Ex-boxing champ Gatti found dead at 37 (AP)

Courtesy Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Sat, 07/11/2009 - 16:20

FILE - In this July 14, 2007 file photo, Alfonso Gomez, right, of Whittier, Calif., ducks out of the way of a punch from Arturo Gatti during the fifth round of a boxing match in Atlantic City, N.J.<br /><br />Officials say Gatti has been found dead in a hotel room at the seaside resort of Porto de Galinhas in northeastern Brazil on Saturday, July 11, 2009, where he arrived on Friday with his wife and one-year-old son.<br /><br />The spokesman said it was unclear how Gatti died. He was 37.

Former boxing champion Arturo Gatti, one of the most exciting fighters of his generation, was found dead in a hotel room in the posh seaside resort of Porto de Galihnas early Saturday.

Police investigator Edilson Alves told The Associated Press that the body of the former junior welterweight champ was discovered in his hotel room at the tourist resort, where Gatti had arrived on Friday with his...


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