Thread: Is Arturo Gatti Hall of Fame worthy ??
View Single Post
  #14 (permalink)  
Old 11-12-2008, 04:47 PM
RozzySean RozzySean is offline
Old Guard
  

Join Date: May 2005
Location: Boston
Posts: 2,031
Punch Power: 1133
RozzySean Don't mess with User or you will get KTFO... To powerful and full of classRozzySean Don't mess with User or you will get KTFO... To powerful and full of classRozzySean Don't mess with User or you will get KTFO... To powerful and full of classRozzySean Don't mess with User or you will get KTFO... To powerful and full of classRozzySean Don't mess with User or you will get KTFO... To powerful and full of classRozzySean Don't mess with User or you will get KTFO... To powerful and full of classRozzySean Don't mess with User or you will get KTFO... To powerful and full of classRozzySean Don't mess with User or you will get KTFO... To powerful and full of classRozzySean Don't mess with User or you will get KTFO... To powerful and full of classRozzySean Don't mess with User or you will get KTFO... To powerful and full of classRozzySean Don't mess with User or you will get KTFO... To powerful and full of class
Default Re: Is Arturo Gatti Hall of Fame worthy ??
Quote:
Originally Posted by leftylee number 1 groupie View Post
Quote:
Originally Posted by kingfrnk View Post
yea hes HOF material. especially since he had 3 great fights with Ward that are unforgetable so yea he is.
But what has that got to do with anything ? the fact that all his great fights come against lower class opposition like Micky Ward speaks volumes. Since when do all exciting fighters just get a free pass into HOF ?

So because Micky Ward was an exciting fighter and was in many FOTY candidates. Does he deserve to be in the HOF aswell ? because surely he done as much for the sport as Arturo Gatti did. Going by your logic ?
Mickey Ward didn't hold belts in two divisions. He was never top 5 in any weight-class (Gatti was at 130 and maybe for a bit at 140). Gatti was a top 10 fighter in 4 divisions.

And say what you want about Mickey Ward, after his comeback, he had some quality wins - KO'd Reggie Green, KO'd Shea Neary (in the UK), Augustus. Taking 2 of 3 from Ward was worth something, especially because he beat him pretty easily in the second two fights.