ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Facing a powerful lefty, Arturo Gatti pulled out some new tricks to go along with his old-fashioned toughness.The right-handed welterweight resorted to a left-handed stance Saturday night, steering clear of his toe-to-toe tendencies to stop previously unbeaten Thomas Damgaard in the 11th round of their scheduled 12-rounder.’I went to southpaw because southpaw was working,’ Gatti said. ‘I was landing my right uppercut.’Fighting at 147 pounds for the first time in five years, Gatti (40-7) effectively switched in and out of the left-handed stance throughout the bout. He connected on some of his best punches with left-hand leads to confound the left-handed Damgaard (37-1), who was fighting for the first time outside of his native Denmark.Gatti hurt his oft-injured right hand when he crashed it into Damgaard’s head in the fourth round. But he kept throwing it and said afterward the switch to southpaw was a matter of strategy, not a pain-saving trick.Damgaard fought like a left-handed Micky Ward — Gatti’s opponent in a memorable trilogy from 2002-03. The Dane continually pressed the action and landed solid punches to Gatti’s head on several occasions.Read the rest of the article at CNN / SI.COM:http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/more/01/29/gatti.damgaard.ap/index…
