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I'm not sure about the 10 for Gatti at 130. He never lost at the weight, and fought some pretty decent opposition, but didn't exactly slay dragons, either.
Looking at other 10s in the database, there are a few at least as questionable (I like Tim Witherspoon just fine, but ...). Also, Dean had him at 10 at that weight in the ratings of the day council, so there's a pretty legitimate division of opinion there.
In any event, the Boza-Edwards suggestion put me in something of a time-travel mindset. Which made me think of two of my favorites from my early boxing fanhood -- Bobby Chacon and Bazooka Limon. My thought is that in real life, either would have given Gatti a great fight, but that Thunder would have eventually proven too strong (unless he got cut badly).
A couple other possibilities occurred to me within his peer group, particularly Hatton. So rather than dither into perpetuity, let's get this going with a slight derivation from earlier matchups. In the interest of expediency, I'll run several Gatti fights -- as well as Brion and Caldwell -- and present the results in more of a summary form, instead of the full-blown round-by-round other fights have been getting.
First up -- Arturo Gatti vs. Bazooka Limon, live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City ...
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