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Arturo Gatti's Last Fight

March 24, 2012 8:15 PM

Dramatic new updates in the investigation into the mysterious death of the world champion boxer. Erin Moriarty reports.

How did boxer Arturo Gatti die?
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by dondallas94 June 11, 2013 11:18 AM EDT
there is no way that he killed himself its impossible, brazil police are currupt and everyone know this also ,she let someone in and paid them to kill him iam 100 percent sure .and you can also see it in her face ,i have yet to see her cry i tear over him oh yes she had him killed over his money and she will meet her maker on day
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by Valchrist March 22, 2013 6:38 PM EDT
If Micky Ward says Arturo was not suicidal, and didn't kill himself, that is good enough for me.

I cannot think of any way someone could hang themselves with a purse strap. It is the wrong shape, the wrong size, and likely would have broke. In fact, he was laying on the floor, so this is exactly what happened: The strap either broke, or slipped off. Where was it when the body was found? Still suspended? Laying nearby? What condition was it in? How badly was it stretched? was there blood on it? Why was there not blood on the stairs where he is alleged to have hung himself? Why was there not a greater effort put in to investigating the type of head wound, size, depth, and type of implement?

Why is there only one crime-scene photo from one angle? I believe that during her three weeks in jail, she brokered a deal with Brazilian authorities which is why the fortune was left so depleted. This is why there was such a lack of evidence - it was lost, or removed due to the bribery. If she was a stripper in that city, she would have the shady contacts necessary to hire somebody to kill Gatti, and create a cover up.

We can see by the crime-scene photos that if she walked down the stairs and to the fridge, saw Arturo on the floor and assumed him sleeping, she had ought to have noticed blood. Have you ever walked in to a room and been able to tell that someone had been crying there, even without seeing it, or having reason to suspect? Blood works the same way. Subconsciously you would be immediately on edge with the pheromones, blood and adrenaline scent in the air. You would know something was up. Furthermore, the deceased person is known to defecate upon death. If one or the other of these did not immediately put Amanda on alarm, it is because she already knew. I believe she simply wasn't ready to report the death yet. It suddenly became too big for her. She needed some time to get her story straight, to ready herself for the next step.

It's a shame that the truth may never be known; we can only hope that someone who knows the truth steps forward one day, and can set Arturo to rest.

To the most exciting boxer who ever lived, the most courageous man who has stepped in to the ring, the man who could be cut with a rubber spatula, the eternal icon and legend, rest in peace Arturo Thunder Gatti.
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by imaboopfan1 March 4, 2013 2:52 AM EST
i THInk she hired someone to do it, she has not shed one tear talking about him. HOw her son does not have a father anymore. Her texts where mean and malicious and the will signing three weeks before he died? come on, she did it, or had someone to do it or had help with her
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by Numeroundici January 14, 2013 1:09 PM EST
I don't think she killed him. Ok, she hits him in the head. What if he wakes up? He's a fighter,she would have faced death. Definitely too risky. People don't die of suffocation in a few seconds. It takes a while. Had he been shot, then maybe it could have been her, but not this way.
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by dama350 August 2, 2012 3:01 PM EDT
He did not kill himself by hanging himself. This is what they were able to prove.
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by opinionatednyc July 30, 2012 11:42 AM EDT
I think Amanda Gatti is innocent. If she lied, she's the best actress I've ever seen. And I think she was right to fight to uphold the new will leaving her and her son everything... if she had agreed to settle with Gatti's relatives, her detractors would probably have said it was indication of her guilt. And when the dust settled, she got a mere 2 million dollars...not nearly enough to compensate her for what she went through.

I think she and Arturo really loved each other (notice there were no allegations of infidelity on either side). I think they were both victims of life and fate. Unfortunately, his strength in the ring failed him in life, and he let himself be defeated by fate. (Another example of the devastating perils of magnificent success in a profession unkind to those no longer youthful.) It was a true tragedy.

I wish Amanda the best; I think she's a lovely, likable young woman who deserves peace and happiness. I hope this horrible episode enriches her life with wisdom and understanding.
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by Marco_So July 28, 2012 5:16 PM EDT
I believe her, she is way too small to kill a fighting tiger like him, ETOH & Drugs really can kill, I've seen way too many of them as I work at the Emergency Department for years.
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by MLRI219 July 25, 2012 3:51 PM EDT
SHe is Inoccent she di not kill Arturo It was Suicide.... Im sure of May his soul rest in Peace and She and her son Live a peacefull life..
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by Cwells55 June 21, 2012 9:39 AM EDT
Why is everyone being so hard on Amanda? This clearly in my opinion is a case of fame/alcoholism and drug abuse with the verbal abuse that comes from a loving, spirited wife trying to keep all this in the frame of normalcy, but unable to with the addictions. The chair was moved and investigation a bit off track. The rear head wound probably opened wide after a noose around the neck. The heart of the fighter combined with , probably, extreme remorse for inflicting wounds that even he did not remember led to clear cut suicide that has been trampled on by greedy people trying to get their hands into the money. Why not keep it all after all the defamation that Amanda has had to put up with?? The whole situation is a real tragedy. As for any stripping this does not mean she was "doing" people. She was an immigrant and went for some income. So what? My sense is that she was totally in love with an Arturo she met at first, but reality and time was tough to tolerate. She tried to change him , sometimes with bitter hateful comments in an effort to "wake him up". From Addiction. Ms. Mercy I do not like how you use the Bible to justify all your personal insight. Just as what I am posting is an opinion, please do not make yourself God. Thanks. CW
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by lionheart1465 June 3, 2012 8:27 PM EDT
I think most everybody misses the big picture...MONEY!! You think this women didn't kill him for money, your crazy. The family offered to split it with her and she refused. Why wouldn't you just take half the six million and move on, maybe as a good will jesture to the family?? Because she wanted it all!! Innocent, grieving and loving people don't act that way!! They show support and do whats right for the entire family!! Its a shame this eveil snake is roaming free. Women have been born and raised for years with the mentality, that they should find a man with money and live happily ever after and dont worry, if it doesn't work out, you get all that money, its a win win for the women everytime!! She could have left him many times before but she wanted that loot before she left. She new before she wasn't in the will, thats why she put up the facade and delt with his drinking until she new she was in the will. The video of her injuries after the fight on the streets of Brazil is total confirmation for me. Moreover, how she closed her eyes each time they asked her if she killed him. She acts just way to happy over all this, she only cried at the end when she got her money.....oh yah and when they arrested her. Were all entitiled to out opinions.
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