Arturo Gatti Jr., Son of Boxing Legend, dies at 17
Arturo Gatti Jr., the son of former boxing world champion Arturo Gatti, has died in Mexico at the age of 17. The tragic news comes years after the untimely death of his father, leaving the boxing community reeling from another loss.
Gatti Jr. was with his mother, Amanda Rodrigues Gatti, in Mexico, and his uncle, Latif Rodrigues, was reportedly en route to join them as his son prepared to begin his professional boxing career. The circumstances surrounding his death have not yet been released. The loss echoes the grief felt when Arturo Gatti Sr. died in 2009, and marks a devastating blow to a family deeply rooted in the sport.
Born ten months after his father’s death in Brazil – a death later ruled a suicide - Gatti jr. carried a powerful legacy. He openly embraced the potential to follow in his father’s footsteps, expressing a desire to replicate the ferocious style that made arturo Gatti Sr. a beloved figure in boxing.
“I would like to have a career like my father,” Gatti Jr. said in 2019. “Our styles are very similar.I have the same warrior side as him.”
The boxing world mourns the loss of a young life cut short, and the unrealized potential of a promising athlete carrying on a celebrated family name.
