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<div>[[file:gatti.jpg|left|Arturo Gatti]] <br />
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'''Manager''': [[Pat Lynch (US)|Pat Lynch]]<br><br />
'''Trainer''': [[Buddy McGirt]]<br />
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Considered as one the most exciting fighters the boxing game has ever produced, [[Arturo Gatti]] is one of the most recognized fighters today. Gatti has been involved in four Ring Magazine Fight of the Year bouts. Gatti won the IBF 130 lb title against Tracy Harris Patterson in 1995. He defended his belt three times before relinquising the title to move to 135 pounds. It was at that weight where Gatti lost to Angel Manfredy and Ivan Robinson in three consecutive fights. Some people called for his retirement after losing three in a row, and not winning a single fight in 1998. However Gatti roared back, and in 1999 and 2000 he ran up a string of victories before fighting Oscar De La Hoya. <br />
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Gatti lost handily to De La Hoya, but his courage was shown by refusing to quit and fighting on, after being dropped in the first round. A few fights later Gatti would engage in a three fight trilogy with Micky Ward, which is seen to be one of the best trilogies in the history of the sport. After the trilogy, Gatti was ranked number one contender by the WBC in the Light Welterweight class, and a fight was scheduled for the vacant title against Guianluco Branco. Gatti won the fight, and became a two time champion, something many felt he would never be able to accomplish. <br />
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Gatti then stopped Leonard Dorin, who had never been knocked out before. He followed this with a victory over former champion Jesse James Leija. Finally a fight was set up between Gatti and the highly regarded Floyd Mayweather Jr., in June of 2005. Gatti lost the fight and was completely dominated, and stopped. As of September 2005, he has announced he will campaign at Welterweight in the future. On July 22, 2006, Gatti lost to [[Carlos Manuel Baldomir]] by a ninth round stoppage in his bid to win the WBC Welterweight Title.<br />
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Current talks have him considering a fight between himself and either Matthew Hatton, [[Ricky Hatton]]'s younger brother, or Lovemore Ndou who has pparently "called out" Gatti.<br />
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== Professional World Titles ==<br />
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*[[IBF]] Super Featherweight Title (1995-97); vacates title to move to Lightweight<br />
*[[WBC]] Light Welterweight Title (2004-05)<br />
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== Awards Won ==<br />
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*[[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year]]: 1997 (W KO5 Gabriel Ruelas), 1998 (L 10 Ivan Robinson), 2002 (L 10 Micky Ward), 2003 (W 10 Micky Ward)<br />
*[[Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year]]: 1997 (W KO5 Gabriel Ruelas)<br />
*[[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year]]: 1998 (L 10 Ivan Robinson)<br />
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{{succession box|<br />
before= [[Tracy Harris Patterson]]|<br />
after= [[Roberto Garcia]]|<br />
title= [[IBF Super Featherweight Champion]]|<br />
years= 15 Dec 1995 &ndash; 13 Mar 1998<br>Vacates<br />
}}<br />
{{succession box|<br />
before= [[Kostya Tszyu]]<br>(elevated to Emeritus Champion)|<br />
after= [[Floyd Mayweather, Jr.]]|<br />
title= [[WBC Light Welterweight]]|<br />
years= 24 Jan 2004 &ndash; 25 Jun 2005<br />
}}<br />
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[[Category: World Super Featherweight Champions|Gatti, Arturo]]<br />
[[Category: World Light Welterweight Champions|Gatti, Arturo]]<br />
[[Category: Canadian World Champions|Gatti, Arturo]]<br />
[[Category: Two division champions|Gatti, Arturo ]]</div>AlphakirA