let me say one thing on gatti/mayweather....actually,several things...
if it`s at all possible,i expect gatti to get every benefit of the doubt from the powers that be in atlantic city...the judges...the ref.....don`t know about the ring size....wish i did...
gatti is atlantic city`s boy...he packs the house every time...he`s their signature fighter...
if he can hang in with floyd,jr,it`s in atlantic city`s interests to shade it towards gatti...
gatti could fight any schmuck and still pack `em in at a.c.....
as far as the fight is concerned,maybe the size will help gatti..and obviously the venue....i`m reading he will be as much as 15 pounds heavier by fight time.....he`s come in at almost 160 after making the jr welter limit...ask joey gamache...lol
but,i will say again...look at his competition since his rebirth.... a shot millett,ward 3 times...branco,dorin,leija.....
all either smallish,over the hill or fighting above weight... smallish except branco and ward......branco can`t punch...ward takes a beating in the dressing room by the guy using the target mitts(lol).....
they both fought manfredy in the same year...he k.o.`ed gatti....mayweather k.o.`ed manfredy in 2....granted,7 years ago...
and ivan roninson gave gatti fits....mayweather is a sort of robinson....times 10....
gatti has to jump on floyd...how many times have we seen guys that are underdogs win when they take the fight right to the fave,recently....notice how tentative glen johnson was in the second fight...and tarver picked him to pieces... i know he loves that new jab...but he won`t outbox floyd,jr......
who gave floyd the most trouble?....not corrales....who stood outside and got the hell beat out of himself....
it was castillo....who pressured floyd....he may have actually won the first fight...
gatti has to jump on floyd...and hurt him to the body...push him to the ropes..get the pro-gatti crowd into it...build some momentum early...ala ricky hatton....if ricky had been patient,tszyu would still be champ....and johnson wouldn`t have beaten jones and tarver....and brewster wouldn`t have beaten golota..barrera/morales 3....pacquaio/marquez.....etc...etc...
if you are out-talented(not so in all of the above),you have to start quickly...and,as i said, i actually think that the judges,with the crowd and all,will be looking to help gatti if possible...that`s what i think...
but,if he stands outside with mayweather,i doubt he goes 12... floyd will pick him to pieces...much like corrales..
i`m not sold on mcgirt as a super trainer....i think he`ll have gatti do what he did with the shorter,less quick guys like leija..... and that`s a mistake..
he was outboxed by manfredy and robinson... and if i recall,gatti was having some trouble with branco ...i remember mcgirt telling gatti after the 8th that he "had to win the last 4 rounds"....
branco..fairly slow...jab and a right hand...no power...but he was dropping the right hand on gatti early...maybe gatti overlooked him...but,gatti struggles with boxers that are around his height...
he has to use his size and those monster hooks to the body...
if he takes the fight to floyd....uses that strength to bully floyd....gets the crowd into it...gets big crowd reaction every time he does something positive....and doesn`t break up,who knows... it`s boxing...
who thought castillo could fluster floyd?....but,he did...
but........in the real world...
mayweather ...possibly via a cut or multiple punch stoppage late...if gatti thinks he`s a boxer vs this caliber of fighter,and tries to be cute,it could get real ugly...
i have alot tied up in parlays with floyd,jr.....so i`m hedging gatti at 8-1 inside the distance....and maybe a little by decision if the odds are high enough...
styles make fights...and i see this as a bad style for gatti...
but,there have been some strange happenings in boxing of late...
