Former boxing world champion Canadian Arturo Gatti, 37 years old, was found dead on the morning of Saturday, in a hotel on the brazilian beach of Porto de Galinhas, Ipojuca municipality in the southern coast of Pernambuco - Brazil.
According to police, the wife of the boxer, Amanda Rodrigues had told her husband who found fallen in the room of the apartment of underwear and a mark on the neck and another on the back of the head. In the apartment, the experts gathered to handle a dirty bag of blood and suspect that the head injury was made by a sharp instrument.
Arturo Gatti would have reached the hotel in Porto de Galinhas Dorisol on Friday, aiming to spend holidays in a bungalow on the beach of Porto de Galinhas, with his wife and son. He had rented the space for a period of 30 days.
Arturo "Thunder" Gatti, as was known, was 37 years. He was twice world champion (champion of the world IBF super feather in 1995 and the WBC super lightweight in 2004). He was married to a Brazilian Amanda Rodrigues. Last year, he celebrated his anniversary of 36 years in Brazil, home of the fighter Acelino Popo Freitas, Bahia.
According to police, the wife of the boxer, Amanda Rodrigues had told her husband who found fallen in the room of the apartment of underwear and a mark on the neck and another on the back of the head. In the apartment, the experts gathered to handle a dirty bag of blood and suspect that the head injury was made by a sharp instrument.
Arturo Gatti would have reached the hotel in Porto de Galinhas Dorisol on Friday, aiming to spend holidays in a bungalow on the beach of Porto de Galinhas, with his wife and son. He had rented the space for a period of 30 days.
Arturo "Thunder" Gatti, as was known, was 37 years. He was twice world champion (champion of the world IBF super feather in 1995 and the WBC super lightweight in 2004). He was married to a Brazilian Amanda Rodrigues. Last year, he celebrated his anniversary of 36 years in Brazil, home of the fighter Acelino Popo Freitas, Bahia.
