Sean Q the first ward and gatti fight is the best ever for me I actually go to it when I’m Goin through life because it’s inspiring how 2 men are willing to die in a ring like that. And the stories behind the 2 guys
I went to his b'day 03. My best friends step sister was married to him. At the time I didnt know much. But it was a somber mood, right after the last Gotti fight. I played college baseball and could tell this guy was an animal. Wards knock was like a pitbull. But he was retiring at the time. Well on the fence. I became an addict. I live 15 mins from lowel up in new Hampshire. The real movies the documentary. But I was dropped out of a car on that city coming back from picking up fetynal. People pushed me outa the car. I woke up no clue where I was. Looked around and I'm in fucking lowell. Cops and ambulance showed up. The people who dumped me atleast called 911 lol. I'm sober now. Lost too much.
@Richard Lopez the trilogy alone should have put him in the HOF without a doubt. One and three both won fight of the year. Also round 9 in the first fight is probably in the top 3 of best rounds ever in the whole of the sport. How you can say he does not belong there is actually laughable and shows your lack of knowledge for the sport. The hall of fame is for those fighters that make the sport what it is a beautiful art that is also full of energy and excitement. And if you don’t believe ward was that maybe go and watch something else like cross country running.
Kind of obvious. His wife forced him to change his will so she receives everything then a short time later he kills himself in her native Brazil on the day of his sisters wedding? Yeah that’s not suspicious at all
@@Youtoober6947 boxing has been a sportfor thousands of years I'm a 40-year-old man next month when I was 16 internet didn't exist cell phones seemed like a science fiction joke everything we knew we learned in person and face-to-face every meaningful conversation and every meaningful confrontation there's a lot been learned medically scientifically and everything else since then saying what you're saying now is learn knowledge later it doesn't mean that we can't love and respect and acknowledge the heart shown from the people that inspired us well we were young
“I think about him everyday at some point in time” I buried friends before the age of 25. I know exactly what the sentiment means. I think about them every single day. What a beautiful thing to say.
I lost my BFF to DV. I went to check on her & She was already dead. I know you know what I feel when I think of her. We're all in a club we NEVER signed up for. RIP to our beloved friends .. RIP!
Been a gatti fan since Rodriguez fight. Gatti and ward were everything the sport was meant to be. Sure there are champions with better records, no one will ever forget how a real champ leaves it all in the ring
MEECH !! Nah it was a display of will and heart , both refused to give up and kept swinging even when they were exhausted, that’s what the sport was supposed to be about
@@gailpurcell3075 absolutely wrong .They weren’t the best but they WERE great.If you don’t understand that then you don’t understand what boxing is really about
@@gailpurcell3075 coming from someone who has never stepped foot in a ring or thrown a punch , the ballet dancing section is that way Gail >>>>>>>>>>>>>
Never in my entire boxing history ever saw 2 warriors ripping each other apart like this in a most horrifying manner but at the end their blood shed was to bond 2 men from different cultures and became true brothers. This is an unbelievable true story that deserves to be preserved for centuries and deserves even a movie at some stage in decades to come. Very touching part of the words Ward said in funeral "I got you last". Boxing fraternity indeed should express gratitude to these warriors who became Gentlemen and Wrote History that no value of money can be attached. RIP Arturo...South Africa
@@shanebroussard6262 don’t believe his bs.... you know his wife had him offed him in Brazil because she new he was going to divorce her crazy ass. They had a prenup and she would have been left nothing. If he died on the other hand she would get everything. The only one accusing him of beating her was her crazy ex stripper murdering ass. She paid off the corrupt Brazilian police to get off Scott free..... What goes around comes around.
@@tommyodell2915 yeah, i remember watching some really in depth documentary and it seemed pretty obvious that she had him killed. sickening that she got away with it.
I believe she was walking up the stairs with her pocketbook and he says something she didn't like and she took the rap of the purse and strangled him and since he was already intoxicated and had trauma to the head that's what can prove to his death she killed them she said many times I want to kill you she wanted was the money she didn't care about anything else
I just can't see a guy who fought that hard and subjected himself to those wars to just give up one day. Who knows. Regardless Arturo Gatti was everything you want a fighter to be, all heart with the skills to match. Rest in paradise brother.
Trilogy, best fights I’d ever watched. Thanks to you both for the warriors you were. Fighters like these two don’t exist anymore. RIP Gatti, thank you Ward.
inspiring how two men can try to kill each other in the ring and become good friends afterwards true professionals true warriors RIP Arturo Gatti you're memory lives on..
I remember watching the last 2 fights as a young teen/early 20s...it was a huge deal for Boston and Jersey ppl....Gatti frequented the gyms, bars and clubs during those earlier years in my hometown area as that was where he trained .my brother from another mother was a young boxer in training and said Arturo was one of the nicest coolest guys you would ever know..many guys from the hood loved and respected him he was their hero ...you can tell Ward and Gatti had a lot in common growing up in different areas but similar situations-both humble stand up kinda guys. I dont believe he killed himself either- especially with a purse strap
Arturo gatti one of my favorite fighters of all time rest in peace warrior and for Mickey Ward that was the best three fight ever they're both warriors 😊👌
Two legends and legends never die. All respect and admiration for Micky Ward. Two true champions filled with heart and class. Warriors that present "fighters" will never be. God bless Micky Ward. RIP Arturo Gatti.
