Mayweather Gatti Odds
- Sixth-round TKO over Arturo Gatti for the WBC super lightweight title, June 25, 2005, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J.: The bout was Mayweather's first at super lightweight and marked his.
- GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Floyd Mayweather vs. Arturo Gatti fight never was expected to take place in Mayweather's hometown, although that's exactly where the first damaging blow – and perhaps a negotiational knockout – was landed in a downtown courtroom Monday. The judge who accepted Mayweather's no-contest plea, resulting in the pound-for-pound star's fifth assault.
| Date | June 25, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC Super Lightweight Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mayweather by automatic TKO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr., billed as 'Thunder & Lightning', was a professional boxing match contested on June 25, 2005 for the WBC super lightweight championship.
Mayweather wobbled Judah at the beginning of the seventh and Judah's nose was bleeding. By the ninth, Judah's right eye was swelling and Mayweather was in complete control, outlanding Judah 28-2 in power shots in the round. Late in the tenth round, Judah hit Mayweather with a blatant low blow followed by a punch to the back of the head. Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr., billed as 'Thunder & Lightning', was a professional boxing match contested on June 25, 2005 for the WBC super lightweight championship. The Gatti–Mayweather bout had been in the making for over a year. After a tough trilogy with Mickey Ward, Gatti earned a shot at the vacant WBC super lightweight (AKA light welterweight) championship. In his first three pay-per-view fights, against Gatti, Zab Judah and Carlos Baldomir, Mayweather sold 369,000, 378,000 and 325,000 units respectively. They were solid figures, but they weren't.
Background[edit]
The Gatti–Mayweather bout had been in the making for over a year. After a tough trilogy with Mickey Ward, Gatti earned a shot at the vacant WBC super lightweight (AKA light welterweight) championship, winning the title on January 21, 2004 with a unanimous decision victory over Gianluca Branco. Four months later, Mayweather would vacate his WBC and The Ring lightweight title and move up to the light welterweight division. Initially, Mayweather was set to face the undefeated former IBF lightweight champion Paul Spadafora to determine who would be the mandatory challenger to Gatti's title, but the fight was nixed due to Spadafora's legal troubles.[1] Instead, Mayweather was matched up against former WBO light welterweight champion DeMarcus Corley in a WBC 'eliminator' bout on May 22, 2004. In his light welterweight debut, Mayweather had Corley down on the canvas no less than seven times (though only two were declared official knockdowns) and cruised to an easy, lopsided unanimous decision that not only made him the number one contender to Gatti's title, but also the number one pound-for-pound fighter in boxing.[2] After a successful defense against Leonard Dorin, Gatti announced his intentions to face Mayweather.[3] However, several disagreements hindered the negotiations and the two sides would not reach an agreement until March 2005 for a June 25 fight in New Jersey.[4] Prior to the fight, Mayweather repeatedly bashed Gatti in the press, calling him, among other things, a 'C-plus fighter', 'club fighter' and a 'bum.' For the most part, Gatti refused to appear at press conferences with Mayweather, saying 'I just don't want to be bothered by his mouth.' Mayweather, however, crashed a Gatti press conference, referring to him as a 'paper champion' and lampooning his struggle to make weight by loading food on a plate.[5]
The Fight[edit]
In his Pay Per View debut, Mayweather dominated Gatti through six rounds. Late in the first round as Gatti bent forwards, Mayweather leaned on him and the referee instructed, 'Stop punching.' Mayweather continued to punch and Gatti looked to the referee to complain. With Gatti's attention turned towards the referee, Mayweather landed a left hook that sent Gatti into the ropes and on his knee. Despite the violation of his instruction, the referee counted the knockdown.[6] Things would only go downhill for Gatti as Mayweather continued to overwhelm the champion with his quickness and hand speed, landing combinations at will. After losing all six rounds on the scorecards and having landed only 41 total punches to Mayweather's 168, Gatti's trainer and cornerman Buddy McGirt stopped the fight following the sixth round, giving Mayweather an automatic technical knockout victory.[7]
References[edit]
- ^Mayweather's Opponent Is Rejected, N.Y. Times article, 2004-02-25, Retrieved on 2014-03-19
- ^Mayweather pounds Corley in win, USA Today article, 2004-05-22, Retrieved on 2014-03-19
- ^After Showing Polish, Gatti Has Eyes on Mayweather, N.Y. Times article, 2004-07-26, Retrieved on 2014-03-19
- ^Gatti, Mayweather fight back on for June 25, USA Today article, 2005-03-10, Retrieved on 2014-03-19
- ^Mayweather-Gatti: Bad blood boiling, Chicago Tribune article, 2005-06-24, Retrieved on 2014-03-19
- ^Fight Review: Mayweather's key bouts
- ^Gatti Is No Match for Mayweather, N.Y. Times article, 2005-06-26, Retrieved on 2014-03-19
Mayweather Gatti Odds Today
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Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has never lost a professional boxing match. Will he still be able to make that claim after Saturday’s encounter with Juan Manuel Marquez?
If recent success is the most accurate bellwether for handicappers, then Marquez has an immediate advantage in this fight. He’s recovered nicely from his controversial March 2008 split decision loss to Manny Pacquiao, moving up to the lightweight division and dropping both Joel Casamayor and Juan Diaz by TKO. Mayweather hasn’t had a match since December 2007, retiring for the second time after his 10th-round TKO win over Ricky Hatton.
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Actually, Mayweather did have a match – against The Big Show at last year’s WrestleMania. He survived that exhibition without incident, but Mayweather did suffer an injured rib during training for the Marquez fight, which was originally scheduled for July. He should still be in outstanding physical and mental shape when he steps into the ring at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. However, Marquez has to be given the nod when it comes to conditioning. He trains at high altitude near Mexico City and never seems to run out of gas.
The over is priced at –160 for Saturday’s fight on the total of 11.5 rounds, meaning it will cash in should the fight go beyond the 1:30 mark of the 12th round. These are two outstanding technical fighters; Mayweather is a brilliant defender (as was his father and former trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr.), while Marquez knows every punch in the book and will be fighting with an added burst of national pride during the Mexican Independence Day weekend.
It is possible that Mayweather will put Marquez on the canvas and keep him there. While his signature victories over Oscar De La Hoya, Zab Judah and Jose Luis Castillo (twice) all went the distance, Mayweather has won 25 of his 39 career fights by knockout. He also dominated Arturo Gatti in 2005 to the point where Gatti’s corner threw in the towel after the sixth round. Fighting Marquez at a catchweight of 144 pounds should increase Mayweather’s chances of securing a knockout victory and a +120 payday for the under.
But as we’ve learned of late in the boxing ring, size isn’t everything. Pacquiao is the current Ring Magazine Light Welterweight champion after moving up in class from super featherweight and destroying both De La Hoya and Hatton. Whoever wins Saturday’s fight, Pacquiao is the man at the top of the boxing mountain right now and should be his next opponent. We’re looking forward to it.