Gatti to fight Alfonso Gomes in July. Bad decison on Gatti's part.

[No Contest]

This is a brilliant decision on Gatti's part.....did you the UK Vs USA contender, the crowd cheered more for Gomez than Conception. Gomez has a pretty good fan base and put that with Gatti's fanbase and you have a major ticket seller.

[The_One77]

Gomez is a journeyman and Arturo is a former champion, Gatti must be becoming pretty desperate if the best opponent he can find right for his skills is a hyped up brawler from a TV show.

Say what? A journeyman? Huh?

well, no shit

[tedsares]

If he is a journeyman, what gate is he guarding?

[Hulk]

This is a brilliant decision on Gatti's part.....did you the UK Vs USA contender, the crowd cheered more for Gomez than Conception. Gomez has a pretty good fan base and put that with Gatti's fanbase and you have a major ticket seller.

CC. Yep, it will definately sell.

[tedsares]

This is a brilliant decision on Gatti's part.....did you the UK Vs USA contender, the crowd cheered more for Gomez than Conception. Gomez has a pretty good fan base and put that with Gatti's fanbase and you have a major ticket seller.

CC. Yep, it will definately sell.

I'll be there.

[Punisher136]

If he is a journeyman, what gate is he guarding?

one last big pay check. High reward low risk fight, can't go wrong.

[tedsares]

Low risk? I don't think so. If Gatti has anything left, he wins. If he is shot, he loses badly. Off the Baldomir fight, I am betting the later. I could be wrong, but more often than not, I am right and I am backing my analysis this time with a chunck of green (with appropriate W.C. Field's type odds, of course).

[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?

[tedsares]

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.

[The_One77]

i like gomez but the guy is a club fighter really, not at all world class.....IMO he will never be a world champion, but i would love it see it happen though

[tedsares]

The difference between beingh a club fighter and a world champion is all the differnce in thew world. Gomez may not make it to chamapion, but he is by no means a club fighter. His skill set far exceeds that of a club fighter.

[tedsares]

The difference between beingh a club fighter and a world champion is all the differnce in thew world. Gomez may not make it to chamapion, but he is by no means a club fighter. His skill set far exceeds that of a club fighter.

EEragh, sorru for the typos. I'm tired defending my pick of PBF over ODLH on another site. I'm worn out. It's brutal.