Originally Posted by BoxingCoachBW

Here are a few other things I would add....

Though many people would laugh at this,

I feel there are guys like Tyson who should be in the Hall of Fame....

Like Gatti, Tyson was guaranteed to fill house,,,,you either loved him or hated him.....

I was at the Memphis fight when Lewis fought Tyson....People talked S*** about Tyson, but I also remember who got the standing ovation when he got into the ring...

Tyson had bumped into a big wall in his career, but, I felt bad for the guy.....He, like so many other boxers, is a fragile human being in need of guidance in their life...

Gatti, He would fill a house just being on the card....It didnt matter who he was fighting.....

I think there were more tears than cheers at this last fight of his(Gatti), he is the last of a very small number of fighters that fans fell in love with....We dont have many true hardcore boxers in the sport anymore....We have a bunch of "money hungry", "Out of Shape" and "Sorry exscuses" for boxers in the sport nowadays....Where are the TRUE Prizefighters?? where are the TRUE "Peoples Champions"??

What the people need is a Champion that is at their level, not someone that feels that when they get the belt that the fans dont matter anymore...

Gatti had this swagger to him, he was a People's Champion...Thats why he was so loved and that is why he will be in the HoF....

Good Luck,

Coach