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Buddy McGirt, Robert Garcia Discuss Arturo "Thunder" Gatti

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. A former world titlist in the IBF super featherweight (130 pounds) and WBC junior welterweight (140 pounds) divisions, Arturo Gatti (40-9, 31 knockouts) was found dead on July 11 of 2009 in...

Miguel Vazquez-Lenny Zappavigna on Miguel Cotto-Ricardo Mayorga Card

Promoter Gary Shaw told FanHouse that a deal is close that will allow Australia's fast-rising, undefeated lightweight (135 pounds) contender, Lenny Zappavigna (pictured at right), to pursue his 26th victory without a loss, his third consecutive stoppage, his 18th career knockout, and his first world title when he meets IBF...

Surprised Micky Ward's 'Honesty And Integrity' Recognized

Retired former world champion boxer, Micky Ward, whose rough life growing up in a nine-member, dysfunctional family in Lowell, Mass., is portrayed by Mark Wahlberg in the hit movie, The Fighter, has been named the winner of the Boxing Writers Association of America's James A. Farley Award for "Honesty and Integrity in...

Trainer Buddy Mcgirt Talks of Late Vernon Forrest, Arturo Gatti

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Two time world champion and boxing trainer Buddy Mcgirt has worked the corner of the late Vernon Forrest, who was killed at the age of 38 on July 25, of 2009 after posting a record of 41-3,...

Prospect of the Year: Saul Avarez

Golden Boy Promotions President and former world champion Oscar De La Hoya has nothing but praise for Mexico's 20-year-old Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, whom FanHouse first reported will return to the ring in an HBO televised, March 5 clash in Los Angeles against WBA welterweight (147 pounds) champ Vyacheslav Senchenko. "We...

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04/26/12 Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto Will Be Same As... Source: Bleacher Report "Exactly, I see it being another Arturo Gatti, god rest his soul," stated Dirrell of the late former champion."
04/16/12 Are sports and nicotine compatible? Source: Voice of Russia The World Anti-doping Agency is intending to ban consumption of nicotine by sportsmen.
03/24/12 Video: Extra: Amanda Gatti on the Gatti family Source: TheShowBuzz Arturo Gatti's family spent two years contesting his will in a Canadian court.
03/24/12 Video: Extra: Amanda Gatti on the Gatti family Source: The How-To Travel Guru - CBS News Arturo Gatti's family spent two years contesting his will in a Canadian court.

Background on arturo gatti

Arturo "Thunder" Gatti (April 15, 1972 – July 11, 2009) was an Italian-Canadian professional boxer. Born in Cassino, Italy and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Gatti relocated to Jersey City, United States as a teenager.

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