Intimate Warfare: The True Story Of The Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward Trilogy is a hardcover book that traces the lives and careers of former professional boxers Micky Ward and Arturo Gatti.^[47] The book is discussed on an episode of the Amazon.com audiobook Everipedia Boxing Show. It is authored by Matthew E. O'Neil and was published in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom on July 31, 2021.^[48]

Intimate Warfare was written by Dennis Taylor and John J. Raspanti and was published in 2017. It can found on Amazon.com, at Barnes & Noble, and with other prominent booksellers. A new hardcover version of the book sold for $40.00 on Amazon.com in 2020. The book was published by Rowman & Litttlefield.

The book is forwarded by Ray Mancini. The photographs are provided by Dennis Mulholland. Virgil Hunter, trainer for Andre Ward, called the book "a great read". It is for sale on eBay and is listed under various prices on that website.

In Intimate Warfare, the authors describe three of Ward's and Gatti's matches, two of which were named The Ring (magazine) "Fight of the Year." Gatti held the World Boxing Council super lightweight world title in 2004 and 2005. He had been a featured boxer on HBO and pay per view telecasts for years. Gatti defended the WBC super lightweight world title against Leonard Doroftei and Jesse James Leija, before losing it to Floyd Mayweather. Ward began boxing professionally in 1985 but retired in 1991. He returned to boxing three years later and retired from the sport in 2003.

The book was published six years after the release of the movie, The Fighter, which was based on the real-life events between the boxers and brothers Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund. The Fighter grossed 129 million dollars worldwide.^[2] IMDb states on its website that it "is based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness." The movie was directed by David O. Russell and describes action that took place in Lowell, Massachusetts. The Ward-Gatti fights are not mentioned in the movie and the last boxing match featured in the film is Ward defeating Shea Neary in England in March 2000. The movie stars Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale.^[40]

Micky Ward and Eklund were featured in the HBO documentary, High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell. The documentary premiered in 1995 and it illustrated Eklund's drug addiction and the crime that was associated with it. The documentary also showed Eklund training Ward for a boxing comeback while in the throes of addiction. Dennis Taylor documents these events in the book.

Lead writer John J. Raspanti works as the Editor-in-Chief and writer at the popular Internet website Maxboxing. Raspanti has been interviewed by host Mike Goodpaster on the podcast The Grueling Truth. Dennis Taylor and Raspanti hosted the Internet podcast The Ringside Boxing Show. Taylor and Raspanti interviewed Larry Holmes on their show in 2020. Raspanti wrote the paperback book Blood On My Notebook: Dispatches From The World Of Professional Boxing. It was published in 2019 and is available for sale for $13.99 with Amazon.com and with other prominent booksellers.

Arturo Gatti died in 2009 at the age of thirty seven years old.

He made over seven million dollars in his boxing career.

Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. was a professional boxing match that was held on June 25, 2005. It was Mayweather's first fight on pay-per-view. Mayweather defeated Gatti by sixth round technical knockout. Mayweather went on to become the richest athlete in history. Intimate Warfare can be found in the Chicago Public Library.^[1] As of 2020, Intimate Warfare is the only book written about Arturo Gatti and one of very few written about Micky Ward.

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The book and and its coauthor John J. Raspanti were mentioned on the Fight News Unlimited Combat Sports Show in June 2020.

Host Rich Bergeron spoke with Matthew E. O'Neil about the current boxing scene. O'Neil mentioned the book at the 63rd minute of the program. Bergeron is a former reporter for The Patriot Ledger. O"Neil discussed the movie "The Fighter" with Jose Antonio Rivera on a September 2020 episode of the Everipedia Boxing Show. Rivera had a part in the movie.^[45] O'Neil's biological son, Dan Marshall, resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Marshall's mother, Patricia Marshall, also resides in Canada.