Originally posted by TBear
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Reason Mayweather fought Gatti is because Gatti was a household name, PPV attraction and an exciting fighter. This started building his name on a big time basis. Mayweather was already a very talented fighter with obvious skills. He was'nt drawing as many supporters so to build his fan base he took on the very fan friendly Gatti. Which to all was an obvious mis-match but Gatti was the bigger fighter, great power and good body puncher.
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