By Rick Reeno

Undercard results by Mike Indri, Richard Thomas and Richie Maldanado at ringside.

Later tonight, Arturo "Thunder" Gatti (39-6, 30 KO's) will put his WBC Super Lightweight Championship on the line against the undefeated, number two rated pound for pound fighter in the world, "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather, Jr (33-0, 22 KOs). The bout will take place at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. Mayweather will encounter a madhouse when he steps into the city known as Gatti country. The sold out crowd of pro-Gatti supporters will cheer for Gatti until the very end. Should the fight go the distance, will the pro-Gatti crowd swerve the judges into giving Arturo the nod in close rounds?

It will be power vs. speed, slugger vs. boxer and hero vs. villian, all in one fight. The very first pay per view headliner for both men and they are aiming to make this bout a memorable event. The big biggest question in the fight, may or may not be answered tonight. The question revolves around the chin of Mayweather. Most experts, fans and fighters are wondering what will happen if Gatti lands one of his bombs on Mayweather's chin. There are many experts that feel Mayweather will box his way to victory and just as many other experts pick Mayweather to stand in with Gatti when a key moment arises in the bout. The other biggest question in the bout, revolves around Gatti's ability to deal with a fighter as quick and as skilled as Mayweather.

Gatti has not faced a fighter with Mayweather's level of speed in his entire career. The only fighter that came close was Ivan Robinson and Gatti lost both bouts with Robinson. Robinson was never able to seriously hurt Gatti, but his high punch ratio and quick hands were the main factors in both decision wins. Mayweather on the other hand, has never faced a fighter as big or as strong as Gatti. The best punches we ever saw Mayweather take were against Jose Luis Castillo in their first bout. Mayweather took some of Castillo's best punches to the head and body, most of Castillo's opponents crumble when hit by a serious Castillo punch. The power difference between Gatti and Castillo is decent, but is Gatti's power a big enough difference to present serious problems for Floyd.

Gatti needs to cut off the ring in this fight and bang shots to the body of Mayweather in order to slow him down. Mayweather needs to keep his distance and wear Gatti down with a heavy assault of straight punches. Gatti is more vulnerable to the head, while Mayweather is more vulnerable to the body.

The first bout features 105 pound minimum weight champion Ivan Calderon. There will be no round by round coverage of this fight. The result will be posted upon the result.

Max Kellerman is taking the place of Manny Steward with the Bob Costas on the "between fight" perspectives. Steward is in the corner of WBA junior welterweight champion Vivian Harris.

There is a three fight undercard, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will be in action tonight and Vivian Harris will be in the main supporting bout.

As the fight crowd slowly began to filter into the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall Convention Center this evening, the Main Events & Top Rank co-promoted HBO Pay Per View fight card featuring Arturo Gatti defending his WBC Super Lightweight Championship against #1 ranked contender "Flamboyant" Floyd Mayweather, included five non-televised fights.

Here are those results:

The night’s opening bout saw Jr. welterweight Wes Ferguson improve to 10-1-1 (3 KO’s) with a four round unanimous decision win over John Temple; now 6-10-2 with only 1 KO.

Talented, young welterweight prospect Henry Crawford, fighting out of Paterson, NJ, made short work of Fernando Jimenez, now 3-6-2 (2 KO’s). Jimenez traveled all the way from Phoenix, Arizona to take a beating and let himself get counted out; taking a knee instead of continuing at 1:34 of the first round. Crawford improves to 7-0, registering his 2nd knockout.

In an eight round Jr. middleweight contest, Giovanni Lorenzo, fighting out of Washington Heights, NY, took the unanimous decision victory against tough veteran Ronald Weaver, from New Orleans. Lorenzo stayed perfect at 18-0 (10 KO’s), while Weaver fell to 29-16-2 (22 KO’s).

Heavyweight contender Calvin Brock needed only four rounds to make Kenny Craven (now 26-16, 22 KO’s) his 21st knockout victim.

