Hoping Arturo Retires...

[neverlast]

HOPING ARTURO RETIRES...



Arturo Gatti was a talented fighter. He could box and he could ****. He
was good enough to be a world champion. He was one of the most courageous
boxers I've ever seen. His wars with Mickey Ward are the stuff of legend.

There were limitations though. Angel Manfredy and Ivan Robinson beat
him. Joe Hutchinson almost beat him. Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather
Jr. totally outclassed him. Nevertheless Arturo always bounced back. Good
matchmaking and being an HBO house fighter sure didn't hurt.

Last Saturday welterweight title holder Carlos Baldomir gave Gatti a
whipping, pure and simple. Arturo as always took his lumps like a man. Now I
hope Arturo will swallow the lump in his throat whenever he thinks of
retiring and do what may be best for him. Retire...

He has nothing left to prove. He is admired by most boxing fans. He
has a warrior's heart but now the skills have diminished. He is left with
only his shield. The sword is now gone.

In the words of the great Joe Frazier, it may be " time to hang the
gloves on the wall and go boogie.

[Kball15]

too many threads about this...

[-EX-]

Yeah I wouldn't be disappointed if he retired. It would have been nice if he went out on a win. If he fights again I hope its a prospect or someone with not as much as experience. I don't think he can hurt a good welterweight.

[AP6]

i was hoping he would retire this year win or lose

[Kball15]

believe it or not, i think this is as good a way for gatti to go out as there is for him. there is no way a guy with a heart like gatti's is gonna go out on a win. He would fight until he was dead. At least this was a respectable loss and didnt damage his legendary status. He should leave on a note as high as its gonna get

[Cabbage]

too many threads about this...

Spot on.

Gatti is an overrated quitter. The fact that he had a "war" with a Z-list fighter like Mickey Ward shouldn't be considered a good thing. Even my Dad could take Ward to school.

[psychopath]

Spot on.

Gatti is an overrated quitter. The fact that he had a "war" with a Z-list fighter like Mickey Ward shouldn't be considered a good thing. Even my Dad could take Ward to school.

Oh yeah? Do you really hate americans dude? Why don't you just shut the **** up?

[Cabbage]

[QUOTE=psychopath]Oh yeah? Do you really hate americans dude? [QUOTE]

Yes.

[psychopath]

[QUOTE=Cabbage]

Oh yeah? Do you really hate americans dude? QUOTE]

Yes.

Then suffer the consequence MORON, more humilation coming your way.

[Cabbage]

Then suffer the consequence MORON, more humilation coming your way.

I don't even know what this "humilation" you keep referring to too. Read it back slowly to yourself.

The irony of someone displaying just how thick they are when trying to "humilate" someone is almost too much too bear. But i'm sure it would be lost on you.