Arturo Gatti - DEAD

[Dan G]

A Portuguese news site has broken the story.

He was found dead in his apartment.

Go translate, http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Brasil/0,,MUL1226570-5598,00.html

[Snoogans]

its brazillian news

[Dan G]

its brazillian news

Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking.

Looks like he was murdered though.

His wiki has been updated, but that's the only other site confirming his death.

[Shane Peterson]

Pretty shocking. I know boxing isn't as big as it used to be but I remember reading some good stuff about him in Sports Illustrated. This won't get a blip of coverage, unfortunately.

[Dan G]

First US story.

http://www.boxingscene.com/index.php?m=show&id=20961

[Hottub]

Gatti was a warrior. A true boxer.
Sure he took his lumps, but he was a Champion!!
He would never say die.

Until today.:glurps:

RIP, Champ.:glurps:

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[Hottub]

The People's Boxer. A Jersey Boy!

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[lleeder]

Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking.

Looks like he was murdered though.

His wiki has been updated, but that's the only other site confirming his death.

http://sharetv.org/images/quincy_me-show.jpg


It was MUR-DER!!!!!!!!! I need to find a girl named Abigail. She's in serious danger.

[Gvac]

http://sharetv.org/images/quincy_me-show.jpg


It was MUR-DER!!!!!!!!! I need to find a girl named Abigail. She's in serious danger.

I hear they're trying to force her into a codeine overdose!

And as for Gatti, this is a shame.

He was a close friend of a customer of mine and I met him twice. A really nice guy and a fun fighter to watch. What he lacked in skill and finesse he more than compensated for with guts and heart.

[Kevin]

Link (http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2009/07/11/2009-07-11_arturo_gatti_former_boxer_found_dead_on_honeymo on_in_brazil.html)

Former champion Arturo Gatti, who was scheduled to testify in a trial in New York this week in a lawsuit filed against the New York State Athletic commission by former opponent Joey Gamache, has been found dead in northeastern Brazil, according to several reports.

Gatti, 37, was on a second honeymoon with his wife and 10-month-old baby when his blood-stained body was found in an apartment in Porto de Galinhas, the Canadian Broadcasting Company reported.

A police investigation is underway and foul play is suspected, the CBC reported. Gatti was found in his underwear, with blood stains on his neck and the back of his head at about 6 a.m. Saturday morning, according to the the CBC.

.... A good ol fashion whacking?

[lleeder]

Link (http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2009/07/11/2009-07-11_arturo_gatti_former_boxer_found_dead_on_honeymo on_in_brazil.html)

Former champion Arturo Gatti, who was scheduled to testify in a trial in New York this week in a lawsuit filed against the New York State Athletic commission by former opponent Joey Gamache, has been found dead in northeastern Brazil, according to several reports.

Gatti, 37, was on a second honeymoon with his wife and 10-month-old baby when his blood-stained body was found in an apartment in Porto de Galinhas, the Canadian Broadcasting Company reported.

A police investigation is underway and foul play is suspected, the CBC reported. Gatti was found in his underwear, with blood stains on his neck and the back of his head at about 6 a.m. Saturday morning, according to the the CBC.

.... A good ol fashion whacking?

how'd your parents die?

[cougarjake13]

damn


not good to be famous here lately

[lleeder]

this will all look like shit when its merged with the first thread

[RhinoInVT]

again? (http://ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=82209)

[hanso]

Could be trannys.
Remember the big soccer player got his ass handed to him over there?

[Contra]

Damn the NY state athletics commission has some south american connections

[cougarjake13]

wow


3 threads about him dying



guess hes more popular than mj

[lleeder]

Dan G is gonna be so mad when he hears about this

[lleeder]

Don't tell Kevin about this he'll never recover.

[Contra]

When I first saw the thread title I thought his nose had caved into his face.

[Dan G]

Dan G is gonna be so mad when he hears about this

Grrrrrr :furious:

[DolaMight]

I ran into him on the street in montz a couple years ago, he stopped to talk for a while, such a nice guy. Sounded like rocky.

If you were to put together a alltime boxing highlight reel Gatti would have made many appearances. He was an entertainer, boxing isn't about belts it's about PPV, and Gatti knew the formula. RIP.

[Snoogans]

not to say anything bad about the guy personally, cause its a shame what happened. But as a boxer, he fuckin sucked. He didnt know how to box, he just fought, and that made his fights and the guys he was fighting look better and more exciting.

[hammersavage]

His fights with Mickey Ward are the reason I say that MMA isn't nearly as good as boxing. Those fights were epic.

[Snoogans]

His fights with Mickey Ward are the reason I say that MMA isn't nearly as good as boxing. Those fights were epic.

yea, they were. Because both guys sucked and didnt block anything

[Dude!]

great...
now we can look forward
to his relatives capitalizing
with a new tv series

growing up gatti

[Fallon]

It was muuuuuuuuuuuurder!!!! (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090713/ap_on_sp_bo_ne/box_gatti_death_10)

What's with these chicks killing athletes anymore.

[sr71blackbird]

Beware of ANYONE from Brazil!

[nate1000]

RIP, champ.

Very sad news.

[Contra]

not to say anything bad about the guy personally, cause its a shame what happened. But as a boxer, he fuckin sucked. He didnt know how to box, he just fought, and that made his fights and the guys he was fighting look better and more exciting.

Someone should make a montage video titled "The Bloody Noses Of Arturo Gatti"

[Aggie]

What kind of fighter can get strangled by a girl. With a purse strap?

[Kevin]

What kind of fighter can get strangled by a girl. With a purse strap?

Like Macnair, he was asleep..

[Aggie]

Like Macnair, he was asleep..

But strangulation is totally different from being shot in the head. You would wake up once the air was cut off, no? And it takes a damn long time to kill someone by strangulation. It's just surprising.

[Fallon]

But strangulation is totally different from being shot in the head. You would wake up once the air was cut off, no? And it takes a damn long time to kill someone by strangulation. It's just surprising.

I think he was drunk, maybe passed out.

[Whitey]

I remember a few years ago in Hoboken someone broke into his car while he was training and all they got were the best of Englebert Humperdinck Cd's. RIP Arturo .

[hanso]

This just in from the AP/google news

SAO PAULO — An autopsy indicates former boxing champion Arturo Gatti may have committed suicide, been accidentally killed or murdered, according to a Brazilian newspaper that said it obtained a copy of the coroner's initial findings.


Well That should clear things up.



Associated Press Writer Bradley Brooks in Rio de Janeiro contributed to this report.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

[Contra]

This just in from the AP/google news

SAO PAULO — An autopsy indicates former boxing champion Arturo Gatti may have committed suicide, been accidentally killed or murdered, according to a Brazilian newspaper that said it obtained a copy of the coroner's initial findings.


Well That should clear things up.



Associated Press Writer Bradley Brooks in Rio de Janeiro contributed to this report.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Its Sao Paulo, what did you expect? They don't exactly have Hill Harper.

[Snoogans]

Maybe he was just tryin to jerk off

[hammersavage]

Maybe he was just tryin to jerk off

well, his wife was cleared and it was ruled a suicide. why you would have a purse strap around your neck unless you were trying to jerk off, I don't understand.

[Earlshog]

http://z.about.com/d/crime/1/0/G/7/gottiIrv.jpg





gonna miss you big man... RIP

[Earlshog]

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/08/boxing_champ_arturo_gattis_dea.html

Boxing champ Arturo Gatti's death was not suicide, private investigator says

[spoon]

It'll be interesting to see their findings, but can anything actually come from them in the US?