HBO To Air Ward-Gatti Tonight, Tomorrow Morning
July 17, 2009
To honor the passing of Arturo Gatti HBO will be broadcasting the epic trilogy between the late fight
To honor the passing of Arturo Gatti, HBO announced they would be doing a re-airing of the three fights between Gatti and Irish Mickey Ward. ESPN’s Dan Rafeal has the particulars:
HBO announced Monday that it will commemorate Gatti’s career with replays of all three fights in his epic trilogy with Micky Ward on Friday and Saturday. The first and third fights both won fight of the year honors and the second fight was also pretty darn good.
The three fights — Gatti won the second and third — will air on the HBO2 service at 9 p.m. ET/PT Friday and at 10:15 a.m. ET/PT Saturday on the main HBO service. The three fights will air consecutively on both days. The trilogy will also be available on HBO On Demand from July 20 to Aug. 16.
The Ward Gatti fights are legendary for the bell to bell action that took place in each of the three fights. In a sporting culture that often demands fastpaced action as a prerequisite for interest, the Ward-Gatti trilogy delivered in spades. The enduring performances by the two still resonate to this day. Gatti’s passing received much coverage, owing a lot to the goodwill that his showdowns with Ward generated while Ward himself is working on a movie based on his life that will feature Christian Bale. Don’t miss a chance to see these two great warriors put on a set of performances that etched their name in combat sports history.
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