Get just a little too romantic and distanced from reality for my liking. Someone should tell it like it is...Originally posted by Njord777
Gatti fans should be petitioning for their man to hang up his gloves. He's damaged goods. Mayweather didn't just take him to school, he kept him in afterwards for some extra work. If QUITTING after 6 rounds is a lion's heart then I must be mistaken in my belief of what that means. Champions don't quit. Gatti quit and took the cash in front of his own fans without even putting up a fight. Shameful.
Non-Gatti fans should be petitioning for a fight with Hatton. So Ricky can retire him. From the ability to walk unaided.Comment
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nobody is going to want to fight gatti short of some hungry journeyman. hatton already said that he felt his pockets take a blow in that baldomir fight. i think it's mcgirt's responsiblity to talk gatti out of it, especially since he isn't much help inside the ring.Comment
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Originally posted by Cabbage
You're the type that sits outside the ring, maybe in the front row, and when you get the blood on you- that's boxing. You think you understand what it's like to be in the business of fighting, knowing your health is on the line in every fight. Maybe I don't know it much better than you, but I have enough empathy to relate. It's easy to call someone a bum if they lose and it wasn't you. Gatti can make someone who hates boxing romantic about the sport. He brawled hard. Never the best boxer, never having the fastest hands, not the most solid fighter in the world, Gatti still have us some of the most memoriable fights in recent history. Arturro got off the canvas more than once to end the fight with one solid punch, or by wading out a storm of punishment to get to the other side and come out victorious. To call him a quitter is disrespectful to all he gave the sport- which was his all. If you can't see in Arturo Gatti the qualities of a champion's heart, looking back at his fights and saying, 'Yes, that guy fought with all he had,' then you're being blind. I, for one, am truly grateful we had a boxer like that to entertain us.
Yes, maybe I am a bit romantic about it- but that just bespeaks of the passion I have for the sport, and for those fighters who have highlighted its strengths over the years. If you can't be romantic about your passion, then life is a little less worth living in my eyes.
Gatti had a champion's heart and never quit. The wars of the years just caught up with him, and against Baldomir I saw the end of his ability to take the punishment he once shrugged off.
-And to wish a boxer hurt so badly they can not walk is not funny. It is not clever, or witty, or comical in even a dark way. Especially with the G-man as your avatar. Tasteless. In a boxing forum a comment like that should see bad karma raining down on you like ****.
Two final comments:
1.) I'm not even much of a loyal Gatti fan, I just respect him.
2.) The fight went more than 6 rounds. Maybe you should watch it before you belittle his efforts.Comment
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I could see someone moving up to 147 wanting to fight him even though he lost his last fight. He's still a bigger name that could attract attention to a fight, rather than fighting a complete nobody, but he also seems like an easy tune-up fight for a fighter that's moving to a new weight.Originally posted by maxorido
I think Gatti should stop fighting. He looked pretty sketchy against Baldomir. I think his taken too much punishment over the years and he can't take it anymore.Comment
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uhh is it me or am i the only one that heard buddy mcgirt say
"your eyes swelled shut champ i gotta stop it "
am i the only one who heard this?Comment
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agreed, its hard for a guy like that to know when to quit (a guy with heart like him) and the same thing that happened to holyfield. i just dont want to c my favorite boxer stick around to long and get hurt. good career, arturoOriginally posted by Njord777
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