Sad day for boxing fans

djedje70

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Arturo Gatti was found dead today.
That's all we hear on the radio here in his hometown.

 

beaglejuice

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djedje70 said:

Arturo Gatti was found dead today.
That's all we hear on the radio here in his hometown.

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Damn, another one bites the dust

 

djedje70

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Yup. He truly was the modern-day Rocky Balboa.
He would get a beating and a half and then still get up and knock-out the opponent.

 

Grizzy

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Damn that sucks! He really was an awesome competitor/warrior.
I'm not even a huge boxing fan anymore (on mma bandwagon now), but Gatti v Ward is still one of my fave fights of all time (mma included).

RIP Arturo

 

djedje70

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Grizzy said:

Damn that sucks! He really was an awesome competitor/warrior.
I'm not even a huge boxing fan anymore (on mma bandwagon now), but Gatti v Ward is still one of my fave fights of all time (mma included).

RIP Arturo

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I just watched round 9 of that fight on youtube again. Like you said, one of the best fight ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZP-IfSZxl0&feature=related

 

redtide1969

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Man that's a shame to hear...thanks for the heads up about it though

 

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Hated to hear that, very sad indeed. Win or lose, a Gatti fight was always spectacular.