Brock, improving to 26-0, hurt Craven who wisely to a knee to weather the storm. Brock didn’t let up, pounding away on his defenseless opponent, forcing referee Eddie Cotton to force a halt to the bout at 2:34 of the fourth round.

In a bout just completed Joel Julio, from Monteria, Columbia annihilated an overmatched Art Medina (12-15, 5 KO’s) and after a flash knockdown continued the assault on his badly hurt foe before finally dropping Medina for good with a tremendous shot to the body at 2:56 of the first round. It was Julio’s 17th knockout win, in eighteen fights, for the undefeated welterweight sensation.

WBO minimumweight champion Ivan Calderon (22-0, 5 KOs) won a twelve round decision over Gerardo Verde (13-1, 10 KOs). The scores were 117-111, 117-111, 115-113.

Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. is currently in action and pounding the hell out of his opponent.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (20-0, 15 KOs) just scored a fourth round TKO over Ruban Galvan (21-6-2, 9 KOs). Chavez beat Galvan up pretty bad in the 4th round, Galvan's corner threw in the towel.

WBA junior welterweight champion Vivian Harris is making his way down to the ring for his bout with Carlos Maussa.

Round 1 - Harris comes out and is pounding Maussa with big shots to the head with both hands. Maussa trying to jab to the body and Harris scraping him with right hands. Harris with a huge bodyshot. Maussa just caught Harris with a big shot and is now unloading on Harris. Harris looks in trouble. Maussa is beating on Harris against the ropes. Harris looks dead tired from throwing so many punches in the first round. Close round that I give to Harris.

Round 2 - Maussa is now landing some straight punches that are tagging Harris and Harris lands a big right hand in return. There is no style here, both men are throwing big punches. Harris with a combo. Huge left hook by Harris and Maussa comes back with 5 punches in return. Another combo by Harris and a right hand. Big right hand by Harris and Maussa with a combo. Maussa to the body and Harris goes upstairs. Another close round for Harris. Some fight so far.

Round 3 - Harris with a huge left hook at the start. Both men exchange big shots and Harris lands another huge left. Maussa with a three punch combo to the head and body. The right eyelid of Vivian Harris is cut, a very bad cut in a very bad place. Harris appears tired again. Maussa and Harris exchange bodyshots. Maussa and Harris are throwing wild shots to the head and body. Turning into an all out brawl. Now a cut over the left eyebrow of Harris. They clash heads at the end. Close round for Harris.

Round 4 - HBO gave Harris the first two rounds and gave Maussa the last. Harris is now back to boxing and picking his shots. Harris now tired again and Maussa starts landing some shots upstairs. Maussa with a big right hand and a left hook. Harris' mouthpiece falls out and the ref calls time to get the mouthpiece back in his mouth. Harris misses a big hook. Close round for Maussa.

Round 5 - Big left hook for Harris, Maussa goes low and Harris with a good right. Harris is now boxing from a distance and landing good jabs, followed by right hands upstairs. Maussa is chasing and Harris countering Maussa's shots. Another round for Harris.

Round 6 - HBO gave the last round to Maussa. Now the fight has slowed down. Harris is now boxing instead of slugging. Harris is really jabbing well and moving around. Harris is now tired again, his stamina is really shot from throwing so many big shots early. Maussa landing a lot of low blows to the leg and hip of Harris. Another round for Harris.

Steward is telling Harris that he is losing the fight big.

Round 6 - HBO gave Maussa the last 4 rounds. Maussa just blasted a short left hook on Vivian Harris and Harris is down. Harris is very hurt, he may not get up. Harris does not beat the count. The fight is over. Maussa with a huge upset! New WBA junior welterweight champion. Harris is complaining that he got up by ten, but he did not.

Vivian Harris is no longer in the junior welterweight elite. Official cards had a draw on two cards and Maussa up by two points on another card.

Maussa is not that good of a fighter, he has such a poor fighting style. Vivian Harris tried to knock Maussa out in the first round, threw everything he had and was tired from that round on.

