New Jersey’s 35-year-old former WBC
light-welterweight champion, 40-8 (31)

Age started boxing: Seven First boxing memory: Broke my hand. I was very young – 12. Inspiration: My father. Favourite all-time fighter: Roberto Duran. I resembled him, I think, as a young kid. Best fight seen: Wow, there’s a lot of them. Marco Antonio Barrera v Erik Morales I. Pre-fight meal: Spaghetti. What do you do to relax: Nothing. Just sit down on the bed. Pre-fight superstition: Watch who takes me out to the ring. Watch my entourage. Like, at times in the dressing room, certain people that don’t belong – I don’t want them there because they shouldn’t be there. I can’t stand groupies. What training do you do between fights (if any): Just run. Run and lift [weights]. Typical breakfast: Cereal [Fruit Loops] and pancakes. Toughest part of being a boxer: People all want a piece of you. Favourite music: Rap. Last book read: Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway. Lou Duva bought me that book [laughs]. That’s the only book I read, I finished it. Favourite film: I just saw it. With Ben Stiller. What car do you drive: 1974 Corvette, blue. [NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr souped it up for Gatti two years ago] It’s great. I can buy any car I want. I like old cars. I’m gonna get a ’57 Corvette now. And then a ’69 Corvette. Old ones. Where do you train: Fort Lauderdale, Florida – Rombor Gym. Training routine: Run three or four miles in the morning. Box in the afternoon. Lift weights at night. Toughest man you faced: Micky Ward – in all three fights What supplements do you take: Carrot juice, wheat grass, B-Complex and B 12. If you weren’t a boxer what would you be: I would probably follow my father’s footsteps – electrician. Last place you went on holiday: Aruba. Favourite soccer team: Juventus. Best boxer in the sport today: Arturo Gatti. I’m an exciting fighter. People pay to see a fight. That’s what I do.
Dated July 2007