Farewell to Gatti from Ward

**jamiebhoy** · 07-28-2009 01:46 AM

I know there were several threads about the sad passing of Gatti, this may have been listed but if not here it is.

At the end of the service, Moretti found himself in line with Ward as mourners walked past the casket and paid their respects. Ward and Gatti were ring rivals but had become close friends by the time their trilogy ended, so close that Ward even served as Gatti's trainer for his final fight against Alfonso Gomez in 2007.
As Ward walked past the casket, he stopped and tapped it with two light left hooks, his best punch.

"Micky turned to me and said, 'I got him one more time,'" Moretti said. "I said to him, 'Yeah, but you know he's going to get you back when you get to heaven.' We just had a little laugh on a sad day."

I took this from the Dan Rafael blog on ESPN.

**Kel** · 07-28-2009 02:08 AM

Quite moving in all honesty just reading that and trying to picture it.

**RP33** · 07-28-2009 02:13 AM

Originally Posted by Kel

Quite moving in all honesty just reading that and trying to picture it.

my thoughts exactly..

**jamiebhoy** · 07-28-2009 02:39 AM

Real sad, I always thought I would be watching these two guys talk about the trilogy in 30 years time as old friends.

If it was in a film you wouldn't believe it, what a way to say goodbye.