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Arturo Gatti vs. Carlos Manuel Baldomir

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anyone else plan on watching? my friends in NYC are all huge Gatti fans, as am I. are we going to have a vBet?


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ATLANTIC CITY (Ticker) - Arturo Gatti brings to mind memorable brawls and an exciting throwback style. But most fight fans don't immediately think of him as a champion.

Nevertheless, Gatti will be going for his third different title when he steps into the ring to take on WBC welterweight champion Carlos Manuel Baldomir of Argentina.

"A victory is guaranteed," Gatti said. "Bet the house."

A reckless fighter willing to take two punches to get in three, Gatti (40-7, 31 KOs) held the IBF junior lightweight title from late 1995 until 1998. He moved up in weight class and won the vacant WBC junior welterweight crown with a decision over Gianluca Branco in January 2004.

Gatti knocked out Leonard Dorin and Jesse James Leija in title defenses before losing the belt to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in six rounds on June 25, 2005. He has fought just once since, stopping Thomas Damgaard in 11 rounds in January.

Now Gatti is moving up to 147 pounds to take a shot at Baldomir (42-9-6, 12 KOs), who surprisingly dominated Zab Judah on January 7 in New York to claim the title.

Gatti claims he has grown into a welterweight and will not be caught off guard by the champion.

"I am taking Baldomir very seriously," Gatti said. "He beat Zab Judah. Zab Judah is a much better fighter than I am, but he doesn't have the heart that I have. Baldomir won the title in New York, but he's going to lose it in New Jersey."

Trained by Amilcar Brusa - who worked with legendary Argentine middleweight Carlos Monzon - Baldomir will be making his first title defense. He has not lost a decision in 19 bouts since 1998, winning 18 and dropping one via disqualification in the 11th round.

"I'm really happy to be back in the New York area because I won the belt here. I'll never forget that," he said. "Everyone knows me and everyone knows Gatti, so I'll leave all the conclusions to you guys."

Baldomir may be familiar now, but he was a virtual unknown when he stepped into the ring against Judah, who clearly took the challenger lightly and lost all three of his titles. Baldomir only captured the WBC belt because he did not pay the sanction fees to the WBA and IBF.

"Baldomir's shirt says WBC welterweight champion, but as far as I'm concerned he's the undisputed welterweight champion," said Buddy McGirt, Gatti's trainer.

McGirt said Gatti began training early for this bout. However, the fighter said his preparation did not include studying tape of Baldomir. "I don't watch opponents on tape because they can fight differently depending on the opponent," Gatti said. "The only time I ever watched a tape was before I fought King Solomon (in 1992) and I lost that fight. So I said, 'I'm not doing that anymore.'"

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You can forgive Zab Judah for underestimating the talents of Carlos Baldomir coming into their January showdown in New York.

Judah's opponent was 34 years old at the time, and yes, he had 41 wins, but he also had a whopping nine losses on his docket. Also, one element of Baldomir's record really stood out, and not in a good way. Of the Argentine welterweight's 42 wins, only 12 had come by knockout.

That's not a percentage that will command respect from an opponent, and Judah went with the flow.
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Baldomir, right, upset Zab Judah on Jan. 7 to take the welterweight title at MSG. Next up is a tough Arturo Gatti in Atlantic City on Saturday night.




Like almost everyone else, he underestimated Baldomir, dismissed him as a crude, over-the-hill soft touch, a steppingstone to bigger and better things.

Mistake.

Big, bad mistake.

Baldomir, guided by an 84-year-old trainer named Amilcar Brusa -- who had guided the career of Argentina's revered middleweight Carlos Monzon throughout his Hall of Fame ring tenure -- gave the performance of a lifetime.

He pressured Judah from the opening bell.

He was in the Brooklyn fighter's face for three minutes of each round, and his punches weren't soft.

Twelve KOs, Judah had to be thinking as Baldomir's blasts rattled off his forehead. No way. Must have been a misprint.

Yes, Judah felt Baldomir's offerings, and the judges saw it too; Baldomir, a no-name vet too old to be called a prospect and semi-obscure even in his own nation of origin, won a unanimous 12-round decision and exploded onto the welterweight scene.

Is "exploded" the right word? After all, it did take the man who debuted in 1993 with a win over Carlos More 13 years to reach this apex.
Not exactly a sprint to supremacy.

