Arturo Gatti Jr., son of the previous two-weight world champion Arturo Gatti, has died on the age of 17.
The son of the Canadian boxing legend was discovered lifeless in an condo in Mexico on Monday.
Chuck Zito, an American actor and stuntman, broke the information on Wednesday, which has since been confirmed. Zito was additionally Gatti Sr.’s bodyguard throughout his Corridor of Fame boxing profession.
Zito said that Gatti Jr. was “discovered hanging in an condo in Mexico yesterday … the identical approach they discovered his father lifeless in an condo in Brazil 16 years in the past,” although an official reason behind loss of life has but to be confirmed on the time of this writing. Gatti Jr. was in Mexico along with his mom and Gatti Sr.’s widow, Amanda Rodrigues, nonetheless it was a neighbor who found his passing.
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The stunning information comes 16 years after Gatti Sr. was equally discovered lifeless, hanged in a Brazilian condo on the age of 39 in 2009. Gatti Sr.’s loss of life was formally dominated a suicide, though Rodrigues — his spouse — was initially suspected of homicide however later cleared following an post-mortem. Thriller nonetheless persists to today surrounding the circumstances of the Corridor of Fame boxer’s loss of life.
Gatti Sr. was a famend fan-favorite, an motion fighter. He was concerned in one of many biggest trilogies of all time, with three epic fights in opposition to Mickey Ward back-to-back within the early 2000s. He additionally shared the ring with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya in his 49-fight run, falling brief on each events.
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Gatti Jr. was a promising younger boxer in his personal proper, who hoped to observe in his well-known late father’s footsteps.
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