i know, there's a boxing thread. like i go there. all i know is i saw some great fights of his over the years and he was something to see. R.I.P.
http://www.canadastarboxing.com/images/fighters/Arturo-Gatti0402-0503c.jpg
the latest: cops think his wife strangled him with her purse straps.
― scott seward, Sunday, 12 July 2009 18:34 (fifteen years ago)
and, yeah, i know he was no angel. but lotsa fun to watch at his best!
― scott seward, Sunday, 12 July 2009 18:38 (fifteen years ago)
yeah it was posted on the boxing thread
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 12 July 2009 18:40 (fifteen years ago)
yeah, i know.
― scott seward, Sunday, 12 July 2009 18:40 (fifteen years ago)
scott, i believe there may have been a note of this tragic event in the ilx boxing thread
― k3vin k., Sunday, 12 July 2009 18:47 (fifteen years ago)
eh, boxers deserve their own RIP threads just like musicians get their own RIP threads imo
though you can just post my obit on rolling boxing when the time comes & say my right jab was underrated but my left remained a joke throughout my entire life
― worm? lol (J0hn D.), Sunday, 12 July 2009 18:49 (fifteen years ago)
Guys like Gatti give us so much in the ring that I feel guilty at times. RIP.
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 12 July 2009 19:12 (fifteen years ago)
Gatti was one of the biggest reasons I fell in love with the sport, especially his first fight with Ivan Robinson. I'll never forget how amazed I was when he somehow pulled himself together and won that last round in the first Ward fight. My hands were shaking for 10 minutes after that fight.
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 12 July 2009 19:16 (fifteen years ago)
that's what i remember most about watching some of those fights. EPIC drama. the ones he won AND the ones he lost.
i gotta say over the years i found myself just feeling sad for boxers in general. they too easily become storybook characters or cartoons or metaphors for the human condition. so many of them just look depressed. but i really used to enjoy the fights! um, then i got married to a lovely woman who really didn't like the fights. so, i've been out of the loop for quite some time.
― scott seward, Sunday, 12 July 2009 19:39 (fifteen years ago)
Gatti is one of my favorite athletes of all time. Just a guy who brought it EVERY FUCKING TIME.
This is very sad. RIP
― Bill Magill, Sunday, 12 July 2009 20:00 (fifteen years ago)
I feel lucky to have seen all three of the Gatti-Ward fights as they were happening. RIP, dude.
― My vagina has a dress code. (milo z), Monday, 13 July 2009 04:19 (fifteen years ago)
um, then i got married to a lovely woman who really didn't like the fights. so, i've been out of the loop for quite some time.
*whip crack*
― ~*~*~*~*GAMES AS ART*~*~*~*~ (cankles), Monday, 13 July 2009 05:08 (fifteen years ago)
i was just googling some pics of Gatti after reading about it on Wikipedia. he really looks like a guy from waaay back, like he could be in Hollywood boxing in the twenties flicks like Cinderella Man or something.
(RIP)
― Ludo, Monday, 13 July 2009 08:14 (fifteen years ago)
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE.
― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 13 July 2009 16:20 (fifteen years ago)
he was asleep, i think.
― scott seward, Monday, 13 July 2009 16:21 (fifteen years ago)
Watching the trilogy of fights against Micky Ward with a few friends and a bunch of drinks on Friday as a tribute to Gatti/celebration of my bday.
― De Mysteriis Dom Passantino (jim), Wednesday, 22 July 2009 21:53 (fifteen years ago)
Those Ward-Gatti fights were insane. That sounds like a great way to celebrate a birthday, I have to watch those again myself.
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 23 July 2009 13:26 (fifteen years ago)