09-18-2004, 10:14 PM
I never actually said i'd rank ward/gatti as the greatest or even one of the top 10 greatest fights. Neither fighter can be called an all time great, what they are though are entertaining fighters. They know they are not top tier fighters such as Oscar, Hopkins or others but when they go in a ring they leave everything they have there, you can never say you saw a Mickey Ward fight where he didn't give his all.
Ward/Gatti were both perfectly tailored for eachother, i'll admit that the 2nd and 3rd fights were largely due to the fact Gatti chose to change his style from the 1st fight to a conventional boxing style and Ward is a straight out brawler who doesn't box well, while gatti is at his best but not his most entertaining when he decides to be more technical than brawler.
The 1st fight was amazing and deserves praise as one of the finest fights, flat out brawl and thats entertaining. These two men combined to earn probably 5% of what Delahoya will make tonight but they gave their all for the fans and I respect them and their hearts.
Ofcourse Oscar blew out Gatti when he fought him but Gatti gave his best and didnt just show up to collect a pay day which many fighters today do and dont give two shits about putting on a display, ask jones about that.
So if that classifies me as not knowing anything about boxing because I said I enjoyed ward/gatti then I am guilty as charged cause I did enjoy it.
Ward/Gatti were both perfectly tailored for eachother, i'll admit that the 2nd and 3rd fights were largely due to the fact Gatti chose to change his style from the 1st fight to a conventional boxing style and Ward is a straight out brawler who doesn't box well, while gatti is at his best but not his most entertaining when he decides to be more technical than brawler.
The 1st fight was amazing and deserves praise as one of the finest fights, flat out brawl and thats entertaining. These two men combined to earn probably 5% of what Delahoya will make tonight but they gave their all for the fans and I respect them and their hearts.
Ofcourse Oscar blew out Gatti when he fought him but Gatti gave his best and didnt just show up to collect a pay day which many fighters today do and dont give two shits about putting on a display, ask jones about that.
So if that classifies me as not knowing anything about boxing because I said I enjoyed ward/gatti then I am guilty as charged cause I did enjoy it.
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