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is being repeated today. My favorite of the three fights is the first one. Of course, as I always was impressed with Micky Ward, and didn't really like Gotti, it is no surprise that I'd like the one that Micky won. Overall, most of the boxing community views that as the most intensely fought of the trilogy. Still, while the second fight was relatively "tame" (in the same sense that Ali v Frazier II was), the third was perhaps the most destructive. Gotti broke his hand, but nothing could stop the guy. And after the fight, Ward couldn't focus his eyes; it turned out that his brain had literally been shifted inside of his skull. Obviously, he could have died, and required a lot of medical treatment.
Ward was already prepared to retire before the fight. Gotti kept fighting, though he wasn't the same after their series. Interesting character. Too bad that he hooked up with the trash he meet in an "exotic" nighclub. Life in the fast lane holds risks.
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