One thing in Boxing that makes me laugh...

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Gatti was "shot" long before Floyd got to him. He had very little left in the Ward trilogy and that pretty much emptied his tank as far as true championship caliber goes. His name kept landing him fights, but his best days were far behind him.

Actually Arturo Gatti wasn't considered shot, he was considered better than ever with his new boxing skills. With solid wins over 32-0 Gianluca Branco, Jesse James Leija, Leonard Dorin. Thats why alot of people on this forum thought Arturo Gatti would win.

I dont know anyone who thought Gatti would win.
In fact, during the time, FLoyd was the fight that everyone kept telling gatti NOT to take. But gatti decided to take it anyway saying he had to prove a point. That he knows how tough a fight this is and he knows it's a fight he isn't supposed to win, but he doesn't want to duck.

How anyone thought Gatti would win this fight is pretty dumb.

Look back a lot of the guys on here thought Gatti would win, it was ridiculous, Roy JOnes told them so, and I was saying that Floyd would destroy Gatti all along. I think Gatti would have been destroyed by Mayweather even in his prime even if Mayweather weighed in at 130.

I don't think being shot is a permanent thing. I think you can eventually recover if you can adapt. Holyfield is considered shot because he isn't what he once was, but he could probably still beat 95% of the proffesional heavyweights.

Being shot is in comparison to your prime. I think prime Castillo would have beaten Hatton, he's just as good of an in fighter if not better, he hits harder, and could take a shot better.