But if you were there, and heard Zab's Brooklyn homeys cheering in zesty appreciation of Baldomir's grit and underdog spark, then you would agree, yes, "exploded" is the correct word choice.

Now, six months later, Baldomir (42-9-6) has a chance to open the eyes of more fight fans who speculate that his win came about more because of Judah's overconfidence than his skills. On July 22 in Atlantic City, Baldomir will be fighting the Human Highlight Film, this generation's archetypical lunch-pail warrior, Arturo Gatti (40-7, 31 KOs).

Baldomir is, to be frank, almost ancient for a lighter fighter. The calendar turned on April 30 for the 5-foot-7 right-hander, who resides in Sante Fe, Argentina, with his wife and two children.

He is 35 years old, an overage overnight sensation. Baldomir realizes that this fight with Gatti, who is revered like Sinatra was in Atlantic City, is monumental for him.

His confidence a week before the A.C. faceoff is unflagging.

"Gatti's time is over," he tells ESPN.com through interpreter Javier Zapata Jr. (the son of manager Javier Zapata). "He's not as good as he was before. It won't be a problem for me to take his IBA title."

Will it be a simpler tussle than it was with Judah?

"Gatti will be easier than Judah," Baldomir says, "because he doesn't move as much and he's not a southpaw."

A win for Baldomir means a mega-money date with an even bigger fish than Gatti, who is 34 years old and is nearly a decade past the prime of his boxing existence. A win also means another bump in prestige in Argentina, where Baldomir was virtually off the radar among fight fans, who regarded him as someone who had never really put it together, someone not of championship-level caliber.

Regarding money -- and that must be at the forefront when we talk pro boxing, because who other than a sociopath or a fool would engage in potentially deadly combat for free -- this scrap with Gatti is a sweet payday.

"Baldy," as those in his camp refer to Baldomir, will come away with $1.45 million, minus the tax collector's cut and payouts to management and corner help. It's a heady step up from his previous best purse: $100,000 for meeting Judah and challenging the now-tarnished pugilist for his WBC welterweight title.
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In his first welterweight contest Jan. 28, Gatti took out Thomas Damgaard in Atlantic City.




But Baldomir is sure to communicate his priorities in the sport.
"I fight for the passion," he says, "and the money is to take care of my family. I've been fighting for a long time and haven't earned much opportunity to benefit."

That family -- wife Graziela, daughter Florencia, 16, and son Carlos Jr., 13 -- live in Argentina but will make the trek to Atlantic City for the showdown of the senior welterweight standouts. Baldomir's family will watch a man motivated by a desire to continue to prove to his community they were wrong when they dismissed him.

"At the moment, boxing is big in Argentina," he says. "But before [I beat Judah], no one believed in me. I didn't get the opportunity for big fights, but the people didn't believe I had what it takes to be champion."
To be sure, Baldomir has been in the long shadow of Monzon (87-3-9, 59 KOs), who held the middleweight crown for seven years and sits in some experts' all-time top 10 pound-for-pound lists. So it is understandable that the spotlight has just now found Baldomir.

Monzon, who also was born in Sante Fe, was a flamboyant playboy who exuded a rough charm that fascinated Argentina. He fought hard and played harder, boasting of his copious sexual conquests. That roguish appeal abated, though, and Monzon was sentenced to 11 years in prison for the 1988 slaying of his estranged girlfriend. He died in a 1995 car accident while on furlough.

Baldomir doesn't play up the hometown connection or traffic in the comparison game.

"I don't care to compare myself with Monzon," he says.
No tales of excess or hyper-machismo are attached to Baldomir. He's been married for 17 years, and his most obvious attribute as a pro has been his perseverance.

He fought briefly for Bob Arum's promotional outfit, Top Rank, but languished on the bench, so to speak. Baldomir sat idle and became discouraged. But, he says, he didn't contemplate quitting.

In 2005, he signed on with a smaller promoter, California-based Sycuan Ringside Promotions. There was no press conference to hype the acquisition.

Right away, however, opportunities began to pop, even if champagne corks didn't when he signed on with Sycuan. Baldomir defeated Miguel Angel Rodriguez in May 2005 in a title-shot eliminator that put him in the ring with Judah. And when he outworked the New Yorker on his home turf at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, his nation and unimpressed fight pundits came around.

"I had a big reception when I went back after the win," Baldomir says. "And American boxing journalists also have changed their perception of me."

