Gatti belongs in the Hall of Sold A Lot of Tickets In New Jersey but not the Hall of Fame.
At no point in his career did he distinguish himself as a dominant fighter.
He was middling as a very good fighter waiting for a signature victory. He got a shot against DLH and was promptly sent to bitch school. Shortly after he fought Ward, who announced he would retire after the fight and lost. After that trilogy he fought the Italian champ, then the Romanian champ, then a badly aged Leija who announced he would retire after the fight, then a severe ass whupping by Floyd, then beating the Danish champ before being put to sleep by the lucky stiff Baldomir.
Do you see a Hall of Fame resume emerging? Congradualations, Castanota now houses the special olympics.
Gatti will probably make it in for his name recognition, not for his abilities.
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