{"id":49286,"date":"2014-12-23T11:44:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T17:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=49286"},"modified":"2014-12-23T11:45:36","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T17:45:36","slug":"arturo-gatti-remembered-marathon-friday-on-fight-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=49286","title":{"rendered":"Arturo Gatti Remembered:  Marathon Friday on Fight Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=49286 \" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=49286 \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-31427 size-full\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Mayweather-gatti.jpg\" alt=\"Mayweather gatti\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Fight Network is going to celebrate Boxing Day in style this Friday (Dec. 26), airing six fights featuring the late, great Arturo &#8220;Thunder&#8221; Gatti (40-9, 31 KOs) from 9 a.m. ET &#8212; 9 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>Gatti was arguably boxing&#8217;s most popular, exciting fighter from his professional debut in 1991 until his retirement in 2007. He had an unearthly knack for sensational comebacks during a fight, as well as for enduring and dishing out tremendous pain. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The native of Italy lived in Montreal and Jersey City (NJ) during his colorful career until his untimely death in 2009. Known by boxing many fans as a &#8220;Human Highlight Film&#8221; in the ring, he was posthumously induted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Fight Network is a 24\/7 television channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports. It airs programs focused on the entire scope of the combat sports genre, including live fights and up-to-the-minute news and analysis for boxing, mixed martial arts, kickboxing, professional wrestling, traditional martial arts, fight news, as well as fight-themed drama series, documentaries and feature films.<\/p>\n<p>Below find the Arturo Gatti Marathon programming schedule for this Friday on Fight Network:<\/p>\n<p>9:00 a.m. ET &#8211; Calvin Grove (49-8), May 4, 1997 at Caesars Hotel &amp; Casino in Atlantic City, NJ<\/p>\n<p>11:00 a.m. ET &#8211; Angel Manfredy (22-2-1), Jan. 17, 1998, Convention Hall, Atlantic City, NJ<\/p>\n<p>1:00 p.m. ET &#8211; Oscar de la Hoya (32-2), Mar, 24, 2001, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV<\/p>\n<p>3:00 p.m. ET &#8211; Terron Millett (26-2-1), Jan. 26, 2002, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY<\/p>\n<p>5:00 p.m. &#8211; Micky Ward (37-11), May 18, 2002, Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, CT<\/p>\n<p>7:00 p.m. &#8211; Micky Ward (38-11), Nov. 23, 2002, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ<\/p>\n<p>Gatti-Ward I was the consensus 2002 Fight of the Year, round nine the Round of the Year. The late Emanuel Steward, who was the HBO color commentator for Gatti-Ward I, called it (9th rd.) the mythical Round of the Century.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=39299\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/imagez\/rsrad.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fight Network is going to celebrate Boxing Day in style this Friday (Dec. 26), airing six fights featuring the late, great Arturo &#8220;Thunder&#8221; Gatti (40-9, 31 KOs) from 9 a.m. ET &#8212; 9 p.m. ET. Gatti was arguably boxing&#8217;s most popular, exciting fighter from his professional debut in 1991 until his retirement in 2007. 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