Carl Moretti Quotations

I think the problem is a lack of television dates, especially towards the end of the year. It is not a small fight to be put together for $50,000 to $60,000. You can't put it on a smaller television network.

I think it's safe to say the house of Gatti is alive and well again.

I think that's the only way to approach it. You can't get too excited, you can't get too depressed. Because it'll turn you either way just because it's the nature of the sport. Kathy (Duva), is clearly the leader and we have our priorities straight and so does everybody else. So once you have that, then you can do your business. Then when you look at it, boxing is really not that important in the whole world if you have everything else. So you just do what you gotta do.

Will he fight anywhere else? It'd have to be a hell of an offer.

We'll try it, see how it goes and then go from there. I'm a little bit more optimistic because this financial structure will allow it to be a little more successful. You don't mind losing money, but you just don't want to lose thousands and thousands of dollars when we're on our seventh show.

Well, there's four months to go, so we'll see. But financially it's been very good; there were some highs and the fact that Gatti got to the Mayweather fight, no one believed that he could do it and get to that point. Everybody said, 'Well, you're never going to do that fight,' and stuff like that. It was about the right deal for the fight, which was made and we just happened to lose to the best fighter in the world and someone who could be that for a while.

We've wrestled with this idea of doing local shows for a long time. We finally found a place where we don't have to go through our lungs to rent it.

Two of the fighters that night will emerge as stars in their respective divisions. And in today's boxing world, when television dates are hard to come by, you really have to fight the toughest fights you can to make your fighter a star. ... Two of these fighters will emerge that night, hopefully, with that label on them.

Both sides would like to put it together, but depending on how the deal is structured will depend on if the fight gets made. Our discussions were good enough to have another discussion.

At the end of the day we'll lose a little bit of money. But it's OK because we know we're building something.

(Santos) can fight. Henry fights better when he knows he's pushed and challenged, when he has to concentrate every round. So this is a good fight for him.

It just goes to show you the ups and downs of how a career can go, or how a year can go. You can have nothing and then a fight can fall in your lap.

It's strictly development for the next year even though he's 25-0. He's a nice kid, a funny kid and easy to get along with. He's not out drinking or carousing. He's just in the gym working very hard.

It's really no different, boxing has highs and lows and you can't get too excited when you're high and you don't get too down when you're low. Because it's so cyclical that you just have to play on an even keel throughout.

In the ring, it's two of California's biggest stars, next to the Dodgers and Angels, going at it. Style-wise, it's got to be a good fight.

I don't think the clock is ticking yet for Arturo, but there is a clock. He has something to prove. He has to win, and he has to look impressive doing it.

All he's thinking about is the fight. You can see how he's matured. And you can definitely tell what this means to him. The kid is going to surprise anyone who thinks he's through.

The guys making the important decisions down the line (on televised fights) will be here. That's really why I think both camps are taking this fight. ... With guys from both Showtime and HBO coming to the see the fight, it serves the same purpose as it being on TV.