On July 24, 2004, the 32-year-old WBC super-lightweight world champion, Arturo Gatti (37-6, 28 KOs), faced a 34-year-old Romanian boxer Leonard Doroftei (22-0-1, 8 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Gatti came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months. Doroftei was on a 1-fight win streak with a 34% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 4 days.
Arturo Gatti made very easy work of Leonard Doroftei, stopping the challenger via KO in the 2nd. Gatti improves his record to 38-6 (29 KOs), while Doroftei adds a loss to his record at 22-1-1.
On January 29, 2005, the 32-year-old WBC super-lightweight world champion, Arturo Gatti (38-6, 29 KOs), faced a 38-year-old American boxer Jesse James Leija (47-6-2, 19 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Gatti came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 5 days. Leija was on a 4-fight win streak with a 34% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 5 days.
Arturo Gatti stopped Jesse James Leija via KO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC super-lightweight title. Gatti improves his record to 39-6 (30 KOs), while Leija adds a loss to his record at 47-7-2.
On October 4, 1997, the 25-year-old IBF super-featherweight world champion, Arturo Gatti (28-1, 23 KOs), faced a 27-year-old Mexican boxer Gabriel Ruelas (44-3, 23 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Gatti came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 79% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months. Ruelas was on a 3-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 20 days.
Arturo Gatti stopped Gabriel Ruelas via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF super-featherweight title. Gatti improves his record to 29-1 (24 KOs), while Ruelas adds a loss to his record at 44-4.
On March 23, 1996, the 23-year-old IBF super-featherweight world champion, Arturo Gatti (24-1, 20 KOs), faced Wilson Rodriguez, in a title defense fight.
Gatti came in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 8 days.
Arturo Gatti stopped Wilson Rodriguez via KO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF super-featherweight title. Gatti improves his record to 25-1 (21 KOs)
On January 28, 2006, a 33-year-old Arturo Gatti (39-7, 30 KOs) and a 34-year-old Danish boxer Thomas Damgaard (37-0, 27 KOs) met in the ring in a welterweight bout.
Gatti came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 3 days. Damgaard was on a 37-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 29 days.
Arturo Gatti stopped Thomas Damgaard via TKO in the 11th round. Gatti improves his record to 40-7 (31 KOs), while Damgaard adds a loss to his record at 37-1.
On January 24, 2004, 31-year-old Arturo Gatti (36-6, 28 KOs) and 33-year-old Gianluca Branco (32-0-1, 15 KOs) fought for the vacant WBC super-lightweight title.
Gatti came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 17 days. Branco was on a 14-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 2 months, and 19 days.
Arturo Gatti defeated Gianluca Branco via unanimous decision . Gatti improves his record to 37-6, while Branco adds a loss to his record at 32-1-1.
On February 22, 1997, Arturo Gatti and Tracy Harris Patterson met again in a rematch.
Gatti came in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 11 days.
Arturo Gatti defeated Tracy Harris Patterson via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his IBF super-featherweight title. Gatti improves his record to 27-1
On December 15, 1995, a 23-year-old Arturo Gatti (23-1, 20 KOs) got a shot at the IBF super-featherweight title held by Tracy Harris Patterson.
Gatti came in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 8 days.
Arturo Gatti defeated Tracy Harris Patterson via unanimous decision and wins the IBF title — in his first world-title fight. Gatti improves his record to 24-1
On February 26, 2000, a 27-year-old Arturo Gatti (30-4, 25 KOs) and Joey Gamache met in the ring.
Gatti came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 12 days.
Arturo Gatti stopped Joey Gamache via KO in the 2nd round. Gatti improves his record to 31-4 (26 KOs)
On November 23, 2002, a 30-year-old Arturo Gatti (34-6, 28 KOs) and a 37-year-old American boxer Micky Ward (38-11, 27 KOs) met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Gatti came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 5 days. Ward was on a 1-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 5 days.
In the rematch, Arturo Gatti defeated Micky Ward via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Gatti improves his record to 35-6, while Ward adds a loss to his record at 38-12.