Arturo Gatti's death ruled a suicide.

[Bluehorseshoe]

Are you kidding me??? He went away on vacation to commit suicide. That makes sense.

[jjgold]

They protected their own

of course wife did it


She is Brazilian and no way they would charge her.

They can care less about him.

[Reload]

That's just laughable.

[Matt Rain]

Unbelievable. Apparently they were very jealous of each other. If you ask me, they were probably cheating on each other a lot too. Gatti was a huge party animal and his wife is hot as hell.

Not saying a suicide is impossible... jealousy will make you do crazy things... but it seems so unlikely.

****ed up shit.

[moses millsap]

She gets away with murder. Unreal.

[Afrot69]

u think the wife was jealous so she killed him. it seems like he would be jealous of her cause she is slamming hottie

[jjgold]

Brazil is corrupt as they come, man she got away with murder.

[pavyracer]

They protected their own

of course wife did it


She is Brazilian and no way they would charge her.

They can care less about him.

He is Brazilian too.

[Matt Rain]

He is Brazilian too.

No pavy. He was a filthy Italo-quebecer.

[MilfDriller]

what?

he committed suicide with his wife's purse? did I hear that correctly?

going to check the news on this. surely this is a joke

[pavyracer]

No pavy. He was a filthy Italo-quebecer.

Don't ask me why but I was thinking of Thiago Alves when I made that comment.

[MilfDriller]

so he was drunk and hanged himself by her purse strap? yeah right

he was probably so drunk she coerced him into standing into the noose... then bam

not only that, but the whole was premeditated... she waits for the trip to Brazil where she can get away with it..

simply unreal. OJ part deux

[gym rat]

Some Government Official just made some coin!! Easy Money Baby!!

[Hirtcha]

uhm

I would go to Jamaica if I was going to kill myself. Just saying

[jjgold]

Is this actually a joke?

[Slim]

so he was drunk and hanged himself by her purse strap? yeah right

he was probably so drunk she coerced him into standing into the noose... then bam

not only that, but the whole was premeditated... she waits for the trip to Brazil where she can get away with it..

simply unreal. OJ part deux

I hope someone in the Gatti family has Arturo's back. This is just bullshit no fukkin way he killed himself especially using his wife's purse strap. This bitch must've fukked every guy at the police station to get her way.

[Bluehorseshoe]

If you ask me, it's just a matter of time before she gets whacked. There's no way she's walking away from this unharmed.

90% of boxing is connected.

[pavyracer]

Will she collect the life insurance policy and all his money if it's deemed suicide?

[hoopster42]

Will she collect the life insurance policy and all his money if it's deemed suicide?

yes, but it will take longer than if it was ruled homicide (by someone else) or some other cause. w/suicide, it takes longer.

[hoopster42]

common sense 101 should tell us that the FIRST info leaked by police about the crime scene was much more likely the correct info, ie, gatti found on the ground, purse strap next to him, blood around him, cut/abrasion/bruise with blood on it on the back of his head suggesting he was hit with something first, then strangled as he slept or was unconscious from the blow.

the 'new' story has a much much better chance of being complete bullshit than the previous story as there was time to conconct it............no time to concoct 'the facts' right away from the crime scene, but plenty of time for the coroner to get paid off, get sucked off, get threatened, what-have-you

i lean very strongly to the conclusion that gatti was murdered than this new suicide story

[MilfDriller]

just a shame.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Wow, what a bunch of horseshit. He commits suicide by hitting himself in the back of the head (Is that even possible?), then he strangles himself with her purse. How the hell can you strangle yourself? It's technically impossible. I could see if he hung himself but strangle... Get the fuk out of here.

Someone else posted here the day he died that she would get off scott free in Brazil. This is worst than OJ.

[donthalfstep]

what no way

man i dont know about that.

[Slim]

The United States needs to do something here.

[paco]

The United States needs to do something here.

Why? Isnt the US in every single countries shit already? Obama needs to clean our own toilet b4 trying to clean other ppls shit!!

