arturo gatti

Boxer Arturo Gatti's body was exhumed Friday to allow the Quebec coroner's office to perform a new autopsy at his family's request.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- A Brazilian police investigation has determined that the death of boxer Arturo Gatti was a suicide and a court has ordered the release of his wife, who was once suspected of killing him.

MONTREAL (AP) -- A funeral for former boxing champion Arturo Gatti will be held Monday in his adopted hometown of Montreal.

MONTREAL - A funeral service will be held Monday morning in Montreal for former boxing champion Arturo Gatti..

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The wife accused of killing slain boxer Arturo Gatti has told The Associated Press in a jailhouse letter she is innocent and it will be proven soon.

HBO Sports will commemorate the career of Arturo Gatti with special replay (this coming weekend) of one of boxing's all-time great trilogies.

It looks like the wife of former welterweight champion Arturo Gatti, Amanda Rodrigues, will be charged with premediated murder.

From reports, it seems the couple had a physically violent relationship.

SAO PAULO (AP) -- Brazilian authorities have detained the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti and formally accused her of killing him at a posh seaside tourist resort in Brazil.

Brazilian authorities are detaining Amanda Carina Barbosa Rodrigues, 23, the wife of former world boxing champion Arturo Gatti as a suspect in his killing.

The 37-year old Gatti was taking a vacation in Brazil and was found dead Saturday in a hotel with strangulation marks.

Homicide experts are investigating. The fight 5'7 brawler had a cult-like following in New Jersey. He was the former IBF super-featherweight, WBC light-welterweight, and WBC junior welterweight champion.

SAO PAULO (AP) -- Brazilian authorities say they have detained the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti as a suspect following his death at a posh seaside resort in Brazil.