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Arturo Gatti Dead | Wife Held | Police Rule Suicide, Wife Released

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  1. JagsFan3223

    JagsFan3223 New Member

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    Former champion Arturo Gatti has been found dead in northeastern Brazil on Saturday, several media outlets are reporting.

    Gatti, 37, was on a second honeymoon with his wife and 10-month-old baby, the CBC reported. Gatti's blood-stained body was found in an apartment in Porto de Galinhas, Brazilian police say.

    A police investigation is underway and foul play is suspected, the CBC reported.

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    AP Photo/Mel EvansArturo Gatti celebrates his win over Thomas Damgaard of Morkov, Denmark in 2006.

    Gatti was found in his underwear, with blood stains on his neck and the back of his head around 6 a.m. Saturday morning, the CBC reported.

    Gatti, who was raied in Montreal, was one of the most successful Canadian boxers in history. He started his professional career in 1991 at age 19.

    He won the United States Boxing Association junior lightweight title and successfully defended it twice and International Boxing Federation's world junior lightweight title.

    Gatti (40-9, 31 KOs) was best known for his all-action style, which was epitomized in his classic trilogy with Micky Ward in 2002 and 2003.

    It's why Gatti was a fixture at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., where he drew huge crowds and fought many times, including the final nine fights of his career.

    In his first fight after the Ward trilogy -- which Gatti won 2-1 -- he captured a world title in his second division, outpointing Gianluca Branco for the vacant WBC junior welterweight title.

    Gatti made two defenses before losing it to Floyd Mayweather Jr. via sixth-round TKO in June 2005. He returned to defeat Thomas Damgaard but lost his final two bouts, a ninth-round TKO in a challenge to then-welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir in July 2006 followed by a one-sided beating from former "Contender" star Alfonso Gomez in July 2007.

    In the dressing room following the seventh-round knockout loss to Gomez, Gatti announced his retirement.

    He had been working in real estate in Montreal following his retirement, but still attended fights, as he did in April for the Timothy Bradley-Kendall Hold junior welterweight unification bout at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
     
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  2. SICK

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    ya saw this on sherdog.....RIP
     
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  3. hammerbillsfan

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    One of the best Canadian boxers ever, RIP Arturo :(
     
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  4. unluckyluciano

    unluckyluciano For My Hero JetsSuck

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    gatti was the man. rip to gatti..................
     
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  5. first&goal

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    RIP Arturo Gatti.
    Always liked him, great boxer with a big heart!
     
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  6. slickj101

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    That's pretty crazy. Gatti was never elite, but he was always gutsy as hell. His fights were always entertaining.

    This sounds like a really strange murder, occuring out of the countryand on his honeymoon.

    He was Italian, not canadian, btw.
     
  7. alen1

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    He's actually both. Born in Italy but has Canadian citizenship I believe.
     
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  8. adamprez2003

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    loved watching his fights. really weird how everyone is dying
     
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  9. NYFinFan

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    Such a shame..:pity:
     
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  10. slickj101

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    No, you're right.

    I just don'y like givig Canada credit for anything that isn't hockey or beer related. :lol:

    Anyways, R.I.P.
     
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  11. late again

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    Three of the best fights I've ever seen.
     
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  12. SICK

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    he was canadas hero before george st pierre :cry: rip
     
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    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p3bFrP8-HM"]YouTube - Arturo Gatti vs Ward greatest fight of all time inspirationa[/ame]
     
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  14. King Felix

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    damn, RIP............
     
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  15. JagsFan3223

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    Arturo Gatti is a Legend in the Sport of Boxing
     
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    Well away from here
    ****ty.

    Is it just me, or are there a bunch of people dying nowadays?
     
  17. first&goal

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    You are right bro to many good people. Thanks for the vid was awesome.
     
  18. brandon27

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    Unreal... I couldnt believe it last night when I saw this on tv.. Such a shame.. One hell of a crazy fighter he was. The amount of abuse he would take in a fight, and the amount he would shell out was just incredible... gutsy as hell.

    Such a shame..

    RIP Gatti...
     
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  19. FinSane

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    One of my all-time favorite boxers. I watched all his bouts with Ward. Ill miss him dearly.
     
  20. Muck

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    Police accuse Gatti's wife of murder

    His 23-year old wife gave contradicting reports to the police. She is currently in custody. Per ESPN, prosecutors have yet to charge her, but police have formally accused her of the crime.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4322072&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines
     
  21. Sethdaddy8

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    damn shame
     
  22. NaboCane

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    Police accuse wife in death of boxing champ Gatti

    http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=ap-gatti-death&prov=ap&type=lgns

    Bad week to be a former sports figure and have a crazy wife or girlfriend.
     
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  23. opfinistic

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    Peeking in Nabo's Basement
  24. NaboCane

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    No ****.
     
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  25. Muck

    Muck Throwback Uniform Crusader Retired Administrator

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    Merged this thread from the Lounge for the sake of discussion. :)
     
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  27. Nappy Roots

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    holy ****! i dont think its possible to strangle yourself unless your hanging from something. you would just pass out and your hands would release. this makes no sense! theres something else to the story!
     
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  29. unluckyluciano

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    this reminds me of tha tguy that commited suicide by shooting himself in the back of the head............
     
  30. HardKoreXXX

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    I actually studied a case where a woman wrote a note a month before killing herself claiming she was afraid for her life and that her husband was going to kill her. She used a shotgun to shoot herself in the chest.

    Luckily forensics, and some holes and oddities in the note proved her husband was innocent.
     

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