Arturo Gatti Found Dead in Hotel Room

[Surfah]

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4321150

Sad. For any boxing fans or even just casual fans, Gatti was one of the most entertaining fighters ever. The guy kept punching and punching. He also blocked most punches with his face. Google Ward-Gatti and see some of the most amazing boxing matches ever.

[il Padrino Ute]

I don't recall another year during which as many celebrity types have passed away as this year.

[pellegrino]

I don't recall another year during which as many celebrity types have passed away as this year.

or perhaps this month

[il Padrino Ute]

or perhaps this month

Yes, this month specifically.

[Guest]

The Gatti-Ward trillogy: some of the best fights ever on HBO

(skip to the 1:00 mark)

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[Guest]

lol. I visited a few NJ and NY news sites for recreation (Gatti was huge in Southern NJ and segments of NY) and found this classic 'NJ' comment on a news site...

Posted by WastedYears on 07/11/09 at 11:20PM

First the kid who was kidnapped to Brazil by his mother. Now Gatti is dead in Brazil and his wife is Brazilian.

I'm staying the hell out of strip clubs until all this stuff gets sorted out

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/200...p.html#4289532

ok.

[Drunk Tank]

Police accuse Gatti's wife of killing him!

Fanhouse story

SAO PAULO (July 12) -- Brazilian authorities detained the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti and formally accused her Sunday of killing him at a posh seaside tourist resort in Brazil.

Police said 23-year-old Amanda Rodrigues was taken into custody after contradictions in her interrogation and presented a formal accusation against her. Prosecutors will later decide whether she will be charged.
Rodrigues, who denies any involvement in her husband's death, was the first to find the slain boxer's body early Saturday inside the vacation apartment they were renting at the Porto de Galinhas resort in northeastern Brazil, police said.
The former junior welterweight champion was apparently strangled with the strap of a purse, which was found at the scene with blood stains, said Milena Saraiva, a spokeswoman for the Pernambuco state civil police. She told The Associated Press that the Canadian also sustained a head injury.
Police said Rodrigues, a Brazilian, could not explain how she spent nearly 10 hours inside the residence without noticing that Gatti was already dead.
Rodrigues told police she had a fight with Gatti after dinner Friday night and he pushed her to the ground during the altercation, causing her to sustain minor injuries to her elbow and chin. She told authorities Gatti was drunk and that a third party likely committed the crime after he went to the apartment by himself.

Witnesses had reported to police that the couple fought and that Gatti was drunk.
Authorities were told the couple was extremely jealous of each other and that Gatti constantly complained about her clothing when she traveled to Brazil, Saraiva said.
Acelino "Popo'' Freitas, a four-time world champion Brazilian boxer, told Globo TV's Web site on Saturday that he was a close friend of Gatti and his wife and that he "knew they were having some sort of problem and were about to separate.''
They had planned to spend one month in Brazil on vacation.
The couple's 1-year-old son, who was unhurt, was handed to Rodrigues' sister, Saraiva said.
The 37-year-old Gatti, whose epic trilogy with Micky Ward branded him one of the most exciting fighters of his generation, retired in 2007 with a career record of 40-9 and 31 knockouts.
Known for his straightforward punching and granite-like chin, Gatti captured the super featherweight title in 1995, when he defeated Tracy Harris Patterson in Atlantic City, N.J. He won the junior welterweight title in 2004.