gatti is a former champ (shot or not it makes do difference, he's been in the ring with good fighters). Gomez has never been in the ring with a legit contender let alone a former champ. (and you can bring up ishe smith, manfredo and feliciano here and i will ask you to show me any of the paper titles they have held by beating any chump in the world that can practically buy a title today and they haven't beaten any champiuon legit or otherwise.)

He is a journeyman. In previous eras of boxing you could make cases for some fighters being great when they never held a world title but in this day and age when theres enough titles for everyone to share not even getting a shot at one speaks volumes. Let's say gomez beats gatti (which he wont) who can he possibly fight and beat? Mayweather? Judah? Cotto? Spinks? i am asking you, if he wins this fight what bigger and better things will he move onto successfully?