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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES on July 11, 2009, 02:28:27 PM
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Former world boxing champion Arturo Gatti, who was raised in Montreal, has been found dead in northeastern Brazil.
On a second honeymoon with his wife and 10-month-old baby, Gatti's blood-stained body was found in an apartment in Porto de Galinhas, Brazilian police say.
A police investigation is underway, but few details are being released. Foul play is suspected in the death.
Gatti's body was found at around 6 a.m. Saturday morning. He was found in his underwear, with blood stains on his neck and the back of his head.
Nicknamed "Thunder," Gatti was one of the most successful Canadian boxers in history. Beginning his professional career in 1991 at age 19, he scored a third-round knockout in his first bout.
Three years later he captured the United States Boxing Association junior lightweight title and successfully defended it twice. He earned the International Boxing Federation's world junior lightweight title the following year.
Born in Italy but raised in Montreal, the 37-year-old Gatti retired two years ago.
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RIP
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damn wtf, Gatti- Ward was the most classic shit ever. RIP
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damn that is crazy.
RIP
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:'(
I didn't want to believe this when I seen it a couple hrs ago. (On another site)
(Was hoping it was just a rumor)
R.I.P. Champ
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rip
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RIP Gatti, let's celebrate your life by replaying the greatest round of your life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/AZP-IfSZxl0
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MAn RIP Sad to see a hometown boy go...
He did so much for Boxing in Montreal and to promote it in the united states.
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damn wtf, Gatti- Ward was the most classic shit ever. RIP
yea, RIP :'(
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MAn RIP Sad to see a hometown boy go...
He did so much for Boxing in Montreal and to promote it in the united states.
yeah, sad to see him go.
But i dont know how much he did for promoting Montreal boxing in the US. His intros always claimed he faught out of Jersey lol
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damn wtf, Gatti- Ward was the most classic shit ever. RIP
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damn wtf, Gatti- Ward was the most classic shit ever. RIP
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when i heard this on the radio i was like wtf! r.i.p
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MAn RIP Sad to see a hometown boy go...
He did so much for Boxing in Montreal and to promote it in the united states.
yeah, sad to see him go.
But i dont know how much he did for promoting Montreal boxing in the US. His intros always claimed he faught out of Jersey lol
yeah he did relocate thats true but he is still from here you know..
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On tsn.ca they are saying now it could be his wife that killed him...
Wha the fuck is going on with hese females.
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wow fuck a bitch. First McNair and now Gatti :-\ it def. looks like Gatti wife killed him.
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Summer time is killing season. Open game on anyone who is a celebrity
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What I don't understand is if everything is what it seems and this bitch choked him out with a purse strap, he was a tough motherfucker, how come he couldn't overpower her to stop her? something is fishy.
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They're saying he was drunk, she could have attacked him in his sleep too. Crazy bitches these days man, watch out
SAO PAULO -- The wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti was detained as a suspect by Brazilian authorities Sunday following his death at a posh seaside resort.
Police said 23-year-old Amanda Rodrigues was taken into custody after contradictions in her interrogation. Gatti's body was found early Saturday in a hotel room at the Porto de Galinhas resort in northeastern Brazil.
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 had a head injury.
The investigation was not complete, but Saraiva said authorities were preparing to present a formal accusation against Rodrigues, who denied being involved in her husband's death.
Police said Rodrigues, a Brazilian, could not explain how she spent nearly 10 hours in the room without noticing that Gatti was already dead.
Police were investigating witness reports that the couple fought and Gatti was drunk when he returned to his room Friday night, Saraiva said, adding that police were told the pair were extremely jealous of each other and that he constantly complained of her clothing when she traveled to Brazil.
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."
The couple's 1-year-old son, who was unhurt, was with 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 junior welterweight title in 1995, when he defeated Tracy Harris Patterson in Atlantic City.
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fuckin bitches man
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You know, that's what happens when you get these young gf's.. They don't know how to act...
Where the blood come from if she strangled him?
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You know, that's what happens when you get these young gf's.. They don't know how to act...
Where the blood come from if she strangled him?
it says he also had a injury on his head
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Anyone got a picture of this chick?
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What a stupid cunt
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Yo form now on no bitches under 25
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thats fucking sad,fuck that bitch :-\
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They're saying suicide via hanging now...
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They're saying suicide via hanging now...
I think that's bullshit, this whole story sounds so fishy. Was he found hanging, or was it the purse strap? I guess the family is trying to get an autopsy in Canada now.
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This is some shady shit.
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They're saying suicide via hanging now...
I think that's bullshit, this whole story sounds so fishy. Was he found hanging, or was it the purse strap? I guess the family is trying to get an autopsy in Canada now.
i hope they get one
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http://www.youtube.com/v/9myAkp28wT4&hl=en&fs=1&
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This is some shady shit.
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so it was suicide....? ???
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so it was suicide....? ???
apparently thats what they ruled it as. But the story seems so weird.
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so it was suicide....? ???
apparently thats what they ruled it as. But the story seems so weird.
yea...I mean how was she in the hotel for that long period of time not knowing he was dead? :D LOL