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NEW YORK (AP) - Floyd Mayweather's dominating win over Arturo Gatti was bought by some 340,000 households on HBO pay-per-view, the company said Wednesday. The telecast generated revenues of $15.3 ...
All it took was six rounds for Floyd Mayweather (34-0, 23 KOs) to dispatch of Arturo Gatti (39-7, 30 KOs) to become a world champion in the junior welterweight division, and probably the best ...
When Mayweather (33-0) puts his unbeaten record on the line Saturday night against Arturo Gatti (39-6), an expected sellout crowd at Boardwalk Hall here will be vocal and strongly pro-Gatti.
Punch statistics kept at ringside bore out the degree of Mayweather's domination. He connected on 168 punches, to 41 for Gatti. He connected on 115 of 183 power punches thrown, to 10 of 56 for Gatti. ...
Mayweather's quickness was only half the story of his dominating victory Saturday night, though. The other half was his power, unleashed in stiff jabs and staccato combinations that punished the game ...
Where Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs) is in his career compared to when Mayweather defeated Gatti is eerily similar. Both fighters were in their 34th fight heading into the massive bout at Boardwalk Hall.
Mayweather landed 168 of his 295 punches (57 percent), while Gatti landed just 41 of 245 (17 percent). "Too much speed," Gatti said. "Things weren't coming out right. . . .
When Mayweather (33-0) puts his unbeaten record on the line Saturday night against Arturo Gatti (39-6), an expected sellout crowd at Boardwalk Hall here will be vocal and strongly pro-Gatti.