I remember I was sleeping in the living room around 4am and I heard the news on a sports radio update that he was found hung. I jumped out if bed in disbelief. I remember watching him on usa Tuesday night fights and watching his fights,live in Atlantic city.
@@shelr8204 yeah it's a solid film but it's crazy to me how they didn't include Gatti at all. I mean I'm glad they didn't try to cover everything (most films that try to do that suck) and just focused on a specific time in his life; but still. Hard to talk about one guy without the other.
Gatti was one of my favourite fighters of all time him and Tyson gatti and ward tree best fights ever real men not this tip tap crap u see today. Gatti the legend Rip.
If you have ever fought someone you know something about them that only other people who fought them know, its weird, its like fighting is part of every one, you just don't know about it unless you've done it. It's art, its passion, its beautiful like a painting only you and the other person can experience. When a fighter dies his experience dies with him, rip Gatti.
Hats off to 2 Warriors Man I been a Gatti fan since he first came into the ring i been in his corner rooting when he won and was a fan when he lost no fence jumper here im like you Ward he had everything to live for no way he went out like that RIP CHAMP.
I thought all 3 were great, the first one is the best, 2 I felt gatti just boxed more than in 1 and 3 after gatti broke his hand they started brawling again so 1. 1 2. 3 3. 2
There have been, and will be better boxers than both Ward and Gatti. But the chemistry those two men had in the ring over three fights... In my humble opinion, the best trilogy ever. Ward and Gatti were not the best ever individually, but they brought the very best out of each other, and that is what makes their fights both legendary, and unsurpassed.
I watched this film tonight on Netflix , stumbled across these 3 fights on RU-vid wow unbelievable fights two genuine warriors.. up there with best fight I've ever seen
Of course he didn’t listen to me. For Arturo, 1 world title was enough. He had proved what he needed to prove, to himself and anyone who doubted him, and a few years later he retired. When I saw him next at the boardwalk, me as trainer and him in real estate, he was cheering ,with a beer in his hand, still living each day like his last. When I heard he died by suicide, I was sad. People always think of us as rivals, but he was one of the very few I liked, and even fewer that I respected. He remains the only fighter I envied. -Micky ward
What a great film the Fighter was. I’m not gonna lie as a little kid in the 90s I hardly knew Ward. However watching his fights back what a fighter he was and how legendary these moments were. Take a bow.
Ward lost his warrior brother, they both made each other dig down deep inside there self to a place they didnt think existed, that's a unbreakable bond.
The greatest trilogy in boxing history. Once you have bared your soul in the ring against one man like they did you know the man standing infront of you better than you know yourself. Absolute respect.
I am a boxing fan for over 50 years. These two men created one of the greatest fight trilogies ever. I too don’t think, knowing Arturo’s personality, he would’ve taken his own life. Much has been said of how he may of died and a tv investigative programme was made. I have read a lot about it too. I simply don’t know. Without having all the facts it’s difficult to blame who so many people believe to have murdered him. But the respect Micky Ward has shown toward him would indicate he too has looked hard into Arturo’s death and has concluded he also doesn’t believe it was suicide. God bless the spirit of Arturo and perhaps, just perhaps the truth may come out one day what happened in his family house on the fateful day.
Damn that's hitting the heart strings. Sometimes fighters hate each other and sometimes they become friends. Ward and Gotti are boxing history and a testimony to what men should be.
I was close friends with someone online never met him but we would talk about boxing all sorts of things he died a few years ago from a heart attack he was only in his 30s he had a daughter to man it’s sad af I miss him
Ward and Gatti, will always be the faces of warriors. This two fighters gave everything they possibly have to give fans what they wanted in a boxing match. If ward doesn’t believed Gatti took his own life then, there’s something that we boxing fans don’t know that ward knows.
I couldn't believe when I heard he passed away it me weighed on me for months even till this day I actually saw him in a bar in Hoboken new Jersey didn't talk to him all I said was what's up your the best or some shit like that I said but yeah great guy from Jersey city some say he's from Hoboken some say he's from union city New Jersey but I always want to know him as my home town Jersey city chill town 👍
Gatti was one of the most low key, happy, not arrogant pro athlete, not just boxer. RiP Champ- tho hard.. knowing how little effort the Brazilian authorities put into solving his MURDER.
Mickey and Arturo gave us what was without any doubt the greatest contests in boxing. They both gave their all in that ring and became the best of buddies. You can see it in Mickey's face how it broke his heart when Arturo passed , ,deep down he knows that something far more sinister took place in that condo. He knew Arturo like a brother, and I pray one day he gets to know the truth about what happened to his dear friend.
How's he to rest in peace ! When the murderer got his kids ! Fight fans owe it to the great man to get justice ! So he can ! Rest in peace ! Karma's coming for you Mrs !!! ,👊
To all these fighters who duck each other and make excuses not to fight.Watch Arturo and Mickey fight and learn what putting it all on the line means.You should be ashamed afterwards when you see what these great warrior's went through and what they gave to boxing.
I will always believe his wife had it done. She threatens to take their kid and run away to her native country Brazil if Gatti doesn’t change his will. He has his will amended to her as the beneficiary then two weeks later in Brazil he kills himself. On the day of his sisters wedding. His wife was arrested for homicide at first then an autopsy, in her own country, exonerated her? Seems more like Brazilian authorities just held her until she paid them off. Such a tragic end for a legend.
