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Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather
Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather, Jr., billed as "Thunder & Lightning", was a professional boxing match contested on June 25, 2005 for the WBC super lightweight championship.
==Background==
The Gatti–Mayweather bout had been in the making for over a year. After a tough trilogy with Mickey Ward, Gatti earned a shot at the vacant WBC super lightweight (AKA light welterweight) championship, winning the title on January 21, 2004 with a unanimous decision victory over Gianluca Branco. Four months later, Mayweather would vacate his WBC and ''The Ring'' lightweight title and move up to the light welterweight division. Initially, Mayweather was set to face the undefeated former IBF lightweight champion Paul Spadafora to determine who would be the mandatory challenger to Gatti's title, but the fight was nixed due to Spadafora's legal troubles.〔(Mayweather's Opponent Is Rejected ), N.Y. Times article, 2004-02-25, Retrieved on 2014-03-19〕 Instead, Mayweather was matched up against former WBO light welterweight champion DeMarcus Corley in a WBC "eliminator" bout on May 22, 2004. In his light welterweight debut, Mayweather had Corley down on the canvas no less than seven times (though only two were declared official knockdowns) and cruised to an easy, lopsided unanimous decision that not only made him the number one contender to Gatti's title, but also the number one pound-for-pound fighter in boxing.〔(Mayweather pounds Corley in win ), USA Today article, 2004-05-22, Retrieved on 2014-03-19〕 After a successful defense against Leonard Dorin, Gatti announced his intentions to face Mayweather.〔(After Showing Polish, Gatti Has Eyes on Mayweather ), N.Y. Times article, 2004-07-26, Retrieved on 2014-03-19〕 However, several disagreements hindered the negotiations and the two sides would not reach an agreement until March of 2005 for a June 25th fight in Gatti's native New Jersey.〔(Gatti, Mayweather fight back on for June 25 ), USA Today article, 2005-03-10, Retrieved on 2014-03-19〕 Prior to the fight, Mayweather repeatedly bashed Gatti in the press, calling him, among other things, a "C-plus fighter", "club fighter" and a "bum." For the most part, Gatti refused to appear at press conferences with Mayweather, saying "I just don't want to be bothered by his mouth." Mayweather, however, crashed a Gatti press conference, referring to him as a "paper champion" and lampooning his struggle to make weight by loading food on a plate.〔(Mayweather-Gatti: Bad blood boiling ), Chicago Tribune article, 2005-06-24, Retrieved on 2014-03-19〕
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