FIGHTHYPE FLASHBACK: MAYWEATHER VS. GATTI

It's been one week since the announcment and already the retirement of Floyd Mayweather Jr. has had an impact on the sport of boxing. Oscar De La Hoya had planned on fighting two more times this year, but he's now decided to scrap his September 20th fight date, originally being held for the Mayweather rematch, to instead fight just one more time, on December 6th, before hanging up the gloves for good. Undefeated welterweight sensation Andre Berto, who was the #1 contender for Mayweather's WBC title, now finds himself in a position to become a world champion as his June 21st fight with Miguel Rodriguez will now be for the title that Mayweather was stripped of due to his retirement. Before Mayweather was in a position to have such an impact on the sport, he too found himself on the cusp of boxing stardom just three short years ago when he was set to headline his very first pay-per-view against then WBC jr. welterweight champion Arturo Gatti. Take a look back at some classic footage of Floyd Mayweather Jr., before the birth of the "Money May" persona, as he began to take his career to the next level before ultimately walking away at the peak of his prime.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• BOXING
• FLOYD
• MAYWEATHER
• JR.
• FIGHT
• HYPE
• ARTURO
• GATTI

[samualmonte]

@19jiraiya Sorry bro, I'm not fucking black. Hop the fuck off of "Pacmans" testicles, hes very one dimensional and has a completely shitty ass defense, even when he wins his face is fucked up.

[MaKWeaTHeR]

Floyd sold his ass off for this fight...delivered too

[passdayak]

@cupocity303 you will see may 5th

[cupocity303]

@passdayak Cotto is not flat footed and a much better than Gatti. You don't know Boxing.

[ave383]

They hate mayweather just like they hated ali.The said the same thing about ali and tyson I can post the interview.They accuse ali and tyson of not fighting anyone,now they are doing the same to mayweather,and you wonder why they are always pissed off.Because no matter what they do no one gives them respect.I'm the most humble person you can meat but If you think your going to run over me and degrade me I can flip the script because people take kindness for a weakness.

[ave383]

@iagazidai33 Theres no way he can be gay with the woman he has.

[iagazidai33]

i\m sure that mayweather is gay, no disrespect here im pretty sure he is homosexual

[ExpressiveBeats]

LOL ;)

[vaalenciago]

he rush real quick, it's gone end real quick. he come in slow, it's a slow beatin'.

[passdayak]

Floyd described cotto when he said gatti was flat footed and doesn't move his head

[kbaca5150]

Pay back don king! Your a degenerate gambler. You show on hbo your winning betting tickets. Show the ten other tickets that day that you lost your ass on. 500000 loan from don king. Your a fuckin loser.