[hoopster42]

The United States needs to do something here.

i agree. you can bet that if gatti had life insurance, the company will fight to get a fair ruling on what happened..............and the probate court from the united states probably has some power here too. gatti's family, if they have any kind of money, should step in and pay for an independent investigation as well. something really stinks and the smell is coming straight out of brazil.

[paco]

Its ppl like u that complain of war but expect the US to butt in everybody's business. Thats why we are the most hated country in the world!

[hoopster42]

the US protects it's citizens overseas, and i would not want it any other way. this is not about war, paco, this is about a botched criminal investigation

[Mac4Lyfe]

I agree... We have to protect our citizens when they are abroad. Else folks will just randomly kill US folks for the hell of it. We need to extradite her ass, if necessary. He goes on vacation to commit suicide??? BS

[jjgold]

the US protects it's citizens overseas, and i would not want it any other way. this is not about war, paco, this is about a botched criminal investigation

[paco]

I didnt think he was US citizen. In that case, yes, step in.

[Bluehorseshoe]

Outraged family and friends of two-time boxing champ Arturo Gatti returned a unanimous decision Thursday after his shocking death was ruled a suicide: Brazilian cops are dead wrong.

"I don't accept for one second that he killed himself," said an angry Lou DiBella, a boxing promoter and Gatti pal of nearly two decades.

"I don't believe it for a second. "I believe my friend was murdered by his wife."

In a stunning reversal, Brazilian authorities cleared Gatti's ex-stripper wife, Amanda Rodrigues, in the boxer's death after she had spent nearly three weeks behind bars.

A judge in her native Brazil ordered Rodrigues' immediate release.

Rodrigues, 23, was jailed a day after Gatti's body was found July 11 inside a seaside resort hotel where the battling couple was spending a second honeymoon.

Police first said she used a purse strap to strangle the never-say-die fighter as he slept after a night of hard drinking. Gatti also suffered a knife wound to the back of the head, officials said.

Brazilian authorities would not explain the 180-degree swing in their investigation.

Rodrigues told The Associated Press Gatti was depressed and afraid she might dump him after the couple fought hours before his death.

Gatti's family, left reeling by the suicide ruling, didn't swallow her story - or the Brazilian probe's finding.

"Arturo's family is conducting their own investigation due to the circumstances of his passing," the Gatti clan said in a statement.

"They are confident in the end that truth will come out and justice will prevail."

Pat Lynch, Gatti's longtime trainer, called the Brazilian investigation a sham.

"What did he do, stab himself in the back of the head and strangle himself?" asked a distraught Lynch.

"She's the only suspect. Something has to get done. She cannot walk away from this."

Kathy Duva, whose Main Events Productions promoted Gatti, said the suicide ruling didn't jibe with the fighter's wounds - or his effervescent personality.

"I do not believe that he took his own life, and I think the truth will come out eventually," she said. "He loved life. And he desperately loved his little son."

The 10-month-old boy was with Gatti and his wife in Porto de Galinhas when the fighter died.

Erika Rivera, mother of a 3-year-old daughter with Gatti, said the fighter would never quit on his little boy.

"This is crazy," she said before breaking down in tears. "It doesn't make any sense. I can't believe they let her out."

Gatti, born in Montreal, trained in Jersey City and found stardom on the boardwalk in Atlantic City.

He captured his first title in 1995, defeating junior welterweight champion Tracy Harris Patterson.

Gatti's career mark of 40-9, with 31 knockouts, included three brutally memorable battles against Micky Ward.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2009/07/30/2009-07-30_boxing_arturo_gatti_wasnt_murdered.html

[hoopster42]

I didnt think he was US citizen. In that case, yes, step in.

looks like he was an italian and canadian citizen, perhaps he was not a us citizen, but his home base fighting wise was atlantic city, NJ. his family is gona have to step in with real cash to make sure that justice is served here

[TheLock]

UNREAL

no way Gatti smoked himself out.

no fvcking way

[AMBlai01]

If there is an insurance policy they will try to file a civil suit that will prevent them from having to pay if someone else is found liable for his death......