The good news for Arturo Gatti was that he didn't have to go to the hospital for a change, after his fight with Leonard Dorin in Atlantic City's Boradwalk Hall.

The bad news was that the quick, one-sided affair in which the larger, stronger Gatti stopped Dorin with a single body shot in the second round, was not the slugfest many fight scribes had eagerly anticipated. Though the fans were far from dissapointed, it's a sure bet that most of them, including the HBO broadcast team, were expecting, HOPING to sit through a rebirth of Gatti-Ward I.

It was clear from the moment the two fighters stood at centre ring that Gatti was much bigger, his shoulders much wider than Dorin's. And the fact that Dorin was moving up from 135 didn't help, either. Gatti won the first round by boxing and keeping Dorin at bay. Dorin never even had a chance to fight his fight, as a wicked left hook to his exposed body while he was guarding his head, floored him for the full count in round 2.

When Gatti was asked about possible future opponents by HBO's Larry Merchant, the names Kostya Tzyu, Floyd Mayweather and Paul Spadafora came up. A match with the troubled Spadafora seems most likely, if the "Pittsburgh Kid" can stay out of jail.

38-year-old James Leija overcame a 17 year age difference by outworking 21-year-old Francisco "Panchito" Bojado on the undercard of Gatti-Dorin. After winning the first round, Leija was dropped by a vicious left hook to the body and looked his age going into the next round. Then, some great in-fighting allowed the gutsy veteran to take six of the next seven rounds (at least in my eyes; I scored the fight 96-93 for Leija) by countering Bojado effectively and negating his speed by simply being busier.

I was pleasantly surprised when it was announced that the San Antonio native was the winner by split decision. The hard-working Leija deserved the victory, after years of serving as gatekeeper to the junior welterweight division, acting as a stepping stone to the likes of Shane Mosley, Felix Trinidad, and Oscar De La Hoya.

Bojado, on the other hand, though only 21, suffered his second setback in his loss to Leija, and his future as a hot, young prospect is questionable.