{"id":197947,"date":"2025-10-08T19:08:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/arturo-gatti-jr-cause-of-death-son-of-boxing-legend-passes-away-at-17\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T19:08:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:08:06","slug":"arturo-gatti-jr-cause-of-death-son-of-boxing-legend-passes-away-at-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/arturo-gatti-jr-cause-of-death-son-of-boxing-legend-passes-away-at-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Arturo Gatti Jr. Cause of Death: Son of Boxing Legend Passes Away at 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Aruturo Gatti Jr. \u2014 an aspiring boxer and the son of boxing legend Arturo Gatti \u2014 has passed away at the age of 17.<\/p>\n<p>Gatti was found dead in Mexico on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>News of his passing comes courtesy of a statement from the elder Gatti\u2019s former bodyguard, actor Chuck Zito:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-2.49.29-PM-1024x756.png\" alt=\"Arturo Gatti Jr., son of boxing legend Arturo Gatti, has passed away at the age of 17.\" class=\"wp-image-537257 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-2.49.29-PM-1024x756.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-2.49.29-PM-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-2.49.29-PM-768x567.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-2.49.29-PM-960x708.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-2.49.29-PM.png 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-2.49.29-PM.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arturo Gatti Jr., son of boxing legend Arturo Gatti, has passed away at the age of 17.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-family-friend-reveals-arturo-gatti-jr-s-cause-of-death\">Family friend reveals Arturo Gatti Jr.\u2019s cause of death<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s with a heavy heart that I have to say,\u2026. R.I.P. to 17-year-old ARTURO GATTI JR., Zito wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Gatti died by suicide, but that claim has not been corroborated by any other sources.<\/p>\n<p>According to Zito, Gatti Jr, was found \u201cthe same way they found his Father dead in an apartment in Brazil 16 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy condolences to Arturo Gatti Seniors \u2013 Mom, Sisters, Brothers, and his daughter Sophia,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPjVH8BgP0H\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>The news was later confirmed by Gatti\u2019s boxing coach, Moe Latif:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unfortunately not a rumor or a joke. Arturo is gone,\u201d Latif wrote, according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/arturo-gatti-jr-son-of-late-boxing-legend-found-dead-at-17-11826694\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People<\/a><\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d appreciate if you stop reaching out at this time,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-tragic-family-history\">A tragic family history<\/h2>\n<p>Gatti Jr. was just one year old when <a href=\"http:\/\/thehollywoodgossip.com\/2009\/07\/amanda-rodrigues-accused-of-killing-arturo-gatti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his father was found dead<\/a> under mysterious circumstances in July 2009 in Porto de Galinhas, Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>While the elder Gatti\u2019s death was ruled a suicide, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/arturo-gatti-jr-17-found-dead-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Ring<\/a><\/em> magazine reports that an examination by renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden revealed that Gatti did not hang himself.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Arturo Gatti looks on against Floyd Mayweather Jr. during the WBC Super Lightweight Championship fight at Boardwalk Hall on June 25, 2005 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. \" class=\"wp-image-537258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Arturo Gatti looks on against Floyd Mayweather Jr. during the WBC Super Lightweight Championship fight at Boardwalk Hall on June 25, 2005 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. \" class=\"wp-image-537258 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-53328286-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arturo Gatti looks on against Floyd Mayweather Jr. during the WBC Super Lightweight Championship fight at Boardwalk Hall on June 25, 2005 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Al Bello\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Zito\u2019s Instagram post, commenters offered condolences to the family while expressing utter shock and bafflement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can this happen again?? So sad I love his dad !! True warrior!\u201d one commenter wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCheck in on your family and friends from time to time friends, you never know the demons people fight everyday and the sweetest people are usually the ones going through things, May God bless the Gatti family,\u201d another added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo words can say how my heart aches hearing this. RIP BABY BOY,\u201d a third offered.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts go out to the Gatti family during this enormously difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts, call or text 988, or chat at <a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">988lifeline.org<\/a> 24 hours a day, seven days a week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/10\/arturo-gatti-jr-cause-of-death-son-of-boxing-legend-passes-away-at-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Aruturo Gatti Jr. \u2014 an aspiring boxer and the son of boxing legend Arturo Gatti \u2014 has passed away at the age of 17. Gatti was found dead in Mexico on Monday afternoon. 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