Harris said that there is a rematch clause and looks forward to the rematch.

Miguel Cotto and Ricky Hatton are both at ringside. The main event was next.

To those that dont know, Miguel Cotto has already knocked out new WBA 140 pound champion Carlos Maussa.

They are now doing a short preview for the Gatti-Mayweather fight, killing some time prior to the main event.

The fight is still not ready to start. The pro Gatti crowd has already started a huge Gatti chant.

As Mayweather predicted, HBO does not have Gatti's backstage weight.

Mayweather is being brought in by several roman guards carrying him on a throne. The song playing is "another on bites the dust" by Queen. The Gatti crowd is booing as loud as possible.

Gattis is making his way down to plent of fireworks and pyro. The arena has turned into a madhouse. You cant even hear the announcers, the Gatti crowd is yelling at the top of their lungs.

Michael Buffer yelling "LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE"

Round 1 - They start boxing, Mayweather jabs. Floyd going for a hook. Mayweather with a combo, right hand by the left hook. Mayweather jabbing, Gatti misses an uppercut. Gatti chant breaks out. Mayweather blocking every Gatti shots. Gatti missing a few jabs. Right hand by Floyd. Red spot under the right eye of Gatti. Left hook by Mayweather. Gatti misses a big right. Left by Gatti. Jab by Mayweather. Gatti gets hot with two lefts and he is down. Gatti got caught while he was complaining to the ref that he got hit on the break. Huge round for Floyd.

Round 2 - Gatti now looks more stiff. Floyd with two good hooks. Mayweather is so much faster that he is landing 3 punches to ever shot Gatti lands or misses. Gatti with a left hook to the body. Floyd is unloading some left hooks in this round and Mayweather is peppering Gatti with big shots. Mayweather looks strong and both of Gatti's eyes are swelling up. A right by Floyd and another. Huge left hook by Floyd and a right hand. Two right hands by Mayweather. Floyd is landing at will. Huge round by Mayweather again.

Round 3 - HBO gave Mayweather a 10-8 round for the last round since it was so one-sided. Left hook by Mayweather pushes Gatti back. Bodyshot by Gatti, pretty low. Ref warns Gatti. Left by Floyd. Double right hook by Floyd. Floyd is jabbing. Combo to the body by Floyd and a right upstairs, ref warsn Floyd to keep his punches up. Right by Gatti. Right hand by Floyd and another. Floyd jabbing to the body. Gatti misses a big right. Another round for Mayweather.

Round 4 - Floyd jabbing, Gatti tries to get Mayweather in a corner and Floyd gets away. Left by Floyd. Combo by Floyd, jab by Floyd. Right by Floyd and Mayweather jabbing. Huge 5 punch combo by Floyd. Floyd now blasting Gatti with big shots to the head and body at will, this is brutal right now. Mayweather jabbing and lands two more big shots. Mayweather landing to the head and body. Left eye of Gatti is closing shut. Huge round for Mayweather.

Round 5 - Floyd with a jab. Gatti with a left to the body. Gatti missing some bodyshots. Floyd jabs to the body and to the head. Ref warns Floyd about putting a forearm in Gatti's face. Fight has slowed down now. Right by Floyd and a body shot. Another right by Floyd. Combo by Mayweather. Gatti misses a big right. Big right in return by Floyd lands. Double right hand by Floyd. Another round for Floyd.

Round 6 - Mayweather has landed 81 to Gatti's 8 power punches so far. Combo by Floyd and another. Bodyshot and two big shots to the head by Floyd, big bodyshot hurts Gatti and Floyd now landing some big shots to the head and body. Floyd is beating Gatti like a ragdoll right now. Floyd is hitting Gatti with so many shots that the ref looks ready to stop this. Huge right by Floyd and a left, another right by Floyd.

The corner of Gatti has stopped the fight. This fight is over. Mayweather is the new champion and brutally beat the holy hell out of Gatti tonight. New WBC 140 pound champion, Floyd Mayweather.