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Arturo Gatti Jr., 17, Found Dead in Mexico City as Authorities Probe Suspected Suicide

The rising amateur boxer was preparing for Golden Gloves with plans to turn professional.

Overview

  • Mexico City authorities have opened an investigation and are treating the death as a possible suicide.
  • Gatti Jr. was found in the apartment he shared with his mother, Amanda Rodrigues.
  • The news first surfaced via a social media post by Chuck Zito.
  • Family trainer Moe Latif confirmed the death and requested privacy for the family.
  • His father, former champion Arturo “Thunder” Gatti, died in Brazil in 2009 in a case later archived as suicide and reviewed in 2011 without evidence of homicide.