Arturo Gatti

“How to Live” Dear friends…  Many of you may not know much of boxing, but it’s something I’ve loved for a long time?  Sometimes, just because we know not something; it just can’t void out the importance, the credence involved in it, whatever it may be? This article is a tribute in all honesty, and not just one fighter, who they called “Arturo Gatti, Blood n’ Guts, Thunder Gatti, but all fighters who are unstoppable and like Gatti!  Just saw the movie, “The Fighter” with “Mark Whalberg...Read Full Story

Arturo Gatti was remembered as a big-hearted, star fighter at his funeral Monday, drawing a standing ovation from mourners when his mother received a championship belt from the World Boxing Council. More than 1,000 mourners packed Notre Dame de la Defense church in the heart of Montreal's Italian community to pay respects to the 37-year-old boxer who was found dead July 11 at a Brazilian resort. "He had the same personality when he was boxing the ring, and in his life he gave it his all...Read Full Story

A second autopsy in Canada on the late Arturo "Thunder" Gatti found that the Italian-Canadian boxer died by hanging, not strangling, the Montreal-based daily La Presse reported Saturday. Gatti, a former world boxing champion, was found dead July 11 in an apartment he was renting with his family in the northern Brazilian city of Recife. He was 37. Police initially arrested his Brazilian wife, Amanda Rodrigues, on suspicion of strangling him with her handbag strap as he slept following a...Read Full Story

A Brazilian judge says Arturo Gatti's wife will remain in jail despite an autopsy report raising doubts about suspicions that she strangled the former boxing champion. The lawyer for the 23-year-old Amanda Rodrigues, Gatti's wife, petitioned for her release. Judge Fausto Campos in Recife denied her release request, but said Monday her petition must be examined by a three-judge panel, probably next week. Rodrigues was jailed shortly after Gatti's July 11 death in a seaside resort. She was...Read Full Story

A funeral for former boxing champion Arturo Gatti will be held Monday in his adopted hometown of Montreal. Gatti was found dead in the apartment he was renting with wife Amanda Rodrigues in the Brazilian seaside resort of Porto de Galinhas last Saturday. A bloody purse strap was found near his body and police have arrested Rodrigues on suspicion of strangling the former two-division champion. Autopsy results have not been released, but police believe Rodrigues acted alone. She maintains her...Read Full Story