Arturo Thunder Gatti has passed away

[Oddessa]

Arturo Thunder Gatti was found dead today in Brazil according to French news network radio canada.

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

Fuk me. I loved Arturo. One of greatest fighters I ever had pleasure of meeting.

Just ruined my UFC saturday.

RIP and prayers for his friends and family.

 

[Oddessa]

CBC News
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.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/07/11/gatt-dead.html

 

[Ghost Kid]

R.I.P. THUNDER
:sadwave:

 

[gardenweasel]

i immediately thought of irish micky ward.....and that frightful beatdown he put on joey gamache after gaining 19 pounds after the weigh-in...

(video of the fight)

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=199446

very sad(yet again)....

 

[kegray1]

Hell of a way to go out.
In his underwear only.
Rough

 

[kegray1]

And I wouldn't say he passed away.
More like he was murdered. Police say probably foul play and bleeding from the head.
Sounds like a break in gone wrong.

 

[Romi]

What a TERRIBLE TERRIBLE loss. He was one of greatest entertaining action fighters I've ever seen. Gatti/Ward I was one of my all time favorites. RIP CHAMP.
final 10 count

 

[gardenweasel]

What a TERRIBLE TERRIBLE loss. He was one of greatest entertaining action fighters I've ever seen. Gatti/Ward I was one of my all time favorites. RIP CHAMP.
final 10 count

hbo should do something for the gatti family...they made their bones off gatti for a fair stretch there......

 

[THE_THONG]

rip

he gave the fans everything, prolly too much of his health

 

[Oddessa]

And I wouldn't say he passed away.
More like he was murdered. Police say probably foul play and bleeding from the head.
Sounds like a break in gone wrong.

thanx..... I'll be more precise next time I post a heartbreaking and tragic death of a great human being.

 

[weepaul]

RIP Arturo!!!

Thanks for the memories!!!

I HATE hearing shit like this

 

[muhr]

terrible news

rip

 

[Ghost Kid]

Arturo Gatti's Wife Appears To Be Murder Suspect
http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=20965

The story seems to be getting worse....wife may have done it.....

 

[THE_THONG]

damn :scared

second honeymoon there

 

[matt19780]

no way man, something just aint right here???

 

[Zerwas]

thats sad news.

I have never been a huge gatti fun, but he sure was a likeable guy and a true warrior!

 

[kegray1]

thanx..... I'll be more precise next time I post a heartbreaking and tragic death of a great human being.

Sorry didn't mean it in a bad way towards your post.
I had not heard the news and was like aw man don't tell me he over dosed or something.
To me being murdered is different than passing away.

Sad news.
Looks like they were both jealous people which is never a good thing in love.
Sounds like she strangled him with her purse.
He must have been really drunk to get over powered by a 23 year old woman.

 

[Kramden]

Yeah, wife is now a suspect. I just heard she is being held.

 

[Oddessa]

Sorry didn't mean it in a bad way towards your post.
I had not heard the news and was like aw man don't tell me he over dosed or something.
To me being murdered is different than passing away.

No harm no foul.

I was just little over emotional because I knew him and his family dating back to 1994 at the Friar Tuck inn , in NYS..

I was a little rattled and really didnt know how to word the title. When I saw other news reports just saying he was 'dead', I felt hurt, shocked , and the writers seemed incensitive and morbid.
Not embarrrassed to say I was I holding back some tears. I can say of every boxer I ever had pleasure of meeting and hanging out with, Arturo and brother Joe Gatti were 2 of the nicest people I had pleasure of knowing. Sorry for coming on strong, I was still in shock. They broke the mold of fighters with heart and charisma after AG. May Arturo RIP.

Peace guys.

-JO

 

[kegray1]

Sorry for your loss.
He had a huge following which means he was doing things right both in and out of the ring and was always game in any fight even late in his career when he was over matched.
I never heard any negative press on this guy until his problems with this woman. That seems pretty rare in sports these days.