But has Gatti?

Rumors of a Gatti-Miguel Cotto fight later this year have been spreading around cyberspace. Is Gatti looking past Baldomir, as Judah did, to more heralded and more lucrative competition?

The Argentine, who has warmed to his time in the spotlight and who is on the cusp of making the kind of payday that means guaranteed security for his family, answers with the certainty that comes from proving your worth to a legion of longtime doubters.

"Gatti better not be talking about his next fight that much," Baldomir says, "or he'll find himself in the same position as Judah."

Will he show more of the pop that he insists resides in his fists and raise his KO cache to 13 in Atlantic City?

"I think it will be a very good fight," Baldomir says. "After six or seven rounds, I will be able to control Gatti, who has already suffered a lot of punches in his career."

Baldomir knows about suffering punches.

He has taken scores of hits since he gloved up for pay. Those hurt. But he has a chin of Teflon that absorbs and deflects impact in a manner that can depress even a Grade A slugger.

Perhaps even more telling were the blows to his ego and reputation, as fight experts and fans here and (most hurtfully) in his beloved Argentina refused to see him as he saw himself.
"I always considered myself like the big champions," Baldomir says. "I never gave up hope."
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Still undecided if I should bet or not...not a big boxing fan but betting on anything is fun!
 
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'Thunder' fundamental: There's no quit in Gatti

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<!-- end presby2 -->ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- A little more than 10 years have passed since Arturo "Thunder" Gatti won his first world title by beating Tracy Harris Patterson for a junior lightweight belt, and it is almost inconceivable that Gatti still is fighting -- and on a high level.



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They say cats have nine lives, but Gatti must have about a dozen because he has been written off countless times during a tumultuous decade in which he regularly has spilled blood and broken bones as he gave boxing fans memorable slugfests and fights of the year.

Yet here he is again, 13 months removed from being destroyed by Floyd Mayweather Jr., rising like the phoenix and ready for a significant fight against welterweight world champion Carlos Baldomir on Saturday (HBO, 10 ET) at Boardwalk Hall.

"I think it's a testament to the idea that if you keep swinging, good things will happen," said HBO analyst Larry Merchant, who has called all of Gatti's major fights.

Remarkably, it will be the 34-year-old's 20th HBO appearance, trailing only Roy Jones (30), Oscar De La Hoya (29), Lennox Lewis (23) and Shane Mosley (21). The fight figures to be another brawl, and a victory would give Gatti his third world title in his third division, probably enough to clinch an eventual spot in the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Carl Moretti of promoter Main Events is close to Gatti and surprised that he is still fighting, much less appearing in important fights.

He can explain it only one way: "Something from above. I don't think you can put a specific reason on it other than some divine intervention. You shouldn't be getting up [from the brutal body punch knockdown] in the first Micky Ward fight. You shouldn't have a rebirth after losing like he did to Oscar De La Hoya to the point where your career is now bigger and better. All logic says that it's supposed to be over by now."

Even Gatti, a 12th-grade dropout, admits it's a shock that he's still around after so many rough fights.

"It's a blessing, but I'm surprised, yeah," he said. "But I always try to reach for the stars. I have not had my fill of boxing yet even though I have had some tough fights. Ten years from now, I can enjoy my life. I know it's near the end of my career, but it's not over yet."
By all rights, it should be.

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A thumping by Mayweather (right) in June 2005 did not deter Gatti from continuing to fight.





Gatti (40-7, 31 KOs) has been in the sort of physically grueling wars that usually cut careers short: The Patterson rematch, Wilson Rodriguez, Calvin Grove, Gabe Ruelas, two fights with Ivan Robinson, Angel Manfredy and Joe Hutchinson.

And those fights came before his epic trilogy with Ward.

Gatti also suffered bad beatings by De La Hoya and Mayweather. Through it all, however, Gatti has been able to pick himself up, dust himself off and move on to another meaningful fight.

He did it after losing three fights in a row in 1998, to Manfredy and twice to Robinson.

He did it after De La Hoya stopped him in the fifth round in a 2001 fight many figured was Gatti's swan song.

And he did it again after last summer's demolition by Mayweather.
"At first you thought, OK, Gatti is one of those meteors who crosses the sky, lights it up and then goes dark," Merchant said. "It's the old story of, metaphorically, live fast, die young and have a beautiful corpse. But the fact that he is still around is a testament to Gatti's will and to his management and promoters doing a masterful job of restoring him after losses and after tough fights. They understand their fighter, professionally and personally."

