Arturo Gatti v Floyd Mayweather. part 1 (Build up to Fight)

Arturo "Thunder" Gatti v "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather. Super Lightweight Title (3rd defense of Gatti) 25/06/2005. Location: Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
This bout had been in the making for over a year and a half. Gatti and Mayweather were both stars in thier respective weight divisions and after Gatti won the WBC title in January of 2004 Mayweather was the WBC #1 ranked contender.
Gatti had requested several voluntary defenses from the WBC before finally agreeing to fight Floyd Mayweather.
The fight between the two fighters was billed as a superfight.
It would be the first time that Floyd Mayweather headlined a PPV event. Before the fight there was plenty of trash talk between the two fighters and Floyd had repeatedly referred to Gatti as a "C" fighter.
When it came to fight time, Mayweather's handspeed was simply overwhelming as he landed three and four punch combinations at will.
Gatti was down in the first round and took a vicious one-sided beating for the next five rounds before his cornerman, James (Buddy) McGirt, decided to stop it after the 6th round.
Before the fight, HBO analyst Max Kellerman called it the biggest Pay-Per-View mismatch since Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson.

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[bertmarx4ever]

@ChickenWingsMelon all that rhetoric and no answer.. i just wanted to prove a point.. you're just a hater lol.. i'm gone now clown

[ChickenWingsMelon]

@bertmarx4ever Also,Do you think I care If you take me serious? You replied to me.LOL I did`nt start this conversation.WTF does my screen name have to do wit it?

[ChickenWingsMelon]

@bertmarx4ever haha Not Sure where you live.But where I come from we allowed to have an Opinion.So Thats my opinion.I dont have respect for Woman Beaters & I don`t have respect for a Guy with All That Talent! That has to Cherry pick fights with Old declining Fighters & small Outclassed Boxers! Sorry If that hurts your feelings.But it is the Truth.

[ChickenWingsMelon]

@bertmarx4ever You know what man? All that hater shit is Old! Floyd is The biggest Hater on the Planet!! You can hear him speading Hate any day of the week & he`s Rich & famous! LOL

[bertmarx4ever]

@ChickenWingsMelon by the way who is your favorite fighter of this era? and explain why they are better than mayweather. i'm gonna you a chance to justify your hate.

[bertmarx4ever]

@ChickenWingsMelon you're not stupid so i wont call you that. you are just a hater.. i mean how can i take you seriously when you have a stereotype screen name? another clown lol

[ChickenWingsMelon]

@bertmarx4ever Yea right What! Floyd has Never Floyd a Prime A+ fighter! I agree!! LOL he is undefeated.He has that Zero.He also has Zero MEGAFIGHTS with Prime contenders! LOL Only Old fading Stars.Or highly outclassed nobody`s

[bertmarx4ever]

@ChickenWingsMelon lol yeah right..

[ChickenWingsMelon]

@artsmith1972 The best fights I remember with Gatti were against ward! 3 great wars!

Thats typical floyd.Not like Sugar Ray leonard.Who fought All the best in their primes.

[artsmith1972]

@ChickenWingsMelon the Gatti that beat Patterson in the 90's would have had a better chance. It was a mis-match from the beginning... It was sad to see Gatti take such a beating.