Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Date | June 25, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBC super lightweight title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mayweather Jr. wins via 6th-round RTD |
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.
Background
The Gatti–Mayweather bout had been in the making for over a year. After a tough trilogy with
The Fight
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
- ^ 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