Although promoter Main Events and manager Pat Lynch did their part to match Gatti smartly and give him the necessary time off between fights, Gatti also helped himself.

He eased up on the partying and drinking and took his training and conditioning more seriously, especially since hooking up with trainer Buddy McGirt and strength coach Teddy Cruz after the disappointing performance against De La Hoya.

"Good things happen to good people," Gatti said. "I also worked very hard at it. I worked very hard at what I do. I love my sport, and I am good at it. I feel I am getting better. I am very gifted. I feel as solid as they come, and I am healthy. But a lot of my success is also because of the great team I have. Their hard work and support has meant everything."

Moretti gives Gatti credit for maturing and showing more professionalism as his career has unfolded.

"He realized he can't party and be a successful fighter," he said. "You can't be a rock star and a boxer. One or the other. That's what his [late] dad said, and he finally listened."

Gatti said he never thought about quitting after any of his brutal fights, including after the Mayweather bout, which was the most lopsided beating he ever absorbed.
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In his first welterweight contest Jan. 28, Gatti took out Thomas Damgaard in Atlantic City.




"I walked on the boardwalk back to the hotel after the Mayweather fight, and there were people out there cheering me on," he said. "I walked back to the hotel because I wanted them to see me and I wanted to tell them I would be back. I signed pictures, shook hands. I wanted to let them know I am not going anywhere. I will be back. That's why I took [Thomas] Damgaard, and here I am back to fight for the title."

Sure enough, after losing his junior welterweight belt to Mayweather, Gatti moved up to welterweight and surprised many by how good he looked in January. He scored an 11th-round TKO of Damgaard, a top-10 contender who was 37-0 going into the match.

That win, combined with Baldomir's monumental upset of Zab Judah earlier in January, paved the way for Gatti to get the unexpected title shot against Baldomir (42-9-6, 12 KOs).

"He found new life not only after 1998, when he lost three fights, but after he lost to De La Hoya, and now it's life after Mayweather," Merchant said. "A lot of guys never recover from that kind of shellacking, but it's been a hallmark of Gatti's career that he gets up and punches back. He has rededicated himself after losses, and he's seen that the life of a fighter doesn't end with a loss."

Part of the reason is the undying devotion of his fans, who love him, win or lose. Saturday's fight is a sellout, meaning more than 12,000 will pack the joint to see their hero go for another world title. He's easily the biggest draw in the region. The fight against Baldomir, which will generate a live gate of about $2.1 million, will mark Gatti's eighth consecutive fight at Boardwalk Hall. Each has drawn a huge crowd.
"The one thing the fans know is I am going to show up and fight. Arturo Gatti is going to fight," he said. "That's all they need to know, and they never let me down. My fans are great, and I appreciate them very much. I got fans all over the world and all over the U.S., and I'll be watched by millions of fans. But those people who turn out to the arena admire me and embrace me. I am their champion."
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I have no idea who these guys are. I don't even like boxing and won't be watching the match. However, since the bookies have Gatti an overwhelming favorite and you have both at even money; betting on Gatti appears to be a "good deal". Therefore, I'll bet a couple v$$$s on Gatti.


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This is why I don't gamble with real money. At least Gatti did make $2,000,000 for getting the "shit kicked out of him".

Updated: July 22, 2006
Power of Baldomir silences 'Thunder'


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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Carlos Baldomir, unheralded no more, came into hostile territory and slayed hometown hero Arturo Gatti.

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Carlos Baldomir, not known for his power, celebrates vanquishing Arturo Gatti for his 13th knockout.




Baldomir, an unknown when he upset Zab Judah to win the welterweight championship in January, didn't sneak up on anyone this time.
Gatti showed him the utmost respect during the buildup to the fight, and then he was humbled by him during the fight.
Baldomir went right at Gatti from the opening bell, eventually blasting him out with an impressive display of power punching to retain the title with a ninth-round TKO Saturday night.
"I did say I was stronger than Gatti before the fight and I could tell in the first two or three rounds that I was," Baldomir said. "The punches Gatti was throwing didn't hurt me at all. When he put his left hand down, I just knew I could hit him with the right."
Baldomir, of Argentina, hit Gatti with both hands all night. It was a shock to nearly all of the 12,763 fans who packed the sold-out Boardwalk Hall when he flattened Gatti with about 25 seconds left in the ninth.
Baldomir, 35, had been hammering Gatti along the ropes when he landed a flush left hook. Gatti was up at the count of four, but Baldomir attacked again.
This time, Baldomir landed a brutal six-punch combination that dropped Gatti again in the corner, and referee Wayne Hedgepeth -- whom the Baldomir camp protested when he was assigned to the match -- called it off without a count at 2:50.

Baldomir (43-9-6, 13 KOs), certainly not known for his power, landed 40 of 80 power punches in the ninth round, according to CompuBox statistics.
Overall, he landed 267 of 562 blows (48 percent), while Gatti was limited to landing just 161 of 445 punches (36 percent).
Gatti (40-8) had little answer for Baldomir's offense, and he trailed on all three scorecards at the time of the knockout.
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"I tried to box him," Gatti said. "He's just very strong and he was getting stronger as the fight went along. He had my style down. He's a strong guy. I tried too hard to knock him out early."
Gatti, 34, was aiming to win his third world title after previously winning belts at junior lightweight and junior welterweight. That he even got the opportunity was improbable.
After Floyd Mayweather crushed Gatti last summer to take his 140-pound belt, Gatti moved up to welterweight and looked refreshed in January when he easily dismantled contender Thomas Damgaard.
That win, combined with Baldomir's shocker over Judah a few weeks earlier, led to a most unexpected title shot for Gatti.
Three rounds into the fight, it looked like he would have been better off without it. When Gatti smashed Baldomir with a solid right hand, he didn't move. Instead, Baldomir smiled at Gatti and threw his own shots back.
They spent the final few moments of the round trading to the delight of the fans, but Baldomir got in the best shot, rocking Gatti with a left hook and opening a small cut under his right eye just before the round ended.
Baldomir had a huge fifth round. He hurt Gatti and landed almost at will, and it appeared like he might get a stoppage. Gatti, however, fought valiantly off the ropes while Baldomir continued to rain shots on him. In all, Baldomir landed 51 of 79 power shots in the round.
Gatti's punches just didn't seem to have much steam on them.
Baldomir, making a strong case for fighter of the year, now wants to face pound-for-pound king Mayweather, who is searching for a Nov. 4 opponent.
"Now it is up to the public to see that I am a real champion," said Baldomir, who is trained by 84-year-old Amilcar Brusa, who once guided the career of Argentine legend Carlos Monzon, the Hall of Famer and former middleweight champ. "As of now, I say to Mayweather, 'I am the true champion.'"
Baldomir earned $1.4 million, a huge increase over the previous career-high $100,000 he earned against Judah. While Baldomir is in line for another major payday, Gatti, who earned at least $2 million, might just be finished after a decade of ups and downs and thrills and spills.
Boxing's ultimate blood and guts warrior, who was making a remarkable 20th appearance on HBO, now seems willing to concede that he may have come to the end of the road. "I don't know what I am going to do yet, but after this performance I will definitely think about [retirement]," Gatti said.

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Baldomir just took every punch Gatti had like it was nothing...he never even really seemed to get stunned. Arturo seriously needs to think about hanging it up. Meanwhile, after pummelin Zab Judah that is back to back impressive fights for Baldomir.

The Mosely fight they showed before has me hoping be agrees to fight Floyd Mayweather...but if he doesn't there could be a Baldomir/Mayweather bout in the works. Mosley keeps saying he won't fight Mayweather this year and Mayweather keeps refusing to fight Antonio Margarito. So Floyd might have to fight Baldomir, although that choice is probably more up to Carlos than anyone.
 
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The Mosely fight they showed before has me hoping be agrees to fight Floyd Mayweather...but if he doesn't there could be a Baldomir/Mayweather bout in the works. Mosley keeps saying he won't fight Mayweather this year and Mayweather keeps refusing to fight Antonio Margarito. So Floyd might have to fight Baldomir, although that choice is probably more up to Carlos than anyone.
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While I was impressed with Baldomir's performance Saturday night, especially his chin, I think Mayweather dissects him if they fight. He just has way too much hand speed.

Mosley should strike while the iron is hot and fight Mayweather this year if the opportunity presents itself. He looked good against Vargas but you have to wonder if Shane was that good for Fernando was that bad.
 
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