Overview

• The World Boxing Association announced the 17-year-old was found dead in Mexico, where he had been living.
• Trainer Moe Latif said on social media the news was not a rumor and that Gatti Jr. had died.
• Authorities have not identified a cause of death, and reports suggesting suicide are unconfirmed.
• Gatti Jr. was regarded as a promising prospect who began boxing at six, fought in amateur bouts, and had guidance from Mike Tyson.
• His death evokes the 2009 case of his father, two-time world champion Arturo Gatti, whose death in Brazil was later ruled a suicide.