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Arturo Gatti vs Jesse James Leija

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Arturo Gatti and Jesse James Leija met once (2005). Arturo Gatti won in 2005 by ko.

Side by side

Arturo GattiJesse James Leija
68″ (172.7 cm)Reach66″ (167.6 cm)
68″ (172.7 cm)Height65″ (165.1 cm)
0%Reach advantage+1.51%
40–9Record47–7
78%Finish rate40%
25Longest unbeaten run26
47Recorded bouts58
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 4. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentArturo GattiJesse James Leija
Micky Ward W W
Ivan Robinson L W
Oscar De La Hoya L L
Gabriel Ruelas W L

Careers side by side

Arturo Gatti

2000 win vs Francisco Aguiano (1991)win vs Richard De Jesus (1991)win vs Luis Melendez (1991)win vs Jose Gonzales (1991)loss vs King Solomon (1992)win vs Joe Lafontant (1992)win vs Antonio Gonzalez (1992)win vs Glenn Irizarry (1993)win vs Derek Francis (1993)win vs Luis Guzman (1993)win vs Robert Scott (1993)win vs Christino Suero (1993)win vs Clifford Hicks (1993)win vs Curtis Mathis (1993)win vs Plamen Gechev (1993)win vs Jose Sanabria (1994)win vs Richard Salazar (1994)win vs Pete Taliaferro (1994)win vs Darrell Singleton (1994)win vs Leon Bostic (1994)win vs Tracy Harris Patterson (1995)win vs Carlos Vergara (1995)win vs Barrington Francis (1995)win vs Tialano Tovar (1995)win vs Roman Smolenkov (1995)win vs Feliciano Correa (1996)win vs Wilson Rodriguez (1996)win vs Gabriel Ruelas (1997)win vs Calvin Grove (1997)win vs Tracy Harris Patterson (1997)loss vs Ivan Robinson (1998)loss vs Angel Manfredy (1998)win vs Reyes Munoz (1999)win vs Joe Hutchinson (2000)win vs Eric Jakubowski (2000)win vs Joey Gamache (2000)loss vs Oscar De La Hoya (2001)win vs Micky Ward (2002)win vs Terron Millett (2002)win vs Micky Ward (2003)win vs Leonard Doroftei (2004)win vs Gianluca Branco (2004)loss vs Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2005)win vs Jesse James Leija (2005)loss vs Carlos Baldomir (2006)win vs Thomas Damgaard (2006)loss vs Alfonso Gómez (2007)
winlossdraw / NC1991–2007

Jesse James Leija

1990 2000 win vs Martin Melendez (1988)win vs Oscar Davis (1988)win vs Carlos Flores (1989)win vs Tony De La Rosa (1989)win vs Jaime Castellano (1989)win vs Capri Lipkin (1989)win vs Chilo Guzman (1989)win vs Manuel Gomez (1989)win vs Joe Mitchell (1989)draw vs Edward Parker (1990)win vs Ricky Alvarez (1990)win vs Bobby McCarthy (1990)win vs Boyd Gardner (1990)win vs Roy Muniz (1990)win vs Gary Spencer (1990)win vs Joe Thompson (1990)win vs Steve McCrory (1991)win vs Silvestre Castillo (1991)win vs Miguel Arrozal (1991)win vs Rafael Soliman (1991)win vs Mark Fernandez (1991)win vs Felipe de Jesus (1991)win vs Gabriel Castro (1992)win vs Troy Dorsey (1992)win vs Jesus Poll (1992)win vs Jose Luis Martinez (1992)draw vs Azumah Nelson (1993)win vs Louie Espinoza (1993)loss vs Gabriel Ruelas (1994)win vs Azumah Nelson (1994)win vs Tomas Valdez (1994)loss vs Oscar De La Hoya (1995)win vs Rodney Garnett (1995)win vs Jeff Mayweather (1995)win vs Roberto Avila (1996)loss vs Azumah Nelson (1996)win vs Effie Schneider (1997)win vs Jose Rodriguez (1997)win vs Joel Perez (1997)loss vs Shane Mosley (1998)win vs Azumah Nelson (1998)win vs Troy Crain (1998)win vs Joel Perez (1998)win vs Wayne Boudreaux (1999)win vs Verdell Smith (1999)win vs Ivan Robinson (2000)loss vs Juan Lazcano (2000)win vs Jorge Luis Lopez (2000)? vs Héctor Camacho Jr. (2001)win vs Fred Ladd (2001)win vs Micky Ward (2002)win vs Fernando Mena (2003)win vs Adan Casillas (2003)loss vs Kostya Tszyu (2003)win vs Francisco Bojado (2004)win vs Marteze Logan (2004)loss vs Arturo Gatti (2005)
winlossdraw / NC1988–2005

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