Quote Originally Posted by Punisher136
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?
If he is shot, everything you assert becomes academic. If not, I lose my bet. Simple as that. The point is I am betting on his being shot. I remember Michael Nunn catching a shot Cecil Pettigrew and savaging him. These guys can lose it all over night. Gomez is a known quantity; Gatti is not. Gatti may or may not have any gas left in the tank. Tyson looks likes he is going to murder McBride and quits on his stool. Gatti won't quit, but he could get hammered. If he gets pinned agaisnt the ropes, my guess is they will stop it fats so as not to let him take any unnecessary punishment and risk the warth of the fans. Either way, I